The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 23rd, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki March Madness is all about the kind of matchups we saw on Saturday. The highlights were two more overtime games, both great matchups that lived up to their pre-game billing. The first game was in Indianapolis, as the Midwest’s […]
Month: March 2003
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 22nd, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki The first round of the NCAA Tournament always has great last-second finishes, and Friday was no different. We start in Tampa, where the day began with a dandy between the East’s No. 7 St. Joseph’s and No. 10 Auburn, […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 21st, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez If ever there were ever a more undeserving number four seed in the NCAA Tournament, it would have to be the Dayton Flyers. In Dayton’s 84-71 first-round loss to Tulsa last night, the Flyers never looked comfortable in their […]
Big Ten Tournament Notes
Big Ten Tournament Notes by Phil Kasiecki This season, conference tournaments took on added significance for many high-major conferences, and the Big Ten was no different. Whereas in previous seasons, there may have been about a half dozen teams that needed a win in the conference tournament to lock up […]
Who Will Cut Down the Nets?
Bar Room Bicker – Who will Cut Down the Nets? by Nicholas Lozito, Jimmy Spencer, and Andria Wenzel Andria Wenzel — Notre Dame Fighting Irish Two years ago, Matt Doherty bolted from South Bend for the University of North Carolina in hopes of winning a national championship for one of […]
Vermont’s NCAA Journey
Brennan and Sheftic lead Vermont to the NCAA’s by Phil Kasiecki Tom Brennan almost walked away just prior to last season. Matt Sheftic had already done just that. Every NCAA Tournament has its stories, but if there’s an unlikely presence in the NCAA Tournament this season, it would be Brennan, […]
Any Reason
A Little Bracket Help by Adam Reich When it comes to filling out the brackets, fans everywhere dig around for the top-secret information that will help them pick the amazing upsets, the final four teams and the tournament’s champion. But what if you’re too busy? What if you’re still hung […]
Selection Committee
A Look at the Selection Process from Sunday by Phil Kasiecki Sunday was not the best of days for the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee. While they had a difficult job trying to determine the teams and seeds in a very wide-open year, that isn’t an excuse for some of the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 20th, 2003 by Brian Seymour On a day when the thoughts of a nation should be on the greatest annual sports tournament in the world, instead we think about our armed forces waging war in a faraway land. If you’re like me and you […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 19th, 2003 by Michael Ermitage If the play-in game is any indication of the type of NCAA tournament that is about to begin, we’re all in for a good time. UNC-Ashville topped Texas Southern in overtime, 92-84. UNC-Ashville’s Andre Smith is the first hero […]
