Play-In Game Preview – St. Louis Region by Phil Kasiecki (16) Lehigh vs. (16) Florida A&M Patriot League champion Lehigh (20-10) takes on Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion Florida A&M (14-16) in the play-in game of the NCAA Tournament. The Rattlers have been here recently, as they went in 1999, while […]
Month: April 2004
Additional Tournaments
Those Other Tournaments by Michael Ermitage The NCAA Tournament committee is a tricky bunch. Every season it proves it cares more and more about one thing – selling tickets and enticing television audiences (hence, the pod system, fodder for a whole different column). Like a Madonna – Britney Spears kiss, […]
NIT Recaps
NIT Capsules by Nick Dettmann West Virginia 79, Rhode Island 72 D’or Fischer blocked a school record nine shots to help lead West Virginia to a first round win in the NIT. They advance to play at Rutgers on Monday night. The Mountaineers lost at Rutgers on Feb. 25, 74-53. […]
First Round Stars
First Round Stars by Phil Kasiecki The first round of the NCAA Tournament always has some big performances, and sometimes by lesser-known stars as well as ones we have come to expect the games from. With a loss ending a team’s season, the will to win drives players to new […]
NIT Action: Rice at UWM
Panthers Advance in NIT Action by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – In their second straight post season appearance, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hosted the Rice Owls in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament at the U.S. Cellular Arena. The Panthers started off the game like they were still sour […]
Forecasting the NCAAs
Forecasting the Field by Phil Kasiecki Throw out all the conventional wisdom about the NCAA Tournament. That’s the message the regular season and conference tournaments gave us this year. The regular season always tells us less than the whole story, but this year, it shows a picture that’s even tougher […]
Tuesday Morning Point Guard
Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Ten College Basketball Thoughts 1. Utah State got screwed, completely and utterly. Richmond makes the field on what I can only see as the strength of beating Kansas who have been over rated all year. Is this the decision that forces the Aggies […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, April 1st Wooden Finalists: The list for the 2004 John R. Wooden Award for the nation’s top college basketball player has been paired down to ten. The finalists are John Lucas of Oklahoma State, Emeka Okafor of Connecticut, Chris Duhon of Duke, Andre Emmett of […]
