The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 22nd Jayhawks Drop Third Straight: Oklahoma jumped to a 15-point halftime lead and held off Kansas’ frantic second-half rally to win 71-63 at home and hand the Jayhawks their first three-game losing streak in 11 years. Junior Terrell Everett and freshman David Godbold combined […]
Month: February 2005
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, February 21st Two Big East Coaches Make the Cut: Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim and Connecticut’s Jim Calhoun have been selected as finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame. Calhoun narrowly missed election last year and added the 2004 NCAA title to his resume, which includes the […]
Boston College is For Real
Time For the Detractors to Take Notice by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Will all the nay-sayers give it a rest now? Will anyone start to recognize that Boston College is actually a very good team? No matter what the Eagles have done this season, no one has been […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 20th Illini Keep Winning: Although they led the entire second half and most of the first half, Illinois didn’t have it easy in their 75-65 win over host Iowa. Foul trouble plagued the Illini (27-0, 13-0 Big Ten), who were led by 18 points […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann Spot watch on post-season With St. John’s absent from this season’s Big East Tournament due to its self-imposed ban, the top five teams will receive byes; and with this year’s balance, critical results on the final sprint to the finish will be necessary […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 19th Funky Tigers: After a solid non-conference performannce, Princeton appeared ready to run away with the Ivy League. But the rest of the league has caught up to Princeton, and the Tigers appeared destined for – heaven forbid – last place. Yale continued the […]
SoCon Notebook
Southern Conference Notebook by Jonathan Gonzalez So what did we learn about the Southern Conference this week? For starters, we learned that Davidson doesn’t seem too fond of losing games. We also learned that Appalachian State is pretty good, while UNC-Greensboro is slipping. East Tennessee State’s Tim Smith can really […]
Connecticut’s Big Test
Huskies Are Passing the Big Test by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE – Needing a win, Connecticut gutted out a 94-89 double overtime win at Providence on Tuesday night. When we say “gutted out”, we’re not speaking figuratively, either, as head coach Jim Calhoun said a number of the Huskies have had […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 18th Virginia Tech Shocks Duke: Zabian Dowdell’s three pointer with 14.6 seconds to play put Virginia Tech in front to stay, and the Hokies held on for a 67-65 victory over Duke. After Daniel Ewing missed a three at the buzzer, the crowd in […]
NCAA Crystal Ball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Michael Protos In the sixth edition of the Crystal Ball, Illinois returns to the top as NCAA champion while several other teams make their move in seeding, including Arizona, Pittsburgh and Maryland. For the first time in the Crystal Ball, I foresee Kentucky reaching the […]
