Huskers-Cowboys Match Up on Ice: An ice storm in the Midwest prevented Oklahoma State from making the trip north to play Nebraska, forcing officials to delay the game and then postpone it. The icy conditions first prevented the Cowboys from reaching Nebraska Friday night, delaying the game from Saturday afternoon […]
Month: January 2007
Saturday, January 13 Recap
Bulldogs Snap Skid in Providence, Open Ivy League Play With Win by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Craig Robinson didn’t see this one coming. Not from practice, not from prior games – no signs. “We looked scared from the first minute of the game, and I was caught off-guard, really […]
Bucknell Rivalry
Crusaders Pull Out Another Great Game in Rivalry by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – A great rivalry has a little of everything. It has one great game after another. It has great players, as well as relative unknowns, coming out of nowhere to make big plays that fans don’t soon […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Pat DiSalvo 1. Pittsburgh Panthers (3-0 Big East, 15-2 Overall) Up Next: Saturday vs. Georgetown at 9 P.M. (ESPN) Pitt has rebounded from two tough non-conference losses to win four straight games, including a contest at Syracuse last Thursday. While star senior […]
Dartmouth’s Leon Pattman
If Pattman Stays Healthy, Dartmouth will be Better by Jay Pearlman Seeing them play three times last year (a win at Army and two losses to Harvard), I realized what Coach Terry Dunn surely knew about his Dartmouth squad: that as goes guard Leon Pattman, so go the Big Green. […]
Rutgers Home Games
Rutgers Men and Women Come Home by Ray Floriani PISCATAWAY, N.J. – On consecutive evenings this past week the Rutgers women and men, respectively, hosted Big East opposition. Both contests coming in this early portion of conference play gave us some interesting insight to store away as the weeks progress. […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos Jan. 12, 2007 It is never too early to start predicting the NCAA Tournament field of 65, that is our Hoopville mantra and we are sticking to it. Beginning with this column, Hoopville senior writer Dan Hauptman and news editor […]
New Hampshire: Christensen to Miss Month
Christensen to Miss Month: New Hampshire forward Mike Christensen will miss about 4-6 weeks after breaking his right foot in Tuesday’s heart-breaking 62-60 loss to Vermont. The junior forward, who scored a career-high 31 points just three days prior to the injury, sustained it late in Tuesday’s game and has […]
Huskies Defend Against Georgia State
Huskies Turn up Defense, Take Out Talented Panthers by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – It’s easy to think Wednesday night’s 84-69 victory by Northeastern over Georgia State was a tale of two halves. In some sense, it was: the Huskies played no defense in the first half and stifled the Panthers […]
Tennessee, North Carolina State: Volunteering for the Wolfpack
Volunteering for the Wolfpack: Former Tennessee guard Marques Johnson has decided to transfer to North Carolina State to play for Sidney Lowe and the Wolfpack. Johnson ditched the Volunteers after only one semester, and he will be eligible to play for the Wolfpack after the fall semester next season. Johnson […]
