Minutemen Win Battle Inside Against Fordham by Ray Floriani BRONX, N.Y. – For a minute forget the Xs and Os. It wasn’t about offensive sets. The plain and simple reason behind UMass’ defeat of Fordham at Rose Hill tonight came down to two things: defense and rebounding. In his press […]
Month: February 2007
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Catamounts In Command With Sunday’s 67-63 win at Albany, Vermont is now in control of the race for the top. The Catamounts, who have won eight straight following Wednesday night’s 90-75 win at Maine, are now 12-1 in America East play and two games […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Cory Eve Hearts on Fire What do you think of that article title? Not only did I make a pun for a Valentines Day article, but I did using a song lyric from any number of the epic movies in the Rocky saga. Let’s stick with […]
Duke In The NCAA
Blue Devils Snap Skid, Look Every Bit a Tournament Team by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Even before Duke once again convincingly beat Boston College, the talk of the Blue Devils not making the NCAA Tournament needed to stop. The Blue Devils have a resume for it despite the […]
Florida State: Seminoles’ Toney Douglas Out With Hand Injury
Seminoles’ Toney Douglas Out With Hand Injury: Florida State sophomore point guard Toney Douglas will be out for a week with a hand injury. He injured his hand during the team’s loss to Clemson. Douglas is the Seminoles’ second-leading scorer. [2/16/07]
UCLA: Starters Return this Week For UCLA
Starters Return this Week For UCLA: Injuries to starters Darren Collison and Lorenzo Mata contributed to UCLA’s loss to West Virginia last weekend, but both starters returned against Arizona State. Collison, who has a shoulder injury, was a game-time decision but scored 18 points in 37 minutes. Mata said his […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos Feb. 16, 2007 This week, before gazing into Hoopville’s Crystal Basketball, Hoops 101 professors Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos ate their apples, put on their elbow-patched blazers and studied the recent history of the six major conferences. When surfing the […]
NJIT’s Inaugural Division I Season
Highlanders Learn Rigors of Division I by Ray Floriani NEWARK, N.J. – The drive down route 21 (McCarter Highway) was a smooth one given that rush hour traffic had ended. NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology) is located in Newark’s University Heights section. Within walking distance are three other institutions […]
Illinois: Tree Hospitalizes Carlwell With Severe Concussion
Tree Hospitalizes Carlwell With Severe Concussion: Illinois freshman center Brian Carlwell suffered a severe concussion after the vehicle he and teammate Jamar Smith were in ran into a tree Monday night. Fighting Illini assistant athletic director Kent Brown said Carlwell is being treated at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, but […]
Illinois-Chicago: Collins Back to Lead Flames in 2007-08
Collins Back to Lead Flames in 2007-08: Illinois-Chicago coach Jimmy Collins, back with the team after taking an extended leave of absence early in the year, will resume his coaching duties beginning next season. The Flames’ all-time winningest coach had surgery in January to repair an aortic aneurysm. He returned […]
