America East Conference Tournament Championship: No. 2 Albany slipped past No. 1 Vermont 60-59 to win the America East Conference championship for the second consecutive season. Jamar Wilson led the Great Danes with 22 points, hitting a critical layup with two minutes remaining after spinning into the lane in traffic. […]
Month: March 2007
SWAC: Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Championship
Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Championship: SWAC Player of the Year Trey Johnson scored 33 points and hit 5-of-8 three-pointers to lead the No. 2 Jackson State Tigers over the No. 1 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils in the SWAC Championship game 81-71. The win clinches a spot in the NCAA […]
Big Ten: Big Ten Tournament Semifinals
Big Ten Tournament Semifinals: No. 1 Ohio State started the day by advancing to the championship game with a 63-52 victory over No. 4 Purdue. For most of the game, the Boilermakers were right there and led on a couple of occasions, before the Buckeyes put them away with a […]
Big 12: Big 12 Conference Tournament Semifinals
Big 12 Conference Tournament Semifinals: No. 1 Kansas continued its bid for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament by beating No. 4 Kansas State 67-61 in the Big 12 Conference Tournament semifinals. Sophomore Mario Chalmers led the Jayhawks with 16 points, helping Kansas keep the Wildcats from sewing […]
ACC: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Semifinals
Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Semifinals: No. 1 North Carolina beat No. 4 Boston College 71-56 to move into the ACC championship game. Boston College struggled from the field, shooting only 34.5 percent and scoring only 23 points in the first half. The Tar Heels built a 38-23 lead at halftime […]
SEC: Southeastern Conference Tournament Semifinals
Southeastern Conference Tournament Semifinals: After being down one at halftime, No. 3W Arkansas went on a 13-3 run to open the second half as the Razorbacks earned a spot in the SEC championship game with an 81-72 win over No. 1W Mississippi State. Charles Thomas and Sonny Weems each had […]
MAC Semifinal Recaps
Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinal Recap by Bill Kintner CLEVELAND – Each day, the crowds get progressively bigger and for tonight’s games the arena is about half-full at the start of the first game and packed with 13,000 people by the second game. One of the downsides about playing in a […]
C-USA Semifinal Recaps
Conference USA Tournament Semifinal Recap by Ryan Westin No. 1 Memphis 71, No. 4 Tulane 49 Day three of the Conference USA tournament brought about the semifinals at the FedEx Forum and looked eerily similar to day two as Memphis absolutely pummeled Tulane in the first twenty minutes of contest […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos March 10, 2007 With 14 of the 30 conference tournaments complete, there are 11 more automatic bids at stake today, and five more champions will be crowned Sunday afternoon. As at-large bids become a scarce commodity, here’s a look at […]
Atlantic 10 Tournament Quarterfinal Notes
Atlantic 10 Tournament Quarterfinal Notes by Ray Floriani ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Day two of the Atlantic 10 Tournament gave us the quarterfinals and a new locale for this event. The first news of the day was provided on the boardwalk heading into the arena, Anthony Solomon was released by […]
