Mountain West Conference Tournament Semifinals: The top Mountain West teams emerged unscathed in a tournament of major upsets as No. 1 BYU will face No. 2 UNLV in the championship. BYU lit up No. 5 Wyoming 96-84, ending the Cowboys’ run after they beat No. 4 Air Force in the […]
Month: March 2007
Pac-10: Pac-10 Conference Tournament Semifinals
Pac-10 Conference Tournament Semifinals: No. 4 Oregon is one game away from winning the Pac-10 championship after beating No. 8 California 81-63. The Ducks successfully ran the Golden Bears into submission as California played its third game in three days. Taj Porter led the Ducks with 24 points, and Malik […]
Big West: Big West Conference Tournament Semifinals
Big West Conference Tournament Semifinals: No. 1 Long Beach State ended No. 5 UC-Irvine’s run in the Big West Conference Tournament with a 77-63 victory. The Anteaters were playing their third game in as many days while the 49ers played their first. Senior Sterling Byrd led Long Beach State with […]
MEAC: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals: No. 1 Delaware State played an intensely competitive semifinal game against No. 5 Morgan State, winning 56-53 in overtime. The two teams traded the lead 13 times. Roy Bright scored more than half of the Hornets’ points with 30. He outdueled Boubacar Coly for the […]
Southland: Southland Conference Tournament Semifinals
Southland Conference Tournament Semifinals: No. 3 Northwestern State moved a step closer to returning to the Big Dance with a 78-65 victory against No. 7 Lamar. Junior Trey Gilder scored nine points from the free throw line en route to 19 points, which was tops in the game. The Demons […]
MAC: Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinals
Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinals: No. 4 Miami, Ohio, pulled off a 58-53 victory against No. 1 Toledo to earn a spot in the Mid-American Conference championship game. The RedHawks got 22 points from Tim Pollitz, who was nearly perfect. Pollitz hit 11-of-12 field goal attempts, including three straight baskets to […]
Atlantic 10: Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Semifinals
Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Semifinals: No. 1 Xavier bowed out of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament semifinals 79-71 to No. 4 Rhode Island, placing the Musketeers in danger of falling into the NIT. Jimmy Baron and Kahiem Seawright each put up 17 points for the Rams, who beat Xavier for […]
MAC Quarterfinal Recaps
Mid-American Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Recap by Bill Kintner CLEVELAND – On of the more interesting things to happen yesterday on a rather uneventful day was Bowling Green coach Dan Dakich’s entertaining “farewell” press conference, or maybe it was just a “media availability.” I don’t know if it is his last. […]
Patriot League: Patriot League Tournament Championship
Patriot League Tournament Championship: No. 1 Holy Cross made 16 consecutive free throws in the final five minutes of the Patriot League final to beat No. 2 Bucknell 74-66 and clinch a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The Bison stormed their way back from a 19-point second-half deficit to tie […]
Conference USA: Conference USA Tournament Semifinals
Conference USA Tournament Semifinals: Rob McKiver scored 25 points to lead No. 3 Houston over in-city rival No. 7 Rice, giving the Cougars a spot in the Conference USA Final. C-USA Player of the Year Morris Almond, who had played spectacularly thus far in the tournament, was held to 11 […]