Steve Donahue never quite expected what he’s had the last three years. He readily admits he might never get something like it again, so he’s taking a moment to enjoy Cornell’s third straight Ivy League title, which the Big Red wrapped up with a 95-76 win at Brown on Friday night.
Month: March 2010
Bracket Breakdown: You Decide, Power Conferences vs. Everyone Else
Do you want to see teams with 12 or 13 losses but a few marquee wins against elite teams in the NCAA Tournament? Or would you rather see the little guy with 24 or 25 wins but only one or two high-quality wins make it?
Horizon League Quarterfinals – Detroit Frustrates Green Bay, Milwaukee Takes Down Cleveland State
For Detroit it was part big man in the middle and part penetrating guards and part taking Green Bay’s leading scorer out of his game. All of this added up to a 62-53 win for the Titans in the Horizon League Championship quarter-final game. The nightcap was similar to the first game only this time it was Milwaukee scoring the first basketball and going wire-to-wire to win 82-75 over Cleveland State.
Bracket Breakdown: Mock Tournament 5.0
With Selection Sunday nine days away, the Bracket Breakdown takes on the challenge of placing teams in regions and pods.
Virginia’s Season Not Ending How It Began
Virginia’s first season under Tony Bennett is just ending about the opposite of how it began. The Cavaliers at one point won eight in a row and stood 12-4 early in ACC play, and were the last team in the ACC to suffer their first conference loss. But as they head into their regular season finale, they have an eight-game losing streak and don’t look to be getting better.
Jeremy Lin Goes Out a Winner, Like He Wanted
All Jeremy Lin ever wanted was to win. He wanted his team to be a winner and get the attention it deserved. On Saturday night, the senior guard certainly got that as he walked off the court at Lavietes Pavilion for the last time, as he helped lead his team to their 20th win of the season, a record for the program.
Bracket Breakdown: Long-Range Assassins Your Team Wants to Avoid
A handful of likely NCAA Tournament teams are great at hitting three-pointers, which isn’t so great for the favored teams trying to make a deep run.
America East Post Season Awards
The America East regular season wrapped up on Sunday; the seedings are set, the teams are ready, and Binghamton managed to once again cause another “international incident” (the Bearcats withdrew from the America East tournament). Certain circumstances have kept me from contributing as regularly as I had desired this season, […]
Binghamton Withdraws From America East Tournament
Citing ongoing work as part of a recent review, Binghamton has elected not to participate in the 2010 America East Conference Tournament, the school announced in a statement on Monday.
Deane Out at Wagner
Mike Deane has been fired by Wagner after the young Seahawks finished 5-26 this season.
