Madness begins at Mid-Day for Illini By Ian Gold Daily Illini CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (U-WIRE) — Saturday afternoon was like Christmas. It started in the football game, when Michigan quarterback Chad Henne tried to gift wrap the first half for Illinois. And it ended with several unveilings at Assembly Hall. Illini […]
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Florida Midnight Madness
Hung joins Gators for Madness By Bryan App Independent Florida Alligator GAINESVILLE, Fla. (U-WIRE) — Gators basketball fans experienced showtime at the O’Connell Center on Friday night at UF’s annual Midnight Madness. While anxious orange-and-blue-clad spectators counted down to the midnight tip-off of the basketball season, listening to competitors in […]
Kansas Midnight Madness
Late Night draws crowd at KU By Miranda Lenning – University Daily Kansan LAWRENCE, Kan. (U-WIRE) — Few schools celebrate the start of college basketball season the way Kansas fans do. Friday night, players, fans and coaches gathered in Allen Fieldhouse for the season’s kick-off party, Late Night in the […]
Arizona Midnight Madness
Cats kick off new season in style By Roman Veytsman – Arizona Daily Wildcat TUCSON, Ariz. (U-WIRE) — After a year’s absence, Midnight Madness returned to the Arizona campus Friday night as 9,500 people packed McKale Center to watch Arizona’s first basketball practice of the season. The night was a […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, October 8th Price Gets Good News: Connecticut freshman guard A.J. Price is slowly but surely recovering from an illness that put him in intensive care Saturday. Price has been upgraded from critical to serious, and a hospital spokesman said Price is improving but remains sleepy […]
SEC Recap
SEC 2003-04 Season Recap by Thomas Beisner Mississippi State and Kentucky were in a two way battle for SEC supremacy throughout the season. After a last second victory in Starkville, it looked like UK had the upper hand. In the end, Mississippi State was a game better and claimed the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, September 23rd Still the Prince of Kentucky: Former Kentucky Wildcat and current Detroit Piston Tayshaun Prince has been honored by the school’s board of trustees, which approved a resolution of congratulations. That’s a fancy, bureaucratic way of saying: “Thanks for representing Kentucky so well.” Prince […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, September 24th Third Player Charged: The horror show that is the La Salle basketball program got a little scarier yesterday, when forward Dzaflo Larkai was charged with rape – the third La Salle player to be charged. Larkai, who was dismissed from the team and […]
Big West Season Recap
Big West Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Matthew Lefebvre After a summer which brought NCAA investigation and a significant tournament change to the Big West, the conference proved it should not be overlooked as they sent two teams to post-season tournaments. Utah State (NCAA) and Pacific (NIT) finished the 2003-04 […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, September 17th NABC Down to Four: The National Association of Basketball Coaches rescinded their proposal from earlier this summer to allow men’s basketball players a fifth year of eligibility. The proposal, which was aimed at improving graduation rates among D-I student-athletes, was part of a […]
