And Then There Were Two by Tracy Granzyk With one more day of basketball left in the 2001-02 season the question still remains: “Can anyone beat UConn?” The Huskies, sporting a pristine 38-0 record, take on the Oklahoma Sooners in this year’s championship game. For Connecticut, this was the expected […]

Midwest Semifinal Preview by Greg Bacani Tonight, Texas looks to prolong the Big 12’s dominance over the Pac-10 as they look to dispatch Oregon, the last remaining Pac-10 representative in tonight’s first Midwest Regional Semifinal. The Longhorns and the Ducks feature two of the premier “focal” point guards in the […]

How Sweet It Is by Tracy Granzyk The Sweet Sixteen is locked in for 2002. Of the sixteen teams left, half come from only two conferences. Five of the teams, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Texas, Texas Tech and Colorado hail from the Big 12. Tennessee, Vanderbilt and South Carolina come from […]

Midwest Second Round Recap by Greg Bacani No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 7 Wake Forest As the old saying goes: “You dance with the one that brought you.” That is precisely what Oregon has done all year and especially now when it matters most. Leaning heavily on the terrific triumvirate […]

Midwest Region Recap by Greg Bacani (6) Texas 70, (11) Boston College 57 Known more for his ability to distribute the basketball, Texas freshman sensation T.J. Ford showed that he can fill it up when his team needs him to. Ford scored 16 of his team-high 20 points in the […]

Women’s NCAA Preview by Tracy Granzyk Mideast Regional It’s all UConn in the Mideast as the undefeated No. 1 seed takes on St. Francis of Pennsylvania in the first round. The question here is not, ‘does the No. 16 seed have a chance?’ It’s more along the lines of, ‘does […]

Midwest Region Recap by Greg Bacani No. 7 Wake Forest 83, No. 10 Pepperdine 74 The Demon Deacons’ experience was the difference today in their first round win over Pepperdine. Led by seniors Craig Dawson (19 points) and Darius Songaila (18 points), Wake Forest continued the ACC’s mastery over the […]

NCAA East Region 2 by Jason Drucker Texas Tech (6) v. So. Illinois (11) At 26-7, Southern Illinois managed to earn at outright bid despite losing to Creighton in the Missouri Valley Conference title game. Though the Salukis managed to beat Indiana by a dozen earlier this season, they did […]

NCAA Midwest Region Preview by Greg Bacani The Past is History. The Future is a Mystery. Now is a Gift, that’s why they call it The Present. For me, that is the best way to describe the immediacy and the mystique that the NCAA Tournament embodies. Well, enough of that […]