The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 19th FSU stuns Wake Forest: After making an NCAA record 50 consecutive free throws over two games, the Demon Deacons picked the worst time to miss. With the game tied at 76 and four seconds left, Wake’s Taron Downey missed a potential game-winning free […]
Author: Michael Ermitage
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The Morning Dish – Saturday, January 8th Henson Remains Hospitalized: Just as New Mexico coach Lou Henson was ready to rebound from viral encephalitis and coach his first game of the season, he fell ill with pneumonia. The veteran coach is expected to make a full recovery, but it is […]
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The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 18th The Walking Wounded: As the season begins to approach conference play, teams are starting to suffer a variety of injuries. It is cliche, but it is often the teams that can withstand these injuries, or avoid them all together, that end up being […]
Wisconsin AAU Team
It’s Just Not Fair by Michael Ermitage Major college basketball is not fair. It never has been and likely never will be. I’m not going to pretend that the good ole’ days of freshmen ineligibility and outlawed slam dunks were devoid of recruiting scandal and overzealous, rule-breaking “boosters.” Today’s college […]
SoCon Season Recap
Southern Conference 2003-04 Recap by Michael Ermitage The 2003-2004 basketball season for the Southern conference began with a conference realignment that separated rivals between Chattanooga and Charleston and ETSU and Davidson. For 2004-2005, it is possible that none of these traditional Southern Conference powerhouses finish in the top five. Charleston […]
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The Morning Dish – Sunday, May 30th Sutton Admonished by Judge: A judge in the Nolan Richardson trial told Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton to calm down when Sutton responded heatedly to questions about his son being named as his eventual successor at the head of the Cowboys’ program. […]
Additional Tournaments
Those Other Tournaments by Michael Ermitage The NCAA Tournament committee is a tricky bunch. Every season it proves it cares more and more about one thing – selling tickets and enticing television audiences (hence, the pod system, fodder for a whole different column). Like a Madonna – Britney Spears kiss, […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 31st Minnesota stuns Duke in Women’s NCAA Tournament: Lindsay Whalen and the seventh-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated top-seeded Duke, 82-75, Tuesday night to earn a berth in the Final Four. Whalen scored 27 points in the win. Janel McCarville scored 20 points and grabbed […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 24th Gillispie to Texas A&M?: Texas A&M’s search for a new men’s basketball coach may end with UTEP’s Billy Gillispie. According to ESPN, Gillispie has been contacted and is ready to accept an offer today. Gillispie led the Miners to a terrific turnaround this […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 17th Florida A&M wins play-in game: The Florida A&M Rattlers, complete with a 15-16 record, will play Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, thanks to its 72-57 win over Lehigh in the NCAA Tournament’s play-in game Tuesday night. The Rattlers controlled […]
