Horizon League Tournament Preview by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – For the third year in a row, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will be the host school for the Horizon League tournament. Since the league adopted the new format three years ago, giving the regular season champion hosting rights, the response has […]
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Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (6-0 overall, 1-0 Horizon League) The Panthers are off to a hot start. The preseason favorites are certainly proving why they were worthy of that selection as they have jumped out to their best start since 1992-93 when they started 8-0. […]
Horizon League Preview
Horizon League Preview by Nick Dettmann For the second straight season last year, the Horizon League championship game pitted the top two teams in the league. For the second straight year, the game had the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as one of the teams. For the second straight year, the title […]
NIT Finals Recap
NIT Finals by Nick Dettmann Michigan 62, Rutgers 55 At the beginning of the year, the Michigan Wolverines were not even sure if they were going to be playing in the postseason. In September, the Wolverines won an appeal that would have barred them from the postseason and took full […]
Horizon 2003-04 Season Recap
Horizon League 2003-04 Season Recap by Nick Dettmann The 2003-’04 season was a year of surprises for the Horizon League. Week in and week out; a team or a player pulled off or nearly pulled off a shocking surprise. And it all began right at the beginning of the season […]
ATL First Round Recap
First Round Recap – Atlanta Region by Nick Dettmann (4) Cincinnati 80, (13) East Tennessee State 77 Tony Bobbitt hit a three with 16.1 seconds remaining in the game to help the Bearcats squeeze past the upset-minded Buccaneers in Columbus, Ohio. ETSU had a chance to tie the game, but […]
NIT Action: Rice at UWM
Panthers Advance in NIT Action by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – In their second straight post season appearance, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hosted the Rice Owls in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament at the U.S. Cellular Arena. The Panthers started off the game like they were still sour […]
NIT Recaps
NIT Capsules by Nick Dettmann West Virginia 79, Rhode Island 72 D’or Fischer blocked a school record nine shots to help lead West Virginia to a first round win in the NIT. They advance to play at Rutgers on Monday night. The Mountaineers lost at Rutgers on Feb. 25, 74-53. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 26th Phoenix Regional Connecticut 73, Vanderbilt 53 Connecticut’s Ben Gordon scored 20 points to lead four Huskies in double figures in an easy Sweet 16 win over the Commodores in Phoenix on Thursday. Emeka Okafur had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 19th East Rutherford Region Manhattan 75, Florida 60 The nation’s fifth leading scorer scored 26 points to lead the Jaspers to an upset win over the Gators in Raleigh, N.C. The 12th seeded Jaspers became at least the 13th team in the last 14 […]
