Georgetown Calls on Seniors in Win at Providence by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Needing to get his team going, John Thompson III turned to some trusted personnel on Monday. It was a move that didn’t require a lot of intense thought. “When I coach, I don’t necessarily coach with […]
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Xavier’s Seniors Keep Winning
Xavier’s Veterans Have Seen It All by Phil Kasiecki SOUTH KINGSTON, R.I. – Stanley Burrell said it best when talking about how his team responded to a rally by Rhode Island on Monday night. “We’ve been in so many situations like that, at this point, we’re so poised nothing really […]
Louisville Playing As Expected
Cardinals Starting to Live Up to Expectations by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, R.I. – This is the Louisville team most people figured we would see before the season. This team – the one that’s now in a tie atop the Big East standings and has a lot of momentum there – […]
Saturday Notebook
Fighting Friars Just a Little Short by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, R.I. – They didn’t win on Saturday, but any notion that Providence doesn’t have any fight left in them should be dismissed right away. Their 80-72 loss to Louisville certainly wasn’t for a lack of effort or fight on their […]
Terriers Have Another Star Freshmen
Holland Leads Terriers’ Resurgence by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – In recent years, Boston University has been able to ride the play of several good young players, like last season when they finished third in America East behind the play of three freshmen guards. Now the Terriers are doing it again. […]
Fordham Struggles Unexpectedly
Fordham’s Season Not What Anyone Expected by Phil Kasiecki BRONX, N.Y. – This surely isn’t the script that Dereck Whittenburg wrote for the 2007-08 season. Nor, for that matter, is it the one many prognosticators (including this writer) put together. Most figured that Fordham would be a contender in the […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Ivy League play has begun in earnest, and with two full weekends in the books a few things have already become clear. Most notable is that Cornell is the team to beat. The Big Red have run out to a 6-0 start and have […]
UMass Starts “New” Season With Unusual Win
UMass Starts “New Season” With Some Youthful Exuberance by Phil Kasiecki AMHERST, Mass. – Needing a win, UMass got one in perhaps an unusual way. The team that scored 83 points per game found a way to win that the average fan might not have figured. “It was, surprisingly, a […]
Saturday Notebook
Huskies Win Fourth Straight, Continue Defensive Improvement by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – Sometimes a little adjustment in focus is what it takes to change a team’s fortunes. Certainly, it’s not so simple that it happens automatically, but a simple change and all the actions that such entails can be all […]
What Providence Is Capable Of
Friars Show What They’re Capable Of by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The second half of Providence’s 79-65 win over DePaul gave us a look at what this team can be. It was a half that they would surely love to bottle up and take to the next game, and […]
