Bluejays Finish Hard Road to Victory by Phil Kasiecki ST. LOUIS – It’s only fitting that Creighton would take home the 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title. This is arguably the best season the Valley has had, and the Bluejays have led the way in the conference’s surge since the […]
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Missouri Valley Tournament, Day Three
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament – Day Three by Phil Kasiecki ST. LOUIS – A sellout crowd, the first in tournament history, witnessed Saturday’s semifinal games. The record crowd totaled 22,612, the largest crowd ever to witness a basketball game at the Scottrade Center. Aided by the presence of nearby Southern […]
Missouri Valley Tournament, Day Two
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament – Day Two by Phil Kasiecki ST. LOUIS – The quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament have come and gone. All of the top four seeds have advanced to the semifinals, the first time that has happened since 2003. There was also some news that […]
Missouri Valley Tournament, Day One
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament – Opening Round Notes by Phil Kasiecki ST. LOUIS – The first day of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament is in the books. The lower seed took both games on the night, a rarity but not a shocker. We have notes regarding the two first round […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Tournament Beckons With the regular season behind us, it’s on to the conference tournament in Richmond. As noted a couple of weeks ago, the conference basically separates into three tiers of teams, led by the top four of VCU, red-hot Old Dominion, Hofstra […]
Sean Marshall A Key To BC’s Success
Marshall A Quiet Winner by Phil Kasiecki If you’ve been watching Boston College the past few seasons, you may have occasionally overlooked Sean Marshall. Considering who he’s had for teammates, you probably wouldn’t be alone. As overshadowed as Marshall has been by stars like Craig Smith and classmate Jared Dudley, […]
Jared Dudley Is One Of A Kind
Dudley a Unique Player and Young Man by Phil Kasiecki Jared Dudley is the antithesis of the modern day athlete, especially in basketball and even more so among the elite players. That holds true more than you might think. In an age when most top players at the forward spot […]
Holy Cross Seniors Torey Thomas And Keith Simmons
Crusaders Have Super Seniors by Phil Kasiecki Ralph Willard can’t sing the praises of his two seniors enough. It’s not about their play on the basketball court, although both Keith Simmons and Torey Thomas have had more than their share of success. Rather, where Willard won’t mince words is when […]
Saturday Notebook
Crimson Close Out Home Slate With Big Second Half, Take Out Tigers by Phil Kasiecki CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – This time, there was no heart-breaking last-minute comeback by the visiting team. Last season, Princeton scored the final seven points in a devastating 60-59 defeat of Harvard that helped send the Crimson’s […]
BC A Little Short
Eagles A Little Short of Tar Heels by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College was just a little short all night long against North Carolina. In many respects, that makes the game a little symbolic of the season to this point. There were times that the Eagles led […]
