The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 20th East Rutherford Region No. 7 Memphis 59, No. 10 South Carolina 43: Memphis continued South Carolina’s struggles in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, beating the Gamecocks 59-43 behind 26 points and 10 rebounds from sophomore Rodney Carney. The Tigers (22-7) won their first […]
Author: Phil Kasiecki
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 14th Huskies Win Big East: No. 9 Connecticut had an uphill battle all night against No. 6 Pittsburgh, which was also playing for a No. 1 seed in the Big East championship game. Emeka Okafor returned to action for the Huskies and produced 11 […]
America East Finals Recap
America East Finals Recap Recap by Phil Kasiecki (2) Vermont 72, (4) Maine 53 Vermont got its star back, and Maine lost its star — and in the end, that made all the difference. Taylor Coppenrath, the two-time America East Player of the Year who had not played in nearly […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 13th Top Seed Battles: Things are looking up for No. 6 Pittsburgh, 62-53 winners over Boston College in the Big East semifinal, and looking down for No. 4 Mississippi State, 74-70 losers to Vanderbilt in overtime in the SEC Tournament. The Panthers (29-3) won […]
WAC First Round Recap
Western Athletic Conference First Round Recap Recap by Phil Kasiecki (8) SMU 79, (9) Tulsa 60 Bryan Hopkins scored 30 points on 10-13 shooting to lead SMU to a 79-60 win over Tulsa on Tuesday night. The sophomore guard was 6-8 on three-pointers along the way to lead a 56% […]
America East Tournament
America East Tournament In Review by Phil Kasiecki Injured Stars Dot Tournament Landscape Several of America East’s top talents were not in action at the tournament due to injury. The quality of the tournament in light of their absence showed the overall depth of the conference. This was especially the […]
Touring the Northeast
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Get Momentum Before Big East Tournament If there were any doubts about Boston College being in the NCAA Tournament, Saturday’s 63-54 win at Providence – the team’s fifth straight win to close out the regular season – put those to rest. It […]
Jave Meade
Meade Gets His Chance And Runs With It by Phil Kasiecki All Jave Meade ever needed was a chance. A chance to play the game, a chance to play his natural position, a chance to go to a good college. Meade recently played his final home game at Holy Cross. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 7th No Perfection In Seattle: No. 1 Stanford couldn’t finish off a perfect regular season, shooting just 39% from the floor and had 18 turnovers in a 75-62 loss at surging Washington. Tre Simmons scored 16 points to lead four players in double figures […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 6th Aggies Clinch Share of Big West: No. 23 Utah State clinched at least a share of the Big West regular season title with a 64-60 win at Idaho on Friday night. The Aggies (25-2, 17-1 Big West) got 13 points and 7 rebounds […]
