It’s not often a long flight is a relief. But for San Francisco, their flight home after two games in Massachusetts is exactly that, and not just because they came away with losses in both.
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A bit of Practice Makes the Difference for Brown
They say practice makes perfect. For Brown, that has proven to be true recently in an unexpected way. The Bears, who improved to 5-6 on Monday with a convincing 89-73 win over Quinnipiac, had a stretch earlier in the month where they struggled just to practice. After their win over Hartford on December 9, the Bears practiced just twice in 12 days. Final exams were part of that, but so were injuries.
Jeremy Lin Makes Harvard Go
With a lot of attention focused on the freshmen, it can be easy to lose sight of Harvard’s best player thus far. Jeremy Lin is, after all, a holdover from last season, and even from the prior coaching staff. He’s a little different from the highly-touted newcomers on the roster.
Hofstra Has Plenty of Options
With the non-conference slate in the books, save for a BracketBusters date in February, Hofstra will head into the meat of Colonial Athletic Association play looking better than a year ago. At that time, the Pride had struggled to a 2-8 mark, including a CAA loss early in December. This time around, they will enter at 9-3, including a 90-79 win at Towson on December 6.
Aeropostale Holiday Festival Wrap-Up
A day after handily defeating Marist in the semifinal, St.John’s met their match. Virginia Tech defeated the Red Storm 81-67 before slightly over 2000 at Madison Square Garden . The win gave Virginia Tech a second straight Aeropostale Holiday Festival title. Tech defeated St.John’s is last year’s championship.
Notes From the BABC/Stop & Shop Holiday Classic Shoot-Out
Friday began the three-day BABC/Stop & Shop Holiday Classic Shoot-Out. The 13th annual event tried to be a major event in its early days, bringing in several teams each year that had high-major prospects and/or national reputations. But after that failed to get big crowds of both fans and college coaches, the event kept things closer to home. This year’s event features just one team from outside the state of Massachusetts, and Windsor, CT is not far from Hartford. Chelsea High School remains the host.
St. John’s falls in Holiday Festival – and on Hard Times
It was crushing news to Norm Roberts and his staff last month when informed that their best player, Anthony Mason Jr. would miss the entire season with a foot injury. It only got worse when Justin Burrell sustained a facial fracture after being hit by teammate Sean Evans in practice last Thursday. So with its top two players sidelined, along with freshman Malike Boothe playing with a sprained left thumb, it was no suprise that it would be a struggle vs former Big East memeber-now ACC foe Virginia Tech.
Blue Devils Blow Out Xavier in Return to New Jersey
The last college basketball game in this building was played March of 2007. Even the name was different then; at the time it was Continental Airlines Arena. Currently, the arena goes by the name of Izod Center. College ball returned on Saturday as Duke faced Xavier.
Blue Hens Battle Elements, Terriers Successfully
There are several things Delaware can take away from Sunday’s 70-68 win at Boston University. It was full of positives both in the immediate and going forward. Let’s start with the easy one. The Blue Hens were affected by the snowstorm that hit the northeast, arriving in town late Saturday after their plane sat on the runway for three hours. They took a bus back down after the game, taking no chances dealing with possible flight difficulties.
Friars’ Flaws Are All There to See
In Saturday’s 81-76 win by Boston College over Providence, neither team gave a tremendous account of itself. But the team that had the more concerning play was, without doubt, the team on the losing end of the score. Providence’s flaws were all right there on display as a reason why they lost the game, and this hasn’t been an isolated case.
