Eagles Start ACC Better Second Time Around by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – This time around, the start of the ACC season is a little better for Boston College. Last season, the Eagles started off ACC play with a tough December loss at Maryland, then lost two more a […]
Columns
West Virginia Keeps Winning
Mountaineers Silence Critics by Zach Smart The West Virginia Mountaineers spent the past off-season like most other teams undergoing the rebuilding process. They spent grueling hours in the gym and weight room, figuring out ways a new crop of players and just a few returnees – only one of whom […]
Columbia’s Missing Link
Lions Ready to Roar after Adding One Piece by Jay Pearlman Something was amiss, and I couldn’t quite get my arms around what it was. I saw a good shooting team, reasonably athletic from an Ivy League perspective, well-coached. Yet coach Joe Jones’ Columbia Lions lost all three times I […]
Saturday Notebook
Rams Hang on in Overtime by Phil Kasiecki KINGSTON, R.I. – Ray Giacoletti had never seen anything like it. The Utah head coach wasn’t referring to the photo finish of regulation in his team’s loss at Rhode Island on Saturday. He was referring to the finish of overtime, when super […]
Jimmy V Classic
Jimmy V Classic a Learning Experience For All by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – Teams competing in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden found out something about themselves. That is bound to happen when you face top-flight competition this early. In the opener of the doubleheader, Oklahoma State […]
Fairfield Coach Ed Cooley
Cooley Always Had the Coach In Him by Phil Kasiecki Ed Cooley has had an eye for basketball talent for a long time. The Fairfield first-year head coach is one who definitely started early. The Providence native was a star at Central High School, which was by far the best […]
Big Apple Classic
Big Apple Classic Has Promising Start by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – It is an event planned to be an annual happening. There were growing pains, as expected, but the inaugural Big Apple Classic provided a showcase for four schools not frequently seen on SportsCenter. It featured a doubleheader with […]
Family Affair In URI Win
Rams Win Family Affair by Phil Kasiecki KINGSTON, R.I. – Tuesday night might have seemed an odd time for a family affair at the Ryan Center. A rather small crowd gathered to see the last in-state battle of the season in Rhode Island, but those who came got their money’s […]
National Prep Showcase Recap
Plenty of Talent at National Prep Showcase by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – The 2006 National Prep Showcase was the latest pre-Thanksgiving event of its kind. It was three days full of good matchups and plenty of Division I talent, both signed and unsigned among seniors and with good underclassmen. […]
UMass Loses Another To BC
Minutemen Still Catching Up to Eagles by Phil Kasiecki AMHERST, Mass. – UMass hasn’t closed the gap between them and Boston College just yet. In fact, if Saturday night’s 84-73 victory by Boston College, their seventh straight against the Minutemen, is any indication, there’s still a fair amount of ground […]
