Final Four Teams Make Gains in 2K Sports Classic by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – Last season Florida captured the 2K Sports Classic and eventually won the national championship. Maryland edged Michigan State in a thrilling final to capture the 2006 2K Sports Classic on Friday at Madison Square Garden. […]
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College Basketball Experience Notes
Golden Eagles Could Continue Their Rise by John Celestand KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The last time that I checked in I was at the BCA Classic watching the Thad Five Freshmen from Ohio State dismantle their opponents. Since then, I have been on the road for long stretches at a […]
Big Ten Close Calls Against Division II
Division II Schools Post More Wins by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal The rhetoric is tired, the clichés used. They simply outplayed us. They deserved to win. Coaches routinely play the better-than-us-today card, especially after unexpected losses to fired-up teams. Two Big Ten coaches expressed those sentiments already this season – in fact, […]
Maggie Dixon Classic
Paying Tribute to Maggie Dixon by Ray Floriani WEST POINT, N.Y. – It was a day emotions ran the gamut. The inaugural Maggie Dixon Classic evoked sadness of how the former Army coach left us at such a young age. There was also the fond memories of how she touched […]
National Prep Showcase Coming Up
Prep Stars to Descend on Worcester by Phil Kasiecki It’s become the norm for a major prep school tournament to be held the weekend prior to Thanksgiving. For the second year in a row, Jeff Goodman is running the main event, the National Prep Showcase at Assumption College in Worcester, […]
Vermont Is Back
Vermont Hasn’t Fallen Off the Map by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Vermont Catamounts were supposed to fall off the map. The 2005 team, a senior-driven team that scored a stunning victory over Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament, was supposed to be the last we would hear of […]
Cox Communications Classic, Day Three
Cox Communications Classic – Day Three by Phil Kasiecki NORFOLK, Va. – The final day of the Cox Communications Classic had two dandies. It was a good sign since it showed that all four teams got better over the course of the weekend. That’s what each team wanted, even though […]
Talented America East Freshman Guards
Promising Freshman Guards of the America East by Jay Pearlman Just like coaches, in this day and age radio and TV analysts rely on tape (“discs” we call them now), and rarely travel to watch games out-of-town. But for season-openers there’s no useful tape, so there I went up to […]
UConn’s Near Miss
UConn Avoids Frightening Upset by Zach Smart STORRS, Conn. – Adam Gonzalez embraced a wide smile-sporting Joe DeSantis and a horde of excited teammates. An increasingly irate Jim Calhoun gave his crop of highly-touted freshman an earful on the other side of the hardwood. Gonzalez’s trey from the left corner […]
Cox Communications Classic, Day Two
Cox Communications Classic – Day Two by Phil Kasiecki NORFOLK, Va. – The theme of day two at the Cox Communications Classic should be that it was a new day. After no team really impressed on Friday, all four teams clearly looked better on Saturday. The stage is set for […]
