South Carolina Makes it Two Straight by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – The seconds wound down and the Garden buzzer sounded. Instantly the “repeat” signs were raised by fans behind the South Carolina bench. The Gamecocks prevailed 76-64 to earn the championship of the 69th National Invitation Tournament. South Carolina […]
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Possible Attrition At Weber State
New Weber Coach May Face Early Attrition by Nick Dettmann Every first-year coach expects to go through changes and hardships. But new Weber State coach Randy Rahe already has a problem not even a month into his tenure. According to a report by the Rocky Mountain Basketball News, the Wildcats […]
McDonald’s All-American Game
McDonald’s Co-MVPs Deliver Upset Victory for the West by Brad Best SAN DIEGO, Calif. – While the East team looked more impressive early on, it was the West team that ran away with the game in a 112- 94 victory on Wednesday night in San Diego at the McDonald’s All […]
NIT Semifinal Notes
NIT Semifinal Notes by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – The NIT finals will have two familiar faces, as Michigan will tip off against South Carolna Thursday to decide the champion of the 69th National Invitation Tournament. Michigan captured the title in 2004, while South Carolina is the defending champion, edging […]
Northeastern Coaching Challenge
Northeastern’s Challenging Task by Phil Kasiecki Dave O’Brien has a challenge in front of him. The Northeastern athletic director now has to find a head coach after Ron Everhart left to take the head coaching job at Duquesne. Everhart has become known as someone who can bring programs back to […]
The Greatest March
The Greatest Month of March by John Celestand As the last days of March wind down I feel compelled to tell this story. Some say it was the greatest month of March ever. I, for one, have to agree. This March Madness was my greatest one to date. It was […]
Is The Gap Really Closing?
Is the Gap Really Closing? by Phil Kasiecki Amidst the success of four mid-major schools reaching the Sweet 16 and George Mason reaching the Final Four, there is much talk about the gap closing between schools in the power conferences and mid-major conferences. Although this has been said for a […]
NIT Final Four Coaches
Coach’s Corner at the NIT Final Four by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – The Final Four of the National Invitation Tournament gives us an interesting group of coaches. Dave Odom of South Carolina has had a near monopoly on this event since the millennium began. In 2000 Odom led Wake […]
Final Four Stories
Plenty of Great Stories Thus Far by Phil Kasiecki Are the first 61 games from the last two weekends a blur? It all happened so fast. The 2006 NCAA Tournament, like every other one, has been notable for a lot of reasons. On Sunday, a few more joined in: George […]
ODU Reaches NIT Final Four
Monarchs Top Pride, Advance to NIT Final Four by Ray Floriani HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – It is about a 35-minute ride (traffic permitting) from the Hofstra campus on Long Island to Madison Square Garden in midtown Manhattan. Hofstra fans wouldn’t have minded the commute next week. After Wednesday night’s tough 61-51 […]
