NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Michael Protos As we quickly approach Selection Sunday, the Crystal Ball will be consulted biweekly, starting this coming Monday and culminating with a final entry the morning of Sunday, March 13. This week, top teams maneuver, and I foresee the biggest upset yet in the […]
Columns
Jermaine Watson
The end of a long journey for local product by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Jermaine Watson has come a long way in four years. He’s certainly not the same player he was when he first came to The Heights. But his transformation as a player pales in comparison […]
Bracket Buster in Ohio
CigarBoy’s Bracket Buster Extravaganza by Bill Kintner DAYTON – It is Bracket Buster (BB) Saturday – you know, that ESPN-created mid-major college basketball match up. There are a ton of games featuring all the teams from the Horizon League, MVC and MAC. Then other teams are mixed in from the […]
Harvard’s Comeback Season
A Season of Progress by Phil Kasiecki CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Frank Sullivan summed it up on more than one occasion. “These guys have come a long way in 12 months,” the Harvard head coach said of his team. Last year wasn’t one for the books at the famed Ivy League […]
Late season notes
Late-season updates by Phil Kasiecki As we’re approaching the month of march, the action is heating up as some teams make late charges for potential at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament, while other teams play for seeds in either their conference tournament or the NCAA. Still others are playing more […]
NCAA Crystal Ball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Michael Protos The field of 65 is becoming a little clearer as February winds down and March Madness approaches. But the seeding of these teams is extraordinarily fluid. The top teams are beating each other up right now. Boston College rejoins the No. 1 seeds […]
Holy Cross Wins
Champions Again by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross has done it again. Holy Cross wrapped up the Patriot League regular season championship on Wednesday night with a 69-54 win over visiting Bucknell. The win is their 13th straight, with the last team to beat them being, ironically enough, […]
Team Chemistry
Fun Teams Win by Michael Ermitage The date was Feb. 16, 2005, and the undefeated Illinois Fighting Illini were playing at Penn State. It was a packed house, as usual, to see the #1 team in the country play. And while Penn State was 20-point underdogs, there is always a […]
Boston College is For Real
Time For the Detractors to Take Notice by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Will all the nay-sayers give it a rest now? Will anyone start to recognize that Boston College is actually a very good team? No matter what the Eagles have done this season, no one has been […]
NCAA Crystal Ball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Michael Protos In the sixth edition of the Crystal Ball, Illinois returns to the top as NCAA champion while several other teams make their move in seeding, including Arizona, Pittsburgh and Maryland. For the first time in the Crystal Ball, I foresee Kentucky reaching the […]
