Devin Harris Team: Wisconsin Position: Guard Year: Junior Size: 6’3″, 175 Stats (per game): 19.5 points / 4.3 rebounds / 4.4 assists Notes: Second Team All-America, Named 2003-04 Big Ten Player of the Year. Finished second in the Big Ten in scoring (19.5 ppg). Broke Michael Finley’s single-season scoring record […]
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Romain Sato
Romain Sato Team: Xavier Position: Guard Year: Senior Size: 6’5″, 190 Stats (per game): 16.2 points / 8.1 rebounds Notes: Named to the NCAA Tournament All-Regional Team. All-America Honorable Mention. All-Atlantic 10 First Team. Named to the A-10 All-Tournament Team, as well as the A-10 All-Defensive Team for third straight […]
David Hawkins
David Hawkins Team: Temple Position: Guard Year: Senior Size: 6’4″, 230 Stats (per game): 24.4 points / 5.1 rebounds / 2.8 assists Notes: Honorable Mention All-American. Named MVP of NABC All-Star Game at 2004 Final Four. First-Team All-Atlantic 10. Ranked fourth nationally with a 24.4 scoring average. Also ranked ninth […]
J.R. Smith
J.R. Smith Team: St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, N.J.) Position: Guard Year: H.S. Senior Size: 6’6″, 220 Stats (per game): 23.9 points / 5.0 steals Notes: Named Co-MVP of the 2004 McDonald’s High School All-America game. Named Co-MVP of the EA Sports Roundball Classic. Named First Team All-State as a junior […]
Playaz Spring Fling
Playaz Spring Fling Recap by Phil Kasiecki Nowadays, there is no real offseason in college basketball, as the spring AAU circuit gets going as the college season ends. That means college coaches are looking ahead to future years while some are still trying to land late recruits for the upcoming […]
NIT Semifinals Recap
NIT Semifinal Recaps by Zach Ewing Rutgers 84, Iowa State 81, OT This was a good, old-fashioned New York City shoot-out. Quincy Douby of Rutgers and Iowa State’s Curtis Stinson, both freshmen who hail from inner city New York, both played terrific games. When Stinson fouled out with the game […]
NIT Finals Recap
NIT Finals by Nick Dettmann Michigan 62, Rutgers 55 At the beginning of the year, the Michigan Wolverines were not even sure if they were going to be playing in the postseason. In September, the Wolverines won an appeal that would have barred them from the postseason and took full […]
Salute to UConn
Twice the Charm by Jesse Ullmann On Monday evening the construction zone, safety displays above the roadways on Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut read, “2004 Men’s Basketball National Champions: UConn Huskies.” Jim Calhoun and the University of Connecticut won its second title game in as many appearances. […]
NIT Recaps
NIT Capsules by Nick Dettmann West Virginia 79, Rhode Island 72 D’or Fischer blocked a school record nine shots to help lead West Virginia to a first round win in the NIT. They advance to play at Rutgers on Monday night. The Mountaineers lost at Rutgers on Feb. 25, 74-53. […]
Additional Tournaments
Those Other Tournaments by Michael Ermitage The NCAA Tournament committee is a tricky bunch. Every season it proves it cares more and more about one thing – selling tickets and enticing television audiences (hence, the pod system, fodder for a whole different column). Like a Madonna – Britney Spears kiss, […]