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Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, April 4th, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez Revenge can be so sweet, even when it’s 18 years late. St. John’s used a superb effort from guard Marcus Hatten to upend Georgetown 70-67 Thursday night in the NIT final. The Red Storm finally gets some payback for […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, April 3rd, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez A day after Matt Doherty was fired… errr, resigned from his post as UNC head basketball coach, one thing has become abundantly clear: the brass running the athletic program at UNC knows a whole lot more than anyone on […]

A March of Madness

A Can’t Miss March of Madness by Phil Kasiecki March Madness has descended upon America once again, and if you haven’t been watching, you’ve missed out on some great action. And this isn’t just about the NCAA Tournament, though that is unquestionably the focus. The games have been exciting, we’ve […]

Final Four

Finally, We’re Down to Four by Bill Thayer While we haven’t had a ton of huge moments or that many memorable upsets, to me this year’s Tournament has been all about the tight games. It seems that almost every game came down to the final moments, with a number of […]

Keith Bogans

Profiling Kentucky’s Keith Bogans by Phil Kasiecki It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Not for the senior leader on the team that finished the regular season with 23 straight victories and was a clear favorite heading into the NCAA Tournament. Keith Bogans didn’t end his college career the way […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 30th, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki Keith Bogans tried. He really tried. But he just didn’t have enough, and part of it was mental, as is often the case with an injury. He lacked the quickness, explosiveness, and body control he normally has, looking nothing […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 29th, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki Thursday night’s games were a tough act to follow, but the teams in action on Friday night sure did a good job. In San Antonio, the first South regional semifinal was a dandy between No. 1 Texas and No. […]

Rhode Island NIT Action

March Madness a Big Hit in Rhode Island by Phil Kasiecki Basketball is a hit in Rhode Island. Or at least, it was, for a few nights anyway. No team from Boston made the NCAA Tournament, making it a disappointing year in Beantown, but all three of Rhode Island’s Division […]

NIT is Madness

The NIT: A Different Kind of Madness by Adam Shandler Renewed rivalries. Close contests. Clutch coaching. Final-second heroics. Ah, the NIT. How’re you doing in your NIT pool? What? You don’t have one? You say you haven’t been following? Well, what have you been doing to push off the withdrawal […]

Reviewing the First Two Rounds

Reviewing the First Two Rounds by Phil Kasiecki Looking at the roster of the Syracuse Orangemen, you see several players who can beat you. There’s Carmelo Anthony, the super freshman we all know about. There’s Hakim Warrick, the sophomore forward who is an intriguing prospect in the mold of former […]