The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 17th Bryant Returns to Help St. Joe’s Win: Nearly a month after breaking his arm in the goon incident against Temple, senior forward John Bryant returned to St. Joseph’s lineup. The Hawks beat Hofstra 53-44 in the first round of the NIT, overcoming a […]
Conference Notes
MAC Tournament Recaps
Mid-American Conference Tournament Recap by Matthew Moll First Rounds There were no surprises in the first round of the MAC tournament with all the higher seeds advancing to the quarterfinals. Buffalo, Akron, Bowling Green, Kent State, and Ohio all avoided upsets to keep their seasons alive. Games of note included […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 16th NCAA Tournament Gets Started: The field of 65 became the field of 64 last night after Oakland knocked of Alabama A&M in the play-in game at Dayton, Ohio. The Grizzlies pulled off the minor upset, 79-69, with a surge early in the second […]
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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 15th Western Michigan Humbles Eagles: Western Michigan made Marquette look inept on its home court last night, winning 54-40 in the first round of the NIT. Those college basketball fans not burnt out by a frenetic two weeks of conference championship got to see […]
WCC Tournament Recaps
West Coast Conference Tournament Recap by Mitch Schneider First Round – Fri., March 4 (5) Pepperdine 91, (8) Loyola Marymount 79 Trailing 46-34 at the break, Pepperdine outscored LMU 57-33 in the second to capture the victory and advance into the second round of the WCC Tournament. Forward Glen McGowan’s […]
Big West Tournament Recap
Big West Conference Tournament Recaps by Phil Kasiecki For the fifth consecutive year, the Big West Tournament was held at the Anaheim Convention Center right near Disneyland. With the location right near Disneyland, the conference holds a Fan Fest over the duration of the tournament, featuring events at the ESPN […]
Big East Championship Recap
Big East Conference Championship Recap by Jesse Ullmann NEW YORK – Most of the sellout crowd of 19,528 at Madison Square Garden knew what was going on. On the hardwood stage from midtown, Gerry McNamara went from downtown. The star guard from Syracuse mirrored himself nailing a 3-pointer with 1:29 […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 14th Where’s Your Team?: The brackets were revealed, which means that today will be the least productive day of the year in offices around the country. Here are the highlights: Most of the No. 1 seeds went as expected. Illinois (29-1) and North Carolina(27-4) […]
ACC Championship Recap
Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Recap by Michael Protos No. 1 Duke 69, No. 5 Georgia Tech 64 No. 1 Duke survived a late rally by No. 5 Georgia Tech to win the ACC title 69-65, the Blue Devils’ sixth conference championship in seven years. Duke was rewarded with a No. […]
SEC Championship Recap
SEC Championship Recap by Ryan Glenn No. 2E Florida 70, No. 1E Kentucky 53 ATLANTA – While Kentucky came into this game looking for their third straight championship game victory, Florida came in looking for their first ever championship win. The Gators finished the game on a 31-10 run to […]
