Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Recap by Michael Protos Quarterfinals No. 1 Gardner-Webb 64, No. 8 Troy 62 Despite poor shooting and no support from its bench, No. 1 Gardner-Webb slipped past No. 8 Troy 64-62, overcoming a four-point halftime deficit. Junior center Simon Conn was a beast in the paint, […]
Conference Notes
Horizon Championship Recap
Horizon League Championship Recap by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – For the first 39 minutes and 56 seconds of the Horizon League final between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Detroit Titans, free throws were either the saving grace, or the thorn in the side. During that time, the […]
Big Sky Championship Recap
Big Sky Conference Championship Recap by Nicholas Lozito When a desperation half-court shot hits the floor before the buzzer even sounds, chances are the ball was heaved up a bit too soon. With an NCAA Tournament bid at stake, however, one can come to terms with why Jamaal Jenkins didn’t […]
Sun Belt Championship Recap
Sun Belt Conference Championship Recap by Ryan Glenn No. 2W Louisiana-Lafayette 88, No. 1W Denver 69 Louisiana-Lafayette earned their second straight trip to the NCAA tournament last night. The Ragin’ Cajuns finished with a strong second half as they were able to take down Denver 88-69. Denver beat Louisiana-Lafayette two […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos ACC Teams at Work Entering this season, the ACC appeared stacked with six, maybe seven, teams worthy of an NCAA Tournament bid. But after the completion of the regular season an astonishingly small number – three – can feel comfortable about receiving an […]
NEC Finals Preview
Northeast Conference Championship Preview by Keith Burdette Back on January 25th, the Wagner Seahawks were 2-15, 1-7 in NEC and dead last in the NEC conference standings. The Seahawks played their way into the NEC tournament by winning nine of their last ten games, ultimately earning a sixth seed. The […]
Sun Belt Tournament Recaps
Sun Belt Conference Tournament Recaps by Ryan Glenn First Round No. 4E Arkansas State 84, No. 5W North Texas 76 Arkansas State, led by J.J. Montgomery with 25 points, was able to win pretty easily against North Texas. Arkansas State was just on fire from behind the arc, hitting ten […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 9th Cinderella Is a Grizzly: With a storybook run through the Mid-Continent Tournament, the Oakland Grizzlies became this year’s Cinderella team with a 61-60 miracle win at Oral Roberts. The 12-18 Grizzlies have one of the worst records of any NCAA Tournament team in […]
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic 10 Kicks Things Off In Cincy With a Bang by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – The Atlantic 10 Conference went to a football stadium to kick off their basketball tournament when they held their annual Commissioner’s Reception at the Bengals’ beautiful Paul Brown Stadium on the banks of the Ohio […]
Mid-Con Tournament Recaps
Mid-Continent Conference Tournament Recap by Michael Ermitage First Round No. 1 Oral Roberts 82, No. 8 Southern Utah 59 The top-seeded Golden Eagles took care of business in its first round matchup with Southern Utah. Oral Roberts jumped out to a 10-point halftime lead en route to a dominating victory. […]
