Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Well, it wasn’t the five-way tie witnessed last season, but it was a great regular season in Conference USA. The Louisville Cardinals finally made it through February without collapsing and earned their first ever C-USA regular season championship. Along with the Cards, Cincinnati […]
Conference Notes
Mountain West Tournament Preview
Mountain West Conference Tournament Preview by John Eisel I don’t understand the reasoning behind the time schedule for the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament, in terms of both exposure and ticket sales. Wyoming will have the most fans buying tickets for the games, yet the conference has […]
Patriot League Tournament Recaps
Patriot League Quarterfinal and Semifinal Recaps by Steve Sheridan Quarterfinals (at Holy Cross) No. 1 Holy Cross 76, No. 8 Army 42 My Holy Cross correspondent Tom Severo saw his Crusaders run their winning streak to 15 games in front of a home crowd on Friday, but not after a […]
Horizon Semifinal Recaps
Horizon League Semifinal Recaps by Nick Dettmann Detroit 61, UW-Green Bay 55 MILWAUKEE – Brandon Cotton scored 26 points for the University of Detroit as the Titans defeated the second-seeded University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix, 61-55, on Saturday, to advance to the Horizon League championship game. The Titans (14-15) advance […]
CAA Tournament Recap
Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Recap by Michael Protos First Round No. 9 William & Mary 68, No. 8 James Madison 54 No. 9 William & Mary picked up a 68-54 opening round upset victory against No. 8 James Madison in a battle of two teams with less than 10 wins […]
The Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 8th Niagara Ends Drought: Niagara earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament behind 27 points from senior Juan Mendez in an 81-59 win against Rider in the MAAC Tournament final. The Purple Eagles also got 16 points from Lorenzo Miles and 12 from […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by John Sahly It’s less than one week until Selection Sunday, and a weird Sunday in college basketball came to an end with a few top teams losing, none more noticeable than No. 1 Illinois. Illini finally lose After a remarkable run, the nation’s No. 1 […]
Horizon League Finals Preview
Horizon League Finals Preview by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – Bruce Pearl and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers are trying to do something that has not been since 2001 – a number one seed win the Horizon League tournament title. The Panthers advanced to the league final for a third straight […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 7th And Then There Were None: Illinois lost its first game of the season at Ohio State 65-64. The Illini held a 64-58 lead with more than three minutes to go but wouldn’t score again as the Buckeyes rallied for the victory. Matt Sylvester […]
America East Tournament Recaps
America East Tournament Recaps by Phil Kasiecki The play-in round on Friday night set up Saturday’s quarterfinal matchups, with No. 9 UMBC edging No. 8 New Hampshire 78-73 behind a career-high 28 points from freshman Brian Hodges, and No. 7 Stony Brook ending No. 10 Hartford’s season with a 66-46 […]
