Conference Notes

OVC Championship Recap

Ohio Valley Conference Championship Recap by Ryan Glenn No. 2 Eastern Kentucky 52, No. 5 Austin Peay 46 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky punched their ticket to the big dance on Saturday afternoon with a 52-46 win over Austin Peay in a tight one. Austin Peay came out looking for […]

Big South Championship Recap

Big South Conference Championship Game Recap by Jeremy Dunlap (1) Winthrop 68, (7) Charleston Southern 46 All season long, Winthrop’s defense has carried the load, and though Charleston Southern did manage to connect on over 48 percent of their shots, the Eagles’ defense gave the Bucs fits, causing 18 turnovers […]

MAAC Tournament Preview

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Preview by Matthew Moll The seeding: The MAAC Tournament will take place at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY March 4-7. Ninth seed Loyola, No. 8 seed Marist, No. 7 seed Canisius, No. 3 seed Fairfield and No. 2 seed Rider will all compete on […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 6th Four Teams Are In: Four more teams joined Penn as the winners of an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Be sure to visit Thirteen Days: Championship Week for more complete information. UCF (24-8) repeated as Atlantic Sun champions in their […]

Horizon Quarterfinal Recap

Horizon League Quarterfinals Recap by Nick Dettmann Loyola 87, Illinois-Chicago 81 (OT) MILWAUKEE – Sophomore forward Blake Schilb scored a career-high 39 points as the Loyola Ramblers defeated crosstown rival Illinois-Chicago, 87-81 in overtime, in quarterfinal action at the U.S. Cellular Arena. Schilb, a first team All-Horizon League performer this […]

Missouri Valley Tournament Preview

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Preview by Neal Heston Arch Madness set to be as mad as it ever has been The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament is set to probably be the most important it has ever been. Southern Illinois enters the weekend as the only lock for the NCAA Tournament. […]

OVC Tournament Recaps

Ohio Valley Tournament Recaps by Ryan Glenn Quarterfinals No. 1 Tennessee Tech (72), No. 8 Eastern Illinois 68 Before this game, nobody would have thought the final score would have been close to what it was. The top seed actually trailed by ten at the half, but fought their way […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 5th MWC Reprimands Four Players: Utah’s star forward Andrew Bogut was one of four players reprimanded by the Mountain West Conference after a confrontation in the Utes’ 69-60 win against BYU last Saturday. Bogut, teammates Richard Chaney and Marc Jackson and BYU’s Austin Ainge […]

Horizon Tournament Preview

Horizon League Tournament Preview by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – For the third year in a row, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will be the host school for the Horizon League tournament. Since the league adopted the new format three years ago, giving the regular season champion hosting rights, the response has […]

Big East Notebook

Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann The Jump The recently released narrative entitled The Jump by Ian O’Connor says Jim Boeheim and Syracuse appeared to be the perfect fit for Sebastian Telfair when he was being recruited out of the Coney Island projects. He eventually committed to Louisville and […]