First Round Recap – St. Louis Region by Steve Sheridan No. 12 Pacific 66, No. 5 Providence 58 Despite his best efforts, Ryan Gomes was unable to overcome the Pacific Tigers by himself. The twelfth-seeded Tigers took down fifth-ranked Providence for the first upset of Friday evening with a 66-58 […]
Conference Notes
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, April 1st Wooden Finalists: The list for the 2004 John R. Wooden Award for the nation’s top college basketball player has been paired down to ten. The finalists are John Lucas of Oklahoma State, Emeka Okafor of Connecticut, Chris Duhon of Duke, Andre Emmett of […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 31st Minnesota stuns Duke in Women’s NCAA Tournament: Lindsay Whalen and the seventh-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated top-seeded Duke, 82-75, Tuesday night to earn a berth in the Final Four. Whalen scored 27 points in the win. Janel McCarville scored 20 points and grabbed […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook by Dean Austin So let’s face it, you haven’t been paying much attention to the WAC. Every year Tulsa wins a boat load of games, Fresno State does something really stupid and ends up on probation and San Jose State stink out the joint. The excellent Tulsa coach […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 30th Naismith Coach of the Year Honors a tough second: St. Joseph’s coach Phil Martelli was honored with the Naismith Coach of the Year award, a week after the award was given to his star player Jameer Nelson. It comes as a tough second […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 29th Duke Ends the X-Factor: No. 1 Duke guaranteed that a number one seed would reach the Final Four yet again, as the Blue Devils held off the upset-proficient Xavier Musketeers, 66-63. No. 7 Xavier upset No. 2 Mississippi State and No. 3 Texas […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 28th Huskies Are In: Although the road wasn’t always smooth, Connecticut was expected to get to the Final Four back in the preseason. With their 87-71 win over No. 8 Alabama on Saturday, the Huskies made it by winning the Phoenix Region as its […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 27th Atlanta Regional No. 7 Xavier 79, No. 3 Texas 71: Xavier remained hot on Friday night, pulling out a 79-71 win over Texas in the final minutes. The Musketeers (26-10) won for the 16th time in 17 games to advance to the Elite […]
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The Morning Dish – Friday, March 26th Phoenix Regional Connecticut 73, Vanderbilt 53 Connecticut’s Ben Gordon scored 20 points to lead four Huskies in double figures in an easy Sweet 16 win over the Commodores in Phoenix on Thursday. Emeka Okafur had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 25th Larry Eustachy returns to the coaching ranks: Ex-Iowa State head coach Larry Eustachy has reportedly become the new head coach at Southern Mississippi University. Last year, Eustachy resigned amidst the publication of lurid photographs of him at campus parties kissing young women. After […]
