The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 24th Gillispie to Texas A&M?: Texas A&M’s search for a new men’s basketball coach may end with UTEP’s Billy Gillispie. According to ESPN, Gillispie has been contacted and is ready to accept an offer today. Gillispie led the Miners to a terrific turnaround this […]
Conference Notes
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 23rd NIT marches on: The battle for the biggest NCAA tournament snub continued with four more teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Chris Thomas scored 39 points for Notre Dame as they overcame a one point deficit at halftime to beat St. Louis 77-66 in […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 22nd East Rutherford Region No. 2 Oklahoma State 70, No. 7 Memphis 53: Oklahoma State jumped out to a 41-19 halftime lead and never looked back as the Cowboys spanked Memphis. They shot nearly 60 percent in the game, and junior forward Joey Graham […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 21st East Rutherford Region No. 4 Wake Forest 84, No. 12 Manhattan 80: It was a great battle of guards in Raleigh, a freshman against a senior, and the freshman won out as Chris Paul and Wake Forest knocked off Luis Flores and Manhattan, […]
Mountain West Finals Recap
Mountain West Conference Finals Recap Recap by Keith Irizarry (3) Utah 73, (4) UNLV 70 With 1.8 seconds left, Nick Jacobson did what all of his teammates knew he would: hit a game winning three-pointer. There was no doubt in their minds that he had it in him. Jacobson has […]
Patriot League Finals Recap
Patriot League Finals Recap Recap by Steve Sheridan No. 1 Lehigh 59, No. 2 American 57 The Lehigh Mountain Hawks capped off a miraculous two-year turnaround with a hard-fought victory in the Patriot League championship game on Sunday afternoon, coming from behind to defeat American, 59-57 at Stabler Arena in […]
ACC Tournament Finals Recap
Atlantic Coast Conference Finals Recap Recap by Michael Protos No. 6 Maryland 95, No. 1 Duke 87 No. 1 Duke’s run for a sixth consecutive ACC tournament title ended as No. 6 Maryland won an overtime thriller, 95-87, in one of the best ACC championship games in conference history. The […]
Big East Tournament Finals Recap
Big East Conference Finals Recap Recap by Jim Woods No. 2 Connecticut 61 vs. No. 1 Pittsburgh 58 Can you say ESPN Instant Classic? That is the best way I can describe last night’s dramatic Big East Final between Connecticut and Pittsburgh. It started with the emotional return of Huskie […]
Colonial Semifinals Recap
Colonial Athletic Association Semifinals Recap Recap by Doug McKinney (1) Virginia Commonwealth 84, (4) Old Dominion 67 The top-seeded Rams of Virginia Commonwealth took a 22-11 lead into a media time out with 14:31 left and never looked back, as VCU advanced into the Colonial Conference Championship game, in a […]
Colonial Finals Recap
Colonial Athletic Association Finals Recap Recap by Doug McKinney (1) Virginia Commonwealth 55, (3) George Mason 54 Jessee Pellot-Rosa, a freshman walk-on for the Rams, hit the bottom end of two free throws to give VCU their first trip to the NCAA tournament since 1996 en route to a 55-54 […]
