Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals by Kristy Shonka Georgia State pulls off upset Georgia State defended its home court in the first round of the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, upsetting No. 2 Belmont, 76-58, Thursday. The No. 7 Panthers were the preseason favorite to win the conference, but finished the regular season […]
Conference Notes
Atlantic Sun Semifinals
Atlantic Sun Semifinals by Kristy Shonka UCF upsets top-seeded Mercer The fifth-seed UCF Golden Knights outscored Mercer 47-27 in the second half en route to a 79-59, earning the right to play for the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship and the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. The teams went […]
Southern Conference Quarterfinals
Southern Conference Quarterfinals by Mike Baller Everything is going as planned in the Southern Conference Tournament . . . almost. It’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the top half of the bracket and the No. 2 seed is into the semis in the lower bracket. The one unforeseeable disruption […]
Ohio Valley Quarterfinals
Ohio Valley Conference Quarterfinals by Zach Van Hart No. 1 Austin Peay vs. No. 8 Eastern Kentucky Who would have guessed the No. 1 vs. No. 8 game would turn into the thriller of the quarterfinals? Probably not too many, especially the Governors. But when Corey Gipson’s three-pointer with 0.9 […]
Big South Quarterfinals
Big South Quarterfinals Recap by Michael Protos Well, the Big South wasted no time indulging in March Madness. Four games filled the tournament slate last night. Three of the games were decided by three points or less. Two games went to overtime. Two games ended in upsets. And in the […]
Horizon First Round
Horizon League First Round by Brian Seymour No. 4 Loyola-Chicago vs. No. 9 Cleveland State Loyola (15-15) easily handled Cleveland State 69-57 at home, moving into a quarterfinal contest against Detroit. David Bailey’s 23 points and seven assists led the Ramblers, who were able to blow open a close game […]
Southern Conference First Round
Southern Conference First Round by Michael Ermitage No. 4N Western Carolina vs. No. 5S Georgia Southern The 2003 Mountain Dew Southern Conference Basketball Championships kicked off with Georgia Southern holding off Western Carolina, 89-81. Julius Jenkins scored a team-high 20 points Wednesday to lead Georgia Southern in the first round. […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Notebook by Andria Wenzel The Sun Belt Conference wrapped things up on Wednesday when the top seeds of the East Division and West Division battled it out in what could be a preview of the tournament championship on Tuesday. No. 1 Western Kentucky (21-8, 12-2) in the East […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa Conference Tournament Preview Arizona is amazing, California is cool and collect, Stanford is that same old sultry jazz singer and everyone else is, well, okay. After Arizona proved that no matter how many upstart Bay Area teams come to town, being number one means you […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 7th, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez Well the latest twist is that the Atlantic 10 may discuss dumping St. Bonaventure because the program embarrassed the league by refusing to play its final two games of the season. A-10 school presidents were livid with the Bonnies’ […]
