Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinal Recap by Bill Kintner CLEVELAND – Each day, the crowds get progressively bigger and for tonight’s games the arena is about half-full at the start of the first game and packed with 13,000 people by the second game. One of the downsides about playing in a […]
Conference Notes
MAC Opening Round Recaps
Mid-American Conference Tournament Opening Round Recap by Bill Kintner CLEVELAND – This year there are some changes at the Mid-American Conference Tournament. For one, all games are in Cleveland at the Quicken Loans Arena (formerly Gund Arena), as in the past there would be opening round games at campus sites. […]
C-USA Quarterfinal Recaps
Conference USA Tournament Quarterfinal Recap by Ryan Westin No. 1 Memphis 92, No. 8 Marshall 71 Day two of the Conference USA tournament started out and ended with what March madness is all about as three contests were decided by a three point shot as time dwindled down. Top seeded […]
Big Ten Tournament Preview
Big Ten Conference Tournament Preview by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal No long-winded introduction needed: here’s how the Big Ten Tournament will play out. First Round Simply put, these games aren’t worthy of thorough analysis. None of the low seeds – Minnesota, Northwestern or Penn State – have a chance. Michigan badly needs […]
C-USA Opening Round Recaps
Conference USA Tournament Opening Round by Ryan Westin The first round of Conference USA tournament action is complete and surprisingly brought no upsets in the four contests. The first round did bring three close contests, two of which were of the come-from-behind variety by Rice and Marshall. Rice was down […]
SEC Opening Round Preview
SEC Tournament Opening Round Preview by Ryan Glenn No. 5W Alabama 20-10 (7-9) vs. No. 4E Kentucky 20-10 (9-7) – 1 p.m. EST Perhaps the biggest match-up of day one, Alabama comes to Atlanta after losing their last game to Mississippi State. The loss sent them all the way down […]
Horizon Championship Recap
Horizon League Championship Recap by Bill Kintner DAYTON, Ohio – It was 90 minutes before game time and the upper lot outside the Ervin J. Nutter Center on the campus of Wright State University was already filled. There were TV satellite trucks parked all round the outside and people hawking […]
Horizon League Semifinal Recap
Horizon League Tournament Semifinal Recap by Bill Kintner DAYTON, Ohio – Three games played, 415 points scored, one win for each team and one point separates the two teams. It came down to just one possession in overtime, and on that possession Butler’s defense was able to collapse on Loyola’s […]
Horizon League Quarterfinal Recap
Horizon League Tournament Quarterfinal Recap by Bill Kintner DAYTON, Ohio – Two out of three ain’t bad, or maybe it is the third time is a charm. The University of Illinois-Chicago, which had defeated Loyola in their two previous meetings, could not complete the season sweep as they fell to […]
NEC Quarterfinals
Northeast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Recap by Zach Smart Forget what happened during the regular season. Everything. It’s meaningless at this point. It’s been echoed time and time again, and that “anyone can beat anyone” talk is only going to persist as playoff arrives. The quarterfinals kicked off tonight and were […]
