Mid-American Tournament Preview So, the final two weeks of the season took care of most nagging questions heading into the Mid-American Conference tournament. It more or less breaks down like this: • Kent is in the 65-team NCAA Tournament field no matter what happens in the MAC Tournament. No matter […]
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America East Tournament II
America East Semifinals Roundup by Philip Kasiecki The America East semifinals on Sunday were well worth the price of admission, as both games came down to the final seconds. In the first game, Boston University advanced to the finals with a victory over Hartford on a buzzer-beating three-point shot by […]
Now It’s Interesting
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 4th, 2002 by Andrew Flynn Now it gets interesting Lots of action yesterday, a day in which a few more things were decided. Like the fact that no one really wants the fourth Number One seed in the Tournament. Just when Alabama was in […]
Conference Tournaments
Start the Madness by Tracy Granzyk Start the Madness Tournament time always triggers two things in my mind. The first is that spring is around the corner, with summer soon to follow. You would think that living in the mountains of Colorado, I would be holding out for one more […]
From the America East Tournament
America East – Round 1 by Philip Kasiecki The 2002 America East Conference Tournament tipped off on Saturday at historic Matthews Arena at Northeastern University. The crowd was sparse and disappointing despite a good deal of promotion during the past week, including on a local sports talk show. Those […]
Only 62 to Go
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 3rd, 2002 by Andrew Flynn Only 62 Left Three teams have officially won NCAA Tournament berths, after winning their respective conference finals. The Florida Atlantic Owls (3-seed) defeated defending champs and 1-seed Georgia State 76-75 yesterday when a last second attempt didn’t fall for […]
Nolan’s Out
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 2nd, 2002 by Andrew Flynn Nolan Richardson’s Out The University of Arkansas has decided to buy out head coach Nolan Richardson’s contract effective immediately, due to racially-based comments made by Richardson after last weekend’s Kentucky game. The buyout, half of Richardson’s six-year contract, tallies […]
Virginia Tops Duke
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 1st, 2002 by Andrew Flynn Welcome to the first of many Morning Dishes! This column will keep you informed of what happened last night, what’s happening today, and maybe even a heads-up on tomorrow as well. We’ll be here all through Championship Week, as […]
C-USA Notebook
C-USA Championship Preview Looks like March Madness began a little early for Conference USA. Less than one week after Marquette and Cincinnati faced off in one of the most exciting games of the season (a game and result which was predicted here on Hoopville, by the way, but more on […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon Championship Preview Butler and Detroit. As expected, that’s what was left after the smoke cleared on the Horizon League’s regular season. Granted, it took awhile for things to shake out like that, but with the conference tournament set to begin on Friday, March 1, all bets are off and […]
