Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal At this point in the Big Ten season, only four teams remain in contention for the league title. We expected Indiana and Michigan State to be there, and it’s no surprise to see Wisconsin in the running, but Purdue is a stunner. Let’s […]
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Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman With Obama now safely ahead of Hillary, McCain long since having dispatched Giuliani and Romney, and even Boston folks now over the Pats’ near-perfect season, America’s hoops-junkies can return to their true passion. And with BracketBusters Saturday behind us, one week left in […]
Saturday Notebook
Crusaders Continue to Bounce Back Against Huskies by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross has had to do all season long what they did on Saturday. They had to gut it out through injuries and bounce back, and they did so with a 61-47 win over Northeastern that wasn’t […]
No More Doubters For UMBC
UMBC Is For Real by Sam Perkins ALBANY, N.Y. – All season long the sentiment has leaked out from around the America East – from Prognosticators, fans, athletic departments. At times it has come in whispers, at times a dull roar, at times in droves. The notion: the UMBC Retrievers, […]
Chemistry The Key For Norfolk State
For Norfolk State, Chemistry Has Been the Key by Michael T. Lyle, Jr. Norfolk State head coach Anthony Evans has one word to sum up his team’s ascension into a two-way tie for first place in the MEAC standings: chemistry. He believes it’s the reason his Spartans are 10-2 in […]
Effort The Key For UMass
UMass’ Effort Tells the Story by Phil Kasiecki SOUTH KINGSTON, R.I. – It’s not uncommon for a team’s biggest issue to be effort, especially the consistency of it. Such is the case for UMass, a team that head coach Travis Ford summed up nicely after his team’s 98-91 win at […]
Rutgers, Marquette Pull Out Wins
Rutgers, Marquette Pull Out Big East Wins by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – The week saw Big East action on both the men’s and women’s side. A common denominator in this extremely competitive conference is that of respect. Whether it’s the men or women’s games once the ball is tossed […]
North Carolina: Lawson Still Out
Lawson Still Out: North Carolina sophomore point guard Ty Lawson missed his sixth consecutive game tonight. The Tar Heels beat Wake Forest 89-73 without Lawson, who continues to recover from a sprained ankle against Florida State Feb. 3. With Lawson on the bench, senior point guard Quentin Thomas had seven […]
Connecticut: Huskies Regain Dyson, Lose Kelly
Huskies Regain Dyson, Lose Kelly: Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has reinstated sophomore guard Jerome Dyson, who will be available to play against Rutgers Tuesday for the first time in nine games. Calhoun suspended Dyson for failing a drug test after he and teammate Doug Wiggins were arrested for possession of […]
New Jersey IT: Highlanders Finish Winless Season
Highlanders Finish Winless Season: New Jersey IT set a new Division I record for futility by losing 76-50 to Utah Valley State Saturday. The 0-29 Highlanders set the new D-I record for most losses in a winless season, breaking the record formerly held by Prairie View and Savannah State. The […]
