Skrelja’s Emergence Continues, and Brown’s Success Follows by Phil Kasiecki WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – An 11 A.M. start simply meant that Brown’s offense got going a little earlier in the day. The Bears shot 56 percent from the field, including 10-23 on three-pointers, and were the clearly better team throughout […]
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Pitt Takes Out Duke In Classic
Panthers Win a True Classic by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – The Aeropostale Classic was changed this season from a doubleheader to a single game. Just as well: after Duke and Pitt went at it for two and a half intensifying hours, another contest might have been anti-climatic. Duke-Pitt in […]
A.J. Price The Key To UConn
UConn Is Good If Price Is Right by Zach Smart STORRS, Conn. – University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun was quick to point out a palpable trend that has emerged in this young season. When the Price is right, it all starts to come together for UConn. Junior […]
Providence Has Full Team Together
Friars Get Back Key Player In Win by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Providence’s 94-89 win over Sacred Heart on Wednesday night wasn’t important just for the result, or that it came in the first game after being off for a week and a half after finals. It was not […]
North Carolina Runs Past Rutgers
Tar Heels Run By Scarlet Knights by Ray Floriani PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Number one North Carolina journeyed into the Rutgers Athletic Center for a meeting with Rutgers. Naturally there was great anticipation and excitement on the part of Rutgers, but as the Scarlet Knight followers would soon learn, an appreciable […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the Week: Samuel Haanpaa, Valparaiso. The sophomore guard from Finland averaged 26 points in two Crusaders victories last week. He scored 20 points against Evansville and 32 against Chicago State. Against Chicago State, he set a school-record for 3-pointers in a game […]
FDU Women Work Overtime
Overtime Win Just What FDU Needed by Ray Floriani TEANECK, N.J. – There are situations where overtime is dreaded or simply an unavoidable occurrence. For the Fairleigh Dickinson University women’s team the five-minute extra session on Saturday was a welcomed opportunity. FDU defeated Manhattan 60-59 in an OT thriller at […]
Vermont Gets Much-Needed Win
Catamounts Get Much-Needed Win by Phil Kasiecki CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For many teams in mid-major conferences, the non-conference schedule isn’t about racking up wins. Doing so would be nice, but the conference championship is generally the path to the NCAA Tournament, so ultimately the non-conference win-loss record isn’t very relevant. […]
NCAA: Wait Til February, Baby!
Wait Til February, Baby!: College basketball commentator Dick Vitale, famous for his contagious passion for the game and energetic style on camera, will be unavailable until February while he recovers from vocal cord surgery. Vitale had ulcers on his left vocal cord, which doctors treated today in surgery. While recovering, […]
Louisville: Pitino Wins No. 500
Pitino Wins No. 500: After whiffing on their first two opportunities, the Louisville Cardinals got coach Rick Pitino his 500th career victory by beating Marshall 85-75. The Cardinals bounced back from losses to Dayton and Purdue by applying suffocating defensive pressure in the second half to pull away from the […]
