A Few Minutes with UD Coach Brian Gregory(Okay, Maybe an hour, but it is good) by Bill Kintner OMAHA, Neb – Just several hours before Dayton takes on the Bluejays of Creighton, University of Dayton coach Brian Gregory sat down with me for an interview. He talked about this year’s […]
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Atlantic 10 Preview
Atlantic 10 Conference 2005-06 Preview by Phil Kasiecki The 2004-05 season was decidedly different for the Atlantic 10 from the previous season. After the success of 2003-04 season, where four teams made the NCAA Tournament and two reached the Elite Eight, the conference went down several notches and saw just […]
Conversation with Travis Ford
A Conversation with Massachusetts head coach Travis Ford by Adam Shandler Travis Ford. Name ring a bell? It should. Just a little over a decade ago the Kentucky point guard sharpshot the Wildcats to three straight NCAA tourney appearances, including the Final Four in 1993. Nowadays, Ford is known more […]
St. Bonaventure’s MVP
St Bonaventure’s Man With a Mission by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – When the St. Bonaventure basketball team came to Cincinnati for the Atlantic 10 Championship, they left their pep band in New York. They didn’t bring their dance team. They didn’t even bring their cheerleaders. They brought someone even more […]
Atlantic 10 Tournament Notes
A Big Live Bird, A Little Dead Bird and Various Goings-On At The A-10 by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – Tiny Saint Joseph’s University of Philadelphia is known for several things. Most of them are basketball-related: going undefeated last year in the regular season, their zany coach, Phil Martelli, and that […]
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic 10 Kicks Things Off In Cincy With a Bang by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – The Atlantic 10 Conference went to a football stadium to kick off their basketball tournament when they held their annual Commissioner’s Reception at the Bengals’ beautiful Paul Brown Stadium on the banks of the Ohio […]
St. Joseph’s Returns
Hawks Are Right There Once Again by Phil Kasiecki PHILADELPHIA – The 2004-05 media guide for St. Joseph’s has the words “In Transition” on the cover. This season isn’t supposed to be a carbon copy of the magical 2003-04 season, when the school was the talk of the country as […]
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic 10 Conference Notebook by Nate Beardsley While the rest of the Atlantic 10 continued to struggle in non-conference play, the George Washington Colonials scored two huge wins over ranked opponents last week. GW defeated then-No. 9 Michigan State and then-No. 12 Maryland on consecutive days to claim the BB&T […]
URI Preview
Rams Are as Ready as They’ll Ever Be by Phil Kasiecki KINGSTON, R.I. – It often goes unsaid when looking at a team’s potential before the season, but sometimes it gets plenty of mention after a season if a team fails to meet its potential. About the only time it […]
Part 2
Atlantic 10 Conference Preview – Part Two by Nate Beardsley In Part One of the A-10 Preview, we handed out Preseason Hardware, and projected the East Division. Below, in Part Two, we’ll finish up by previewing the West Division. West Division 1. George Washington Colonials 18-12 (11-5, A-10), 2nd in […]
