Tag: Colonial

Colonial Revolution

Colonial Revolution by Adam Shandler So get this… I’m at a wedding on the Sunday evening of the George Mason-UConn Washington regional final game. There is no worse place for a college hoops fan to be on regional final night than a wedding at a locale devoid of televisions. Fortunately, […]

UNC-Wilmington’s Winning Ways

Brownell’s Life of Basketball Success Raises Wilmington by Phil Kasiecki RICHMOND, Va. – Among mid-major programs, there are some that have been consistent contenders in their conferences and regular participants in the NCAA Tournament. We all know about Gonzaga, while Winthrop has been a regular out of the Big South […]

CAA Semifinal Notes

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament – Semifinals by Phil Kasiecki RICHMOND, Va. – The championship game is set, as No. 1 UNC-Wilmington dominated No. 5 Northeastern and No. 3 Hofstra turned up the defense in the second half to knock off No. 2 George Mason. The Seahawks had a decided edge […]

CAA Quarterfinal Notes

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament – Quarterfinals by Phil Kasiecki RICHMOND, Va. – The quarterfinal round brought more of the same as Friday’s first round games, as close games were the norm. As with Friday, only one game was decided by double figures, and the crowd got more lively in the […]

CAA First Round Notes

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament – First Round Notes by Phil Kasiecki RICHMOND, Va. – The first round of the 2006 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament is in the books. The four games lived up to their billing, with only Northeastern’s win over James Madison being decided by double digits. With that, […]

Colonial Notebook

Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Right Down to the Wire With George Mason and UNC-Wilmington both winning on Saturday afternoon, nothing was decided for the top spot until the evening. It wasn’t until Hofstra knocked off Drexel that UNC-Wilmington was officially the top seed for the CAA Tournament […]

Colonial Notebook

Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Phil Kasiecki CAA Goes 6-2 in BracketBusters Highlighting the past week was the conference’s stellar showing in the BracketBusters event. CAA teams went 6-2 on Friday and Saturday, including wins in televised games by VCU (70-67 over Albany on Friday), George Mason (70-67 at Wichita […]

Colonial Notebook

Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Some Separation While Keeping Close The race at the top is still tight, but there has been a little separation as we reach February. There is now one team on top, while it’s the top six teams that are separated by just two […]

Northeastern Picks It Up

Huskies Hit the Road With Confidence by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – Northeastern continued to protect its home court this past weekend, picking up wins over William & Mary (84-69) on Thursday and VCU (79-74) on Saturday at Matthews Arena. The Huskies are now 7-1 at home in CAA play and […]

Colonial Notebook

Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Phil Kasiecki As the month of January starts drawing to a close, play in the Colonial continues to heat up. Entering this weekend’s play, two games separate the top eight teams in the conference, with just a game between the top six. On top of […]