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Crosstown Shootout hurts city of Cincinnati most
There is no doubt that you know what happened in my home city of Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon. One of the best rivalries in all of sports — not just college basketball — was taking place just a couple of minutes from where I sit writing this. The Crosstown Shootout […]
Stepping back to look beyond basketball
In keeping with a theme that has been brought up often since Saturday, it’s time to look beyond basketball for a minute.
Plenty of great action on the menu this weekend
Nearly every top team is on the schedule this weekend, and many of those teams face their stiffest road tests of the season.
North Carolina-Kentucky lives up to the hype
Saturday wasn’t just about football conference championships. It had North Carolina and Kentucky matching up on the hardwood in a game that lived up to its billing, and a few more teams had good wins on Saturday as well.
Xavier Turns the Page, Starts Atlantic 10 Play Strong
Xavier doesn’t have the depth of Musketeer teams from recent years, and they entered Atlantic 10 play with two straight losses. In their conference opener, they turned the page in a big way on the road.
2010 Atlantic 10 Post-Mortem
It was quite a year for the Atlantic 10, with a lot of winning that led to three teams in the NCAA Tournament. We take a look back at that and more from the conference.
Bracket Breakdown: How the Atlantic 10 Will Fare
The Atlantic 10 tournament teams have the talent to make a run. But are their match ups favorable?
Bracket Breakdown: Atlantic 10 and Mountain West Get Little Respect
Despite strong seasons, the selection committee didn’t reward the Atlantic 10 and Mountain West conferences with many good seeds.
Surging Xavier Hits Bump in the Road at UMass
Xavier came into UMass on a roll, having won three straight at home in increasingly convincing fashion and with an 7-1 Atlantic 10 mark. At first it looked like more of the same, then they had to survive a bump in the road.
