March Madness, indeed! No clear favorite in NCAAs
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »For the next two days, Butler, Dayton, Arizona, even North Dakota State can bask in the same euphoria and hope as Louisville, Pittsburgh, Connecticut and North Carolina. There are 65 teams in the NCAA tournament, and every single one of them ...
Illinis Frazier long shot for NCAA opener
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Injured guard Chester Frazier is a long shot to play in Illinois NCAA Tournament opener against Western Kentucky. If the senior defensive workhorse does play on Thursday, itll only be a little - which coach Bruce Weber said hed take against ...
Florida, San Diego State headline NIT field
Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Passed over by the NCAA tournament selection committee, Saint Marys didnt even manage a top seed in the NIT. The Gaels and playmaking guard Patrick Mills fell to the second line Sunday for the 32-team tournament, placed in the same bracket ...
North Dakota State to play Kansas in NCAA
Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »North Dakota State made the NCAA tournament in its first year of eligibility, just like it planned. Of course, now the Bison have to play defending national champion Kansas. The Bison received the No. 14 seed in the Midwest Regional and drew ...
Utah State’s mascot benched after fracas with foe
Sunday, March 15th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Utah State benched its mascot for Saturday night's championship game between the Aggies and Nevada a day after "Big Blue" the bull and New Mexico State's "Pistol Pete" got physical with each other near the end of a semifinal matchup ...
Faces old and new make NCAA tournament
Sunday, March 15th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Temple has been here before - just last year. Binghamton, on the other hand, made the NCAA tournament for the first time since it moved up to Division I, taking the America East tournament title with a 61-51 win over Maryland-Baltimore ...
Top 25 Capsules
Saturday, March 14th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »ATLANTA -Tyler Hansbrough scored 28 points and made a disputed defensive stop in the final seconds as No 1 North Carolina avoided an upset at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, holding off Virginia Tech 79-76 on Friday. The Tar Heels, playing ...
American back in NCAAs a year after first bid
Saturday, March 14th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »American is headed back to the NCAA tournament a year after receiving the first bid in school history. The Eagles played suffocating defense to beat Holy Cross 73-57 Friday night in front of a standing-room-only crowd on its campus that included ...
Illinois loses G Frazier with hand injury
Saturday, March 14th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Illinois guard Chester Frazier, the Illini's assists and steals leader, will miss Friday night's Big Ten quarterfinals - and likely the rest of the conference tournament - after having surgery on an injured right hand. Spokesman Kent Brown would not say ...
Hansbrough, Curry, Harangody are Wooden candidates
Friday, March 13th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina, Davidson's Stephen Curry and Luke Harangody of Notre Dame are among the candidates for the John R Wooden Award as college basketball's player of the year. Oklahoma's Courtney Paris and Maya Moore of Connecticut led the ...
