The NIT bracket looks sealed after UConn’s loss in the American Athletic Conference final. The Huskies look like they’ll be playing at home again soon though. Continue reading “NIT Bracketology: The Final Edition”
NIT Bracketology: The Final Edition
Stony Brook’s Flaws Exposed In Final Minute Unraveling
It seemed as if Stony Brook was one minute away from its first NCAA tournament bid. Continue reading “Stony Brook’s Flaws Exposed In Final Minute Unraveling”
Duren, Yale Keep Heartbreaking Losses In Perspective
Three years ago, I sat in the bowels of Jadwin Gym and watched Zack Rosen struggle through the worst press conference of his life. Continue reading “Duren, Yale Keep Heartbreaking Losses In Perspective”
Three Questions For The NIT Selection Committee
If I had a Selection Sunday genie who could grant me three wishes related to the NIT bracket — well that would be really weird — but here are the three questions I would ask this season. Continue reading “Three Questions For The NIT Selection Committee”
Moundou-Missi Sends Harvard Back To NCAA Tournament
Throughout the 2014-15 Ivy League season, Harvard and Yale were evenly matched. The co-champions had identical 11-3 league records, split the season series with close games, and ended the regular season a mere four slots apart in KenPom’s national rankings. So it was fitting that Saturday’s playoff was tied heading into the final possession. Continue reading “Moundou-Missi Sends Harvard Back To NCAA Tournament”
Glory For Peter Hooley, Heartbreak For Stony Brook
Where do you start after Peter Hooley’s prayer with 1.6 seconds left gave Albany its third straight America East title over Stony Brook in Saturday’s title game?
With Stony Brook and coach Steve Pikiell? Crushed. Devastated. Dumbfounded.
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Big East Semifinals: Villanova 63, Providence 61; Xavier 65, Georgetown 63
The Big East semifinal was the closest Villanova has looked to pedestrian in weeks, at least since that Georgetown beat down in mid January. Continue reading “Big East Semifinals: Villanova 63, Providence 61; Xavier 65, Georgetown 63”
A-10 Night Session: Dayton 75, St. Bonaventure 71; Rhode Island 71, George Washington 58
Last season, in the final throes of The Mid-Majority (RIP), I got to cover Dayton’s amazing run, which obviously ended just one game short of the Final Four. Continue reading “A-10 Night Session: Dayton 75, St. Bonaventure 71; Rhode Island 71, George Washington 58”
Crowdsourcing Predictions for the Ivy League Playoff
The stakes could hardly be higher for Saturday’s Ivy League playoff to determine who advances to the NCAA tournament, but the margins between Harvard and Yale could hardly be smaller. To help break down two evenly matched teams, I solicited predictions from experts around the Ivy League. Here’s what they said: Continue reading “Crowdsourcing Predictions for the Ivy League Playoff”
A-10 Afternoon Session: Davidson 67, La Salle 66; VCU 70, Richmond 67
Even Bob McKillop, who was a heartbeat away from the Final Four in 2008, can’t believe the run his Davidson team is on these days. The Wildcats graduated all-everything guard De’Mon Brooks after last season and were making the quantum leap from the Southern Conference (a league that Wofford has beaten them in three of the last five seasons) to the Atlantic-10, full of VCUs and Daytons and George Washingtons.
Yet they rolled through the regular season, seemingly getting stronger as they went (even while dealing with an injury to starting guard Jack Gibbs), winning their final nine regular-season games and miraculously winning the A-10 regular season title after being picked 12th.
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