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| S8 March 27, 2012 Game #8-789: Kent State Golden Flashes at South Carolina-Upstate SpartansMarch 15, 2012 8:00 pmG.B. Hodge CenterBBState Stats/RecapAfter a strong season, USC Upstate was knocked out of the Atlantic Sun by Florida Gulf Coast, a school also in its first year of eligibility for the postseason... [more] |
| S8 March 21, 2012 Game #8-779: Bethune-Cookman Wildcats vs. Norfolk State SpartansMarch 10, 2012 1:00 pmWinston-Salem, NCBBState Stats/RecapWith the dust having settled from the MEAC Tournament’s big upsets in the quarterfinals when 8-seed Hampton beat 1-seed Savannah State and 3-seed Delaware State fell to 11-s... [more] |
| S8 March 18, 2012 Game #8-776: North Carolina Central Eagles vs. Bethune-Cookman WildcatsMarch 8, 2012 8:00 pmWinston-Salem, NCBBState Stats/RecapAs has been previously mentioned on here, the MEAC Tournament serves as a family gathering. The tournament serves functions that go beyond Our Game in the networking of the... [more] |
| S8 March 15, 2012 Game #8-757: Florida A&M Rattlers vs. Delaware State HornetsMarch 8, 2012 6:00 pmWinston-Salem, NCBBState Stats/RecapMost of us below the Red Line love upsets in March. They are usually associated with Red Line Upsets that get our teams closer to that magical chance of winning a national t... [more] |
| S8 March 12, 2012 Game #8-749: Western Carolina Catamounts vs. Davidson WildcatsMarch 5, 2012 9:00 pmAsheville, NCBBState Stats/RecapAfter having been to both of the semifinals on Sunday in Asheville, I went to my home that night in South Carolina, a 200 mile drive away. I am not sure why I drove back, considering I ... [more] |
| S8 March 8, 2012 Game #8-715: Elon Phoenix vs. Davidson WildcatsMarch 4, 2012 8:30 pmAsheville, NCBBState Stats/RecapThe last time I saw Elon play Davidson, the game was played at Elon’s small gym in 2008. After having dinner at High Point, I left to get to Elon early for a good seat for the 9 p.m. regionally televi... [more] |
| S8 March 7, 2012 Game #8-711: Western Carolina Catamounts vs. North Carolina-Greensboro SpartansMarch 4, 2012 6:00 pmAsheville, NCBBState Stats/RecapFor the first time in 17 years, the Southern Conference Tournament would be held at the Asheville Civic Center. Or at least that is the historic name of the building. I... [more] |
| S8 March 6, 2012 Game #8-661: Liberty Flames vs. Charleston Southern BuccaneersFebruary 29, 2012 8:00 pmAsheville, NCBBState Stats/RecapAfter High Point’s final loss at UNC Asheville, it was time for one more game, the fourth of the day. Charleston Southern would play Liberty, and it would be a good way to relax at ... [more] |
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9. Death
S8 March 3, 2012 Game #8-659: High Point Panthers at North Carolina-Asheville BulldogsFebruary 29, 2012 6:00 pmJustice CenterBBState Stats/RecapGoing into Asheville, I had a bad feeling that this would be the night. This would be the night High Point would lose, and that magical chance would be gone. A loss tonight,... [more]
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10. Persistence
S8 March 2, 2012 Game #8-658: Winthrop Eagles at Campbell Fighting CamelsFebruary 29, 2012 2:00 pmGore ArenaBBState Stats/RecapWinthrop has not had a great season. They have a losing record overall and in conference, which is somewhat rare for them in recent years. They finished behind five other teams in the confer... [more]
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| S8 March 2, 2012 Game #8-656: Virginia Military Institute Keydets vs. Coastal Carolina ChanticleersFebruary 29, 2012 12:00 pmAsheville, NCBBState Stats/RecapComing into the Big South tournament, VMI was 8-10 in the conference and 14-15 overall. The Keydets finished seventh out of 11 teams in the Big South. But VMI s... [more] |
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12. Nearing the End
S8 February 29, 2012 Game #8-644: North Carolina Central Eagles at South Carolina State BulldogsFebruary 27, 2012 7:30 pmSHM Memorial CenterBBState Stats/RecapAccording to the Official 800GP Statistics, we are just over 70 percent through the season. But for many of us, the season is much closer to being over. Today’s g... [more]
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13. The Main Event
S8 February 27, 2012 Game #8-637: Furman Paladins at Wofford TerriersFebruary 25, 2012 7:00 pmBenjamin Johnson ArenaBBState Stats/RecapAfter the game at USC Upstate ended, I had one more game on Saturday. Wofford, the more established mid-major of Spartanburg, was playing just two miles south of Upstate. My original pla... [more]
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14. Spartan Day
S8 February 27, 2012 Game #8-631: Stetson Hatters at South Carolina-Upstate SpartansFebruary 25, 2012 2:00 pmG.B. Hodge CenterBBState Stats/RecapUSC Upstate is a fifth-year Division I school that will be heading to its first-ever Atlantic Sun tournament this year. As a transitional school, the Spartans struggled. In the... [more]
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15. Priorities
S8 February 23, 2012 Game #8-608: Appalachian State Mountaineers at The Citadel BulldogsFebruary 22, 2012 7:05 pmMcAlister Field HouseBBState Stats/RecapBefore leaving for the Citadel for their game with Appalachian State, I figured I could catch a baseball game first. I went to a junior college game at USC Sumter, wher... [more]
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16. On Planning
S8 February 21, 2012 Game #8-604: Florida A&M Rattlers at South Carolina State BulldogsFebruary 20, 2012 7:30 pmSHM Memorial CenterBBState Stats/RecapLess than a week into the season, I began to make plans for attending my first games of the season. So I sent Kyle a message using The Form to get my Bally Club password t... [more]
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| S8 February 20, 2012 Game #8-595: Delaware State Hornets at Gardner-Webb BulldogsFebruary 18, 2012 7:00 pmPaul Porter ArenaBBState Stats/RecapThe BracketBusters is a concept introduced by ESPN that takes mid-majors out-of-conference and introduces them to a mid-major of similar stature in another conference. Much on thi... [more] |
| S8 February 16, 2012 Game #8-575: Presbyterian Blue Hose at Winthrop EaglesFebruary 14, 2012 7:00 pmWinthrop ColiseumBBState Stats/RecapThere are not usually too many games to select from on Tuesday, but tonight the Big South was active with everybody but Campbell playing. The closest game available to me was at Charles... [more] |
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19. ON LOSING
S8 February 13, 2012 Game #8-560: High Point Panthers at Charleston Southern BuccaneersFebruary 11, 2012 5:30 pmCSU FieldhouseBBState Stats/RecapComing into this game at Charleston Southern, High Point was 10-15 and 6-9 in Big South play. That is not too bad of a record, and some of the schools in Our Game would be much... [more]
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20. Tight Spaces
S8 February 11, 2012 Game #8-543: Western Carolina Catamounts at Charleston CougarsFebruary 9, 2012 8:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapCollege of Charleston’s campus is located in the middle of downtown Charleston, one of the most historic areas of South Carolina. C of C was established in 1770, and for its ... [more]
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| S8 February 7, 2012 Game #8-525: Longwood Lancers at South Carolina State BulldogsFebruary 6, 2012 7:30 pmSHM Memorial CenterBBState Stats/RecapIn the 2003-04 school year, Longwood began to transition to Division I like Nebraska-Omaha is now. Then over the next four years, the Lancers would play a full Division I sched... [more] |
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22. Free Food at FU
S8 February 2, 2012 Game #8-497: Davidson Wildcats at Furman PaladinsFebruary 1, 2012 7:00 pmTimmons ArenaBBState Stats/RecapI had not been to Furman’s Timmons Arena in three years. The last time I was there was when I went to visit all 23 Division I and Division II men’s basketball arenas in South Carolina. Back then ... [more]
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| S8 January 31, 2012 Game #8-489: Howard Bison at South Carolina State BulldogsJanuary 30, 2012 7:30 pmSHM Memorial CenterBBState Stats/RecapOne of the best things about MEAC basketball is that there are more unique traditions than at other mid-majors. Most other mid-majors seem to borrow traditions from one another as ... [more] |
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24. Bad Memories
S8 January 30, 2012 Game #8-482: High Point Panthers at Winthrop EaglesJanuary 28, 2012 4:00 pmWinthrop ColiseumBBState Stats/RecapMy basketball memories were for the most part fairly good at High Point. In my four years as a student, the Panthers were 47-8 at the Millis Center. We always made it to the Big South semif... [more]
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25. The Care Factor
S8 January 27, 2012 Game #8-462: High Point Panthers at North Carolina-Asheville BulldogsJanuary 26, 2012 7:00 pmJustice CenterBBState Stats/RecapJust over a year ago in November 2010, I had Thanksgiving dinner with a small group of my family. My cousin Amelia was then a freshman (now sophomore) at UNC Asheville, and I... [more]
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26. Going Up(state)
S8 January 25, 2012 Game #8-456: Lipscomb Bisons at South Carolina-Upstate SpartansJanuary 23, 2012 7:00 pmG.B. Hodge CenterBBState Stats/RecapLike much of the Atlantic Sun, the history of USC Upstate is fairly brief. The school was established in the mid-1960s as USC Spartanburg, and played their first game in 1967 ag... [more]
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| S8 January 22, 2012 Game #8-436: Liberty Flames at High Point PanthersJanuary 21, 2012 7:00 pmMillis CenterBBState Stats/RecapAs Kyle talked about in his essay at the beginning of Season 6 “That Teenage Feeling”, college basketball is ultimately about college. As Kyle writes, it is a world where tomorrow comes later an... [more] |
| S8 January 20, 2012 Game #8-420: Appalachian State Mountaineers at Wofford TerriersJanuary 19, 2012 7:00 pmBenjamin Johnson ArenaBBState Stats/RecapGoing into Thursday’s games, only three schools were left in the Big South and Southern Conference that have not been covered. The schools in the Southern Conference are Ge... [more] |
| S8 January 18, 2012 Game #8-410: Campbell Fighting Camels at Winthrop EaglesJanuary 17, 2012 7:00 pmWinthrop ColiseumBBState Stats/RecapI did not follow the Big South for the most part in its early days, being too young to remember the days before Gregg Marshall and Winthrop dominated. For that matter, few did follow t... [more] |
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30. When We Stormed
S8 January 13, 2012 Game #8-386: Winthrop Eagles at High Point PanthersJanuary 12, 2012 7:00 pmMillis CenterBBState Stats/RecapAfter my last year in high school, it finally looked like the Big South would change. Gregg Marshall’s Winthrop teams, which had dominated the conference for so long, had finally been overcome ... [more]
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31. Standing Out
S8 January 10, 2012 Game #8-373: Coppin State Eagles at South Carolina State BulldogsJanuary 9, 2012 7:30 pmSHM Memorial CenterBBState Stats/RecapI remember a Saturday Night Live clip several years ago that I found to be very interesting. It was not one of their regular sketches, but rather a camera that panned the cro... [more]
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| S8 January 9, 2012 Game #8-371: Columbia Lions at Elon PhoenixJanuary 8, 2012 2:00 pmKoury CenterBBState Stats/RecapOn Sunday morning, I woke up at 9 a.m. and headed nearly four hours north to Elon. Normally I would try to stay closer to home, even settling for a women’s game or a non-Division I game. But there were a... [more] |
| S8 January 8, 2012 Game #8-361: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Charleston Southern BuccaneersJanuary 7, 2012 5:30 pmCSU FieldhouseBBState Stats/RecapCoastal Carolina and its fans are used to small arenas. They play at Kimbel Arena, which seats 1,039 and sells out every game. It is hard to imagine the Chanticleers go... [more] |
| S8 January 6, 2012 Game #8-352: High Point Panthers at Presbyterian Blue HoseJanuary 5, 2012 7:00 pmTempleton CenterBBState Stats/RecapMy first two games as a High Point fan were both on the road, going to see HPU play at Charleston Southern when I was in high school. I finally saw High Point play at home first at the... [more] |
| S8 January 4, 2012 Game #8-339: South Carolina State Bulldogs at South Carolina GamecocksJanuary 3, 2012 7:00 pmCarolina CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe University of South Carolina was founded in 1801 to give South Carolinians a place of publicly funded higher education. The only college in the state at this time was Co... [more] |
| S8 January 3, 2012 Game #8-333: Virginia Wise at The Citadel BulldogsJanuary 2, 2012 7:05 pmMcAlister Field HouseBBState Stats/RecapAs has been a major topic of discussion in recent recaps, basketball games over Winter Break can be a challenge to pull off for college basketball teams. The problems exist mainly in res... [more] |
| S8 January 2, 2012 Game #8-327: South Carolina-Upstate Spartans at South Carolina GamecocksDecember 31, 2011 12:00 pmCarolina CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe University of South Carolina was founded in 1801, with one campus in Columbia. But as college education expanded in the 20th century, the USC system would expand to... [more] |
| S8 December 30, 2011 Game #8-311: Southern Illinois Salukis at Evansville AcesDecember 29, 2011 8:00 pmRoberts Municipal StadiumBBState Stats/RecapAfter spending time with family in Ohio and Illinois, it was back to the 800 Games Project on Thursday night in Evansville to see the Purple Aces face Southern Illinois. This... [more] |
| S8 December 23, 2011 Game #8-288: Miami (Oh.) Redhawks at Ohio State BuckeyesDecember 22, 2011 8:30 pmSchottenstein CenterBBState Stats/RecapLast Saturday, I attended a South Carolina game against Ohio State. With both schools above the Red Line, this game did not count. Yet it had the look and feel of a mid-major again... [more] |
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40. Be Like Kyle
S8 December 22, 2011 Game #8-276: Furman Paladins at Presbyterian Blue HoseDecember 20, 2011 7:00 pmTempleton CenterBBState Stats/RecapLast Monday on December 12, I graduated with a Master’s in Public Administration at the University of South Carolina. The next day, I wrapped up my internship duties at the school’s regi... [more]
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| S8 December 22, 2011 Game #8-275: Wofford Terriers at High Point PanthersDecember 21, 2011 7:00 pmMillis CenterBBState Stats/RecapI first visited the High Point University campus in the summer of 2003, when I was a rising senior in high school. I had been interested in the school when in December 2002 I had gotten mail ... [more] |
| S8 December 18, 2011 Game #8-247: Charleston Southern Buccaneers at Charleston CougarsDecember 17, 2011 6:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapCharleston is South Carolina’s 2nd largest city, with 120,000 in the city and 650,000 in the metro area. It also has three Division I schools, all of whom are mid-majors.... [more] |
| S8 December 17, 2011 Game #8-241: Lynchburg at Coastal Carolina ChanticleersDecember 16, 2011 7:00 pmKimbel ArenaBBState Stats/RecapFor a school established relatively recently, Coastal Carolina has a very successful mid-major program. Coastal benefits from being located nine miles from South Carolina’s tourist capital... [more] |
| S8 December 15, 2011 Game #8-235: Tennessee Volunteers at Charleston CougarsDecember 14, 2011 9:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapIn most games between the mid-major and major conference school, the mid-major plays at the major conference school. This happens for a variety of reasons. First, as has been discu... [more] |
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45. Transitions
S8 December 14, 2011 Game #8-231: Presbyterian Blue Hose at South Carolina GamecocksDecember 13, 2011 7:00 pmCarolina CenterBBState Stats/RecapPresbyterian College has only 1,133 students. Yet after years of being a Division II school, it chose to abandon its rivalries in the South Atlantic Conference and join Division ... [more]
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| S8 December 11, 2011 Game #8-219: Virginia Wise at Wofford TerriersDecember 10, 2011 7:00 pmBenjamin Johnson ArenaBBState Stats/RecapOver the years on this site and also in an article for ESPN, Kyle has written about how mid-majors put up with “guarantee games.” The mid-major travels to a major conference school, and g... [more] |
| S8 December 8, 2011 Game #8-194: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at The Citadel BulldogsDecember 6, 2011 7:05 pmMcAlister Field HouseBBState Stats/RecapWhen I woke up Tuesday morning, I glanced through the lines on each college basketball game posted. I saw that Vegas had posted some lines on some mid-major games, and lo... [more] |
| S8 November 30, 2011 Game #8-154: Georgia State Panthers at South Carolina State BulldogsNovember 29, 2011 7:30 pmSHM Memorial CenterBBState Stats/RecapHistorically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have some of the richest tradition among mid-majors. HBCUs are known for prestigious marching bands, dance teams, an... [more] |
| S8 November 26, 2011 Game #8-127: Elon Phoenix at North Carolina State WolfpackNovember 25, 2011 7:00 pmRaleigh Sports CenterBBState Stats/RecapIt was the day after Thanksgiving, and I was in Durham, NC visiting family. My relatives would go out and hit up the bars in the area, and since I don’t drink I wanted something... [more] |
| S8 November 23, 2011 Game #8-100: Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils at South Carolina GamecocksNovember 22, 2011 7:00 pmCarolina CenterBBState Stats/RecapAs I wrote previously, some of us go from mid-majors to above the Red Line. Some, like Kyle, have gone from above the Red Line to below it. And of course there are... [more] |
| S8 November 21, 2011 Game #8-082: Tennessee State Tigers at South Carolina GamecocksNovember 20, 2011 6:00 pmCarolina CenterBBState Stats/RecapAs Kyle has written here before, much of us do not grow up mid-major people. Growing up I liked seeing mid-major games on ESPN during “Championship Week” in part to see unfamilia... [more] |
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52. Coming Together
S8 November 20, 2011 Game #8-068: Gardner-Webb Bulldogs at South Carolina State BulldogsNovember 19, 2011 7:30 pmSHM Memorial CenterBBState Stats/RecapSouth Carolina State University and Gardner-Webb University are two very different mid-major schools. Gardner-Webb is a predominantly white Southern Baptist school in Nor... [more]
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| S8 November 18, 2011 Game #8-054: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Saint Joseph`s HawksNovember 17, 2011 8:00 pmCharleston, SCBBState Stats/RecapBack in May 2007 while watching High Point play in the Big South Baseball Tournament on the campus of Winthrop, I began to think of all the sporting events I had been attending.... [more] |
| S8 November 18, 2011 Game #8-053: Virginia Commonwealth Rams vs. Seton Hall PiratesNovember 17, 2011 5:30 pmCharleston, SCBBState Stats/RecapAs a High Point fan, there are unrealistic things I dream about. I would love to see at every away game hundreds of my fellow Panther fans following the team who are commited as I ... [more] |
| S8 November 18, 2011 Game #8-052: Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs. Western Kentucky HilltoppersNovember 17, 2011 12:30 pmCharleston, SCBBState Stats/RecapTulsa is just above the Red Line in Conference USA, which was briefly on our side of the line last season. With 3,000 students, they are the smallest school above the Red Li... [more] |
| S8 November 17, 2011 Game #8-045: Clemson Tigers at The Citadel BulldogsNovember 16, 2011 7:05 pmMcAlister Field HouseBBState Stats/RecapMcAlister Field House is an old historic building on the northwest corner of the Citadel’s campus. It was built in 1939, and was renovated in 1989. When inside the building, one can se... [more] |