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Having recently completed its 9th season, The Mid-Majority is a community chronicle of the smaller Division I college basketball conferences. Last year, the theme was Team. Six groups of five (plus a fantasy mid-major player) were engaged in friendly Amazing Race-style competition, criss-crossing Hoops Nation to provide awesome college basketball content. Season X (2013-14) will be our final one.

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Grizzlies Overwhelmed by Orangemen

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By George, UConn is Dead

Butler and Us

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S9 March 9, 2013 The best laid schemes o' mice an' men/ Gang aft a-gley, [often go awry] - To a Mouse, Robert BurnsSometimes you have to change your needs and trust in someone else. Over the last few months, I've been in a transitional period during which I truly learned the personal impact of inaction and inert...
S9 March 1, 2013 Every season ends, but they all end differently. In 2011-12 I couldn't wait for the Portland Pilots' season to be over. After seeing too many games in which they were overmatched and inexperienced I was tired and ready to wait for next year.This season, however, after a 1-8 start in WCC play, the P...
S9 February 27, 2013 It doesn't take very long to tell the Pilots have struggled to score the past couple of seasons. In fact, when they were mired in a six-game losing streak in the middle of the WCC season I was not alone in thinking the offense had actually gotten worse over the course of the season. Portland may ha...
S9 February 15, 2013 After their win against Loyola Marymount it seemed as if the Pilots might have turned things around. They had shot the ball well, especially from superhoop range. They also got a good game from starting center Thomas van der Mars when another inside player to complement Ryan Nicholas had been lacki...
S9 February 9, 2013 I have to admit, at this point in the season it's not as easy to get excited for a Pilot game. I'm more nervous than anything. If they're playing someone good like Gonzaga or Saint Mary's I worry about how badly they're going to get blown out. If it's a team at the bottom of the standings, like Loy...
S9 January 29, 2013 Most of the writers for this season's Game go simply as fans and pay for their own tickets. They may follow one team predominantly, or take advantage of the many colleges in their area to see as many games and teams as they can. I sometimes wish I lived in an area with more mid-majors, but on the w...
S9 January 26, 2013 Thursday's Portland Pilots game against the San Francisco Dons came down to the final shot. USF's Cole Dickerson hit a three with 0.1 second left to give the Dons a 75-72 win in a finish that would have been thrilling if you were a USF or neutral fan, and devastating for Pilot fans. From scanning t...
S9 January 22, 2013 Going into Portland's game with Saint Mary's Saturday, I was feeling hopeful about the Pilots' chances. Portland had been beaten by Gonzaga two nights earlier, but they had also played well for stretches.I was wrong. Very wrong.The Pilots' 60-38 loss to the Gaels is about the worst college game I c...
S9 January 21, 2013 Here on this side of the Red Line there's not many chances to see one of the top 10 teams in the nation, much less in your home arena. Gonzaga comes to Portland every season and it's sold out every season, but this time the Bulldogs were ranked 8th in the polls. Now I'm one of those fans who thinks...
S9 December 30, 2012 One of the reasons to watch sports is that every so often you get a surprised by a result. Sometimes it's a pleasant surprise, sometimes it isn't. For Portland fans last night's 56-52 loss to Texas-Pan American was definitely a surprise in the latter category. UTPA was 6-8 going into the game and h...
S9 December 22, 2012 It sometimes doesn't seem like it, but Portland is pretty well off as mid-majors go. Sure, they historically lose a lot more than they win, but last season notwithstanding Eric Reveno has the program headed in the right direction. They're in the WCC and will always have to deal with Gonzaga, St. Ma...
S9 December 19, 2012 Monday's game between Portland and Cal State-Bakersfield was part of the Las Vegas Classic. That's what I found out from consulting the Pilots' website. If I didn't follow Pilot basketball so closely I would have thought it was just another non-conference game. There were no special announcements, ...
S9 December 17, 2012 Game #9-167: Portland Bible at Portland PilotsDecember 14, 2012 10:30 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/Recap We see them on our favorite team's schedule, usually as exhibition games in the weeks before the games actually count, occasionally during the non-conference schedule itself. Some of us don't re...
S9 December 6, 2012 Game #9-127: UNLV Rebels at Portland PilotsDecember 4, 2012 11:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/Recap The Chiles Center on the campus of the University of Portland is, based on what I've seen on this site, very nice as mid-major arenas go. It's got a good size capacity (about 5000), but it's not too ...
S9 November 29, 2012 Game #9-104: Lewis & Clark at Portland PilotsNovember 27, 2012 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/Recap If you were to just see the score of the Pilots' game last night against Division III Lewis and Clark you might think Portland barely avoided the dreaded Black Line Upset with a 78-73 win. While ...
S9 November 26, 2012 Game #9-093: Idaho State Bengals at Portland PilotsNovember 15, 2012 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/Recap When I found out I had the day off work for Portland's home opener against Idaho State, I figured I would make a night of it instead of just coming and going as quickly as possible. Instead ...
S9 November 23, 2012 Game #9-075: Portland State Vikings at Portland PilotsNovember 21, 2012 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/Recap To the casual observer it might appear Portland-Portland State could be the big rivalry for bragging rights in the Rose City. I wish it was this way. I wish there was a purple half and a ...
S9 November 16, 2012 Game #9-038: Idaho State Bengals at Portland PilotsNovember 15, 2012 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/Recap My first game of Season 9's Game was between the Portland Pilots and Idaho State Bengals at Portland's Chiles Center. This was a game between two teams who were somewhat unknown quantities g...
S8 April 2, 2012 Game #8-559: Loyola Marymount Lions at Portland PilotsFebruary 9, 2012 11:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapAfter the last few games, I had become disillusioned with the student section's lack of effort. the LMU game came to a head. Even though it was a Thursday night, one should not be leaving a...
S8 April 2, 2012 Game #8-533: Brigham Young Cougars at Portland PilotsFebruary 4, 2012 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapEven after the disappointing turnout before the Gonzaga game, I thought BYU would actually get a large turnout, even if the lone dance of the semester overlapped with the second half. Since ...
S8 April 2, 2012 Game #8-465: Gonzaga Bulldogs at Portland PilotsJanuary 26, 2012 11:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapSorry for the cliche to start, but a lot can change over the course of a year. Last year, I showed up several hours before the Gonzaga game only to discover a senior had blown off his c...
S8 April 2, 2012 Game #8-438: San Francisco Dons at Portland PilotsJanuary 21, 2012 4:30 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapAuthor’s note: This is part three of the Nothing Technical About It Recaps based off “Love TKO” by Teddy Pendergrass detailing three Portland games within a 9-day period. Part 1 (UP@USF), Part 2...
S8 April 2, 2012 Game #8-422: San Diego Toreros at Portland PilotsJanuary 19, 2012 11:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapSometimes you just have to take time to get away from it all, but after a while, the novelty of travel fades and you need to return home.After the Ohio game, I became a little restless...
S8 February 26, 2012 Game #8-626: Saint Mary`s Gaels at Portland PilotsFebruary 23, 2012 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapOn the court, the Pilots' home season did end in a loss to St. Mary's. The Gaels showed why they are nationally ranked and no worse than WCC regular season co-champions, outright champions if ...
S8 February 12, 2012 Game #8-559: Loyola Marymount Lions at Portland PilotsFebruary 9, 2012 11:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapIt was another bad night at the Chiles Center for Pilot fans. This time they were beaten by Loyola Marymount 76-62 on a night when Portland allowed the Lions to shoot 51% from the field and...
S8 February 8, 2012 Game #8-533: Brigham Young Cougars at Portland PilotsFebruary 4, 2012 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapSome of you writing for and reading the 800 GP have seen teams join and leave the conferences you follow. Not me. Until this season, the West Coast Conference has had the same lineup for as ...
S8 January 27, 2012 Game #8-465: Gonzaga Bulldogs at Portland PilotsJanuary 26, 2012 11:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapLet's get some things out in the open now: I don't like Gonzaga. I've disliked them since 1994, the last time Portland beat them at home. That is, of course, well before they made deep NCAA runs,...
S8 January 22, 2012 Game #8-438: San Francisco Dons at Portland PilotsJanuary 21, 2012 4:30 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe Portland Pilots had another possible win slip away Saturday as they fell at home to San Francisco 73-72. Instead of feeling frustrated or depressed about another loss I actually came home up...
S8 January 21, 2012 Game #8-422: San Diego Toreros at Portland PilotsJanuary 19, 2012 11:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapIt seemed as though Portland had a good chance at a win Thursday when it faced San Diego. The Pilots had won their past two WCC home games. The students would finally be back from break, giving ...
S8 January 17, 2012 Game #8-407: Portland Pilots at San Francisco DonsJanuary 12, 2012 10:00 pmMemorial GymnasiumBBState Stats/RecapI had waited for this day for weeks: I was finally going to see a road game for my school. After making the 100-mile trip, 77 as the crow flies, I came into the city by the bay. As fun as ...
S8 January 8, 2012 Game #8-364: Pepperdine Waves at Portland PilotsJanuary 7, 2012 8:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapPilot fans are, by and large, a pretty laid-back bunch by college basketball standards. They haven't gotten too worked up over the team's difficult start. They're also an intelligent group who real...
S8 January 7, 2012 Game #8-353: Santa Clara Broncos at Portland PilotsJanuary 5, 2012 11:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe 2011 portion of the 2011-12 season couldn't have gone much worse for Portland. In non-conference games, they went a painful 3-10, with one of those wins against a D-III school. Last Wednesd...
S8 December 18, 2011 Game #8-250: Montana Grizzlies at Portland PilotsDecember 17, 2011 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapAt first glance it would appear Portland suffered another loss to a team that was much better than them, this time to Montana by a score of 80-65. Watching the game I certainly felt this way. A...
S8 December 12, 2011 Game #8-229: Ohio Bobcats at Portland PilotsDecember 10, 2011 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/Recap“Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.”- Eric...
S8 December 12, 2011 Game #8-229: Ohio Bobcats at Portland PilotsDecember 10, 2011 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapThis is an unusual season at Portland. Since coach Eric Reveno arrived for the 2006-07 season, the Pilots have improved dramatically. In each of his first two seasons, they won 9 games. As his recru...
S8 November 30, 2011 Game #8-157: Lewis and Clark at Portland PilotsNovember 29, 2011 10:30 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapI'll be honest here: Before Portland's game with the Lewis and Clark Pioneers, a Division III school on the other side of the city, I was hoping for a blowout win. It had been a rough stretch fo...
S8 November 23, 2011 Game #8-083: Washington State Cougars at Portland PilotsNovember 20, 2011 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe first question that popped into my mind as I settled into my upper balcony general admission seat to watch the Portland Pilots play host to the Washington State Cougars was, naturall...
S8 November 21, 2011 Game #8-000: Washington State Cougars at Portland PilotsNovember 20, 2011 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapPeople don't just wear 00. It takes a special kind of player to don one of the least frequently worn numbers in college basketball. For Portland freshman guard Kevin Bailey, perhaps it i...
S8 November 21, 2011 Game #8-083: Washington State Cougars at Portland PilotsNovember 20, 2011 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapA school of roughly 3,000 undergrads (larger than recent Sweet 16 darling St. Mary's), Portland allows students like myself to interact with athletes in three different ways: in the clas...
S8 November 21, 2011 Game #8-083: Washington State Cougars at Portland PilotsNovember 20, 2011 10:00 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapBasketball is always changing. For the Portland Pilots it change has taken multiple forms for the 2011-12 season. The first change actually came in 2010 when the West Coast Conference in...
S6 March 26, 2010 Down 68-65 with 1:16 left in regulation of a second round NCAA game at Providence's Dunkin' Donuts Center, Villanova called time out. We'll never really know exactly what was drawn up in that huddle, but what emerged was a play that only a team full of McDonald's All-Americans could ever execute. ...
S6 March 21, 2010 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- What strange psychology is this? The nation at large usually loves a Goliath. America seeks out the commanding and the dominant, places them in high matrices of "best ever" and "all time," all the while ignoring the struggles of the anonymous and faceless David Does below. Unti...
S6 March 19, 2010 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- I have a bobblehead doll of Bryce Drew releasing The Shot that beat Ole Miss in 1998, and a picture on my wall of Northwestern State's Jermaine Wallace uncorking the three-pointer that eliminated Iowa in 2006. I'll admit that I have to think for a minute to remember the names o...
S6 March 7, 2010 Bullet Points A mighty congratulations to the first three conference tourney winners. Winthrop is the Big South representative for the ninth time in 12 seasons. East Tennessee State repeated in the Atlantic Sun, out of a No. 5 seed. And dangerous Murray State won the championship of the Ohio Valley...
S6 March 3, 2010 NOTE: The Hoops National will only cover regular-season games for the remainder of the week. Games of Note at Gonzaga 78, Cal State Bakersfield 59 GONZ - 25-5 (12-2) [RPI: 30, State: 33] CSB - 7-22 (0-0) [RPI: 321, State: 295] Star of the Game: Matt Bouldin 15 Pts (5-11 FG, 3-3 FT), 6 Reb No. 1...
S6 March 1, 2010 Big Games Atlantic 14: at Xavier 78, Richmond 76 (2OT) XU - 21-7 (12-2) [RPI: 18, State: 18] RICH - 22-7 (11-3) [RPI: 26, State: 36] Star of the Game: Jamel McLean 9 Pts (2-3 FG, 5-6 FT), 13 Reb Men's Basketball Takes No. 23/24 Richmond to OT2, Pulls Out 78-76 Win - Led by sophomore Terrell Holl...
S6 February 26, 2010 Big Games Ohio Valley: at Morehead State 70, Murray State 65 MORE - 20-9 (14-3) [RPI: 98, State: 102] MURR - 26-4 (16-1) [RPI: 73, State: 57] Star of the Game: Kenneth Faried 15 Pts (7-10 FG, 1-3 FT), 11 Reb Hill's Clutch Three-Pointer Lifts Eagles to 70-65 Win Over Murray State Morehead State...
S6 February 24, 2010 The first time I came to the Idaho Palouse, a California kid on a college tour of the middle of nowhere, the Kibbie Dome was the first thing I saw of the University of Idaho. Driving east on Highway 8 and rounding the bend at the Washington state line, its grand, curving arch pops out of the monoton...
S6 February 13, 2010 Big Games Metro Atlantic: at Niagara 87, Siena 74 NIAG - 14-13 (7-8) [RPI: 172, State: 184] SIE - 21-5 (14-1) [RPI: 33, State: 50] Star of the Game: Kashief Edwards 20 Pts (9-14 FG, 2-2 FT), 6 Reb, 3 Stl Niagara Halts Siena, Nation's Longest Win Streak - NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.-The Purple Eagles h...
S6 February 4, 2010 Yesterday was National Pixelvision Day. We didn't make #pixelvision a Trending Topic -- we topped out at 0.03% of all Twitter traffic, which is about a tenth of what #UKnowUBrokeWhen got over the course of the evening. That's still pretty impressive, but what really matters is that there were peop...
S5 November 17, 2008 PITTSBURGH -- When something like this happens, when 111-103 happens, when a little military school from western Virginia marches into venerable old Rupp Arena and runs the home team off its own floor, it's never about the victor. That's just the way these things work. The tale, as it's commonly bei...
S3 March 7, 2007 Bullet Points Wright State are double-champions of the Horizon League, having beaten a Butler team that's been all up in the national grill this season. Do you take the Raiders seriously yet? Oral Roberts, repeat double champions of the mighty mighty Mid-Con, and North Texas has claimed the champion...
S3 March 6, 2007 Bullet Points Three championships were settled yesterday. All hail Virginia Commonwealth, double champions of the grand old Colonial, who held off a pesky George Mason team. And congratulations to Niagara, which beat Siena to claim the MAAC tournament championship. Oh yeah, andUnnamed Major Program ...
S3 March 4, 2007 Bullet Points We have four champions on the busiest day of Championship Fortnight: all hail Winthrop of the Big South and Davidson of the SoCon, double champions both. Second seeds who rose up to claim tourney championships and dance tickets: Eastern Kentucky of the Ohio Valley and Belmont of the At...
S3 March 3, 2007 Bullet Points In the first real shocker of Championship Fortnight, Appalachian State was upset by College of Charleston in the SoCon semifinals. Four leagues crown champions today on the ESPN family of networks. The Big South, Ohio Valley, SoCon and Atlantic Sun seasons will conclude with autobids b...
S3 March 2, 2007 Bullet Points No. 6 seed Virginia Military Institute has advanced to the Big South final after defeating the tourney's Nos. 2 and 3 seeds. Furman, the No. 5 seed in the SoCon, advanced to the semifinals by defeating No. 4#North Carolina-Greensboro. The Atlantic Sun quarterfinals played according to ...
S3 February 16, 2007 INDIANAPOLIS -- It's the eve of mid-majordom's national holiday, and for this fifth edition of the event we're getting the whole family involved. Yo dad, those repairs on the car can wait. There are 14 great televised mid-major matchups to watch! It's the perfect time to bring Junior onto the couc...
S3 February 9, 2007 DALLAS -- Big, big weekend in Hoops Nation. Huge. Make sure to check out these six big showdown/throwdown/hoedowns at the top of league tables this weekend. As a bonus, we're offering some sample pregame warmup music for your iPod, so you can truly get pumped up for these hot matchups. Holy Cross (...
S3 January 31, 2007 Here, then, are all the pairings for BracketBusters 2007. You can click on a matchup to learn more about the two teams and how they, well, match up. Albany at Boise State (TV) Appalachian State at Wichita State (TV) http://bbstate.com/games/66467>Austin Peay at Akron http://bbstate.com/games/664...
S3 January 30, 2007 PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Before we begin our supersized DP, I just want to share with you something I wrote yesterday. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (fourth edition, 2004, published by Houghton Mifflin) defines the word "champion" as "One that wins first place or first prize in...
S3 December 19, 2006 There's a debate raging in Hoops Nation, one that has very little relevance whatsoever to anything relevant. It's supposed to be about respect, honor and parity. It should be about ball control, free throws and the flex offense. And sure, it's about basketball -- a little bit -- but it's also about ...
S3 November 20, 2006 PAWTUCKET, R.I. - By November 19, 2005, there had been 16 games in which a school from one of the eight major conferences had been beaten by a school from one of the 23 other D-I conferences*. [*Unnamed Major Program From the Northwest excluded] This year, on that date, there have been 26. This i...
S2 January 17, 2006 I don't know what it is with diminutive nicknames, but undersized players with names like "Mookie," "Smush" and "Spud" will always find a place in the hearts of casual sports fans. Last night, a 5'11" Portland Pilot senior guard named "Pooh" helped lead his team a WCC overtime victory over Pepperdin...
S2 November 24, 2005 Game 103: Michigan 51, at Boston University 46 Tuesday, November 22, 2005 Agganis Arena - Boston, MA (with full and absolute apologies to John Gasaway) Wednesday, November 23, 2005 Is There A Triaminic For Coughing Up the Ball? Michigan beat Boston University 51-46 last night at the gleaming...
S1 March 16, 2005 Why trust those Johnny-come-latelies? We've been covering these guys all season. Here, then, is the first of four capsule sets of the mid-major teams who will appear on your television screens starting on Thursday, along with a few clips of their TMM appearances. Montana Seed: 16 1st Round Opponen...
S1 March 16, 2005 Fairleigh Dickinson Seed: 16 1st Round Opponent: Illinois Record: 20-12 (16-5 Northeast Conference) Big Nonconference Wins: December 9 at eventual MAAC two-seed Rider (76-74) 100 Games Project Appearances: #65 Key Players: Big Gordon Klaiber and little Tamien Trent are the inside-outside mechanism ...
S1 March 9, 2005 Bullet Points Oakland of the Mid-Continent Conference pulled the low-seed surprise of the year, taking down 1 seed Oral Roberts in the league's title game by a 61-60 score. Two other proud conference champions, and two overjoyed satellite campuses: Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Louisiana-Lafayette. The P...
S1 March 6, 2005 Bullet Points Four Dance tickets were punched: Winthrop, Eastern Kentucky, Central Florida and Chattanooga. Despite the two-digit numbers that the Selection Committee will hand them one week from today, all are champions. One-seeds fell like mighty trees. Arkansas-Little Rock, the E1 in the Sun Bel...
S1 March 5, 2005 Bullet Points Two one-seeds went down: Tennessee Tech lost in the OVC semifinals, and Davidson was eliminated in the Southern Conference semis. Four automatic bids will be handed out today, as the ESPN networks begin a schedule of court-stormings every two hours or so. We have the Big South's matc...
S1 February 27, 2005 Ivy: Pennsylvania 80, Columbia 72 (story) - Congratulations to the Quakers! The first ticket to the NCAA Tournament was punched last night as Penn (17-8, 10-1) clinched the Ivy League regular-season title. They stormed to a win on the Lions' home court, bolstered by 68% second-half shooting and a ...
S1 February 24, 2005 Mid-American: Akron 55, Miami (Oh.) 49 (OT) (story) - Six-four RedHawk guard Chet Mason had the game of his life, with 23 points and 15 rebounds... but as the sportswriters like to say, it was not enough. Despite sending the game to overtime on a last-second three by William Hatcher, Miami (17-1, 11...
S1 February 21, 2005 America East: Northeastern 63, Boston University 48 (story) - It's a dog-eat-dog world, and nowhere is that more true than in this conference. The Terriers of BU (19-6, 13-3 AE) stifled junior sharpshooter and former MMBOW Jose Juan Barea (2-for-17, 10 pts) on Senior Day, and held on to a lead for n...
S1 February 18, 2005 Atlantic Sun: Gardner-Webb 67, Belmont 58 (OT) (story) - G-Webb (15-9, 12-5 ASun) used a five-minute rally to storm back from a 12-point deficit late in the second. The homestanding Bruins controlled the flow for 35 minutes, and that included a 12-0 run midway through the second half to break the ga...
S1 February 14, 2005 So it turns out that Hot Sh*t Saturday was a great success. Six games, all good. Thrillers, comebacks, overtime, great shooting, great defense... HSS had something for everyone. Let's review: Big West: Pacific 64, Utah State 63 (story) - With 31 seconds left, homestanding Utah State was leading 61-...
S1 February 6, 2005 Western Athletic: Nevada 76, Louisiana Tech 58 (story) - In the most decisive result of Really, Really Exciting Saturday, Nick Fazekas scored 27 points and Nevada (15-5, 9-2 WAC) dominated the previously surging LTU Bulldogs, who were led by former MMBOW Paul Millsap with his 20 and 8. Insodoing, th...
S1 February 6, 2005 At the start of the season, folks thought the Big Sky conference would play out as usual - last year's Dancers Eastern Washington, traditional powerhouse Weber State, maybe one of the Montana schools would be in the mix. Nobody - and I mean nobody - saw Portland State coming. The Vikings had only 11...
S1 February 4, 2005 Western Athletic: Tulsa 65, Texas-El Paso 54 (story) - The Golden Hurricane (5-14, 2-8 WAC), playing for nothing but pride, had this one in hand early on, leading by as many as 17 in the first half. UTEP made their run, but the knife-twist was delivered with two minutes to go and Tulsa leading 56-53...
S1 February 1, 2005 Southern: Davidson 67, Chattanooga 53 (story) - Davidson built a fourteen-point lead going into halftime, and both teams treaded water for the second half. Despite outrebounding their hosts, the Mocs shot themselves in the foot by shooting just 30% from the floor. Davidson (14-7, 10-0 SoCon) tighten...
S1 January 30, 2005 Results from Shakedown Saturday are in! And here they are! Mid-Continent: Missouri-Kansas City 88, Oral Roberts 74 (story) - Okay, UMKC Kangaroos, here's your "for real" tag. Wear it proudly. With four minutes left, they were up by only four and had lost their entire two-man backcourt to foul disqu...
S1 January 28, 2005 Big West: Pacific 66, Cal State Northridge 62 (story) - The Tigers (15-2, 10-0 BWC) proved last night that they are not only Mad, but Beyond Matadome as well. They marched into Northridge and held off a late run by the perennial upstart Matadors (9-9, 7-3 BWC), who sunk further into second place. Li...
S1 January 23, 2005 Missouri Valley: Wichita State 58, Southern Illinois 56 (story) - The Shockers had the boards (42-32) and the defense (held SIU to 32% shooting in the second half), but the Salukis had enough streaks and runs to keep it close. WSU's Illinois transfer forward (and possible "evil twin" of your humble ...
S1 January 17, 2005 America East: Albany 58, Maine 49 (story) - We recently rattled off a list of conference teams that UAlbany could beat, but we didn't indicate a perceived ability to topple upper-division hopeful Maine. Since they were able to do so - up in Orono, no less - speaks to their meteoric rise through the ...
S1 January 12, 2005 Southland: Southeastern Louisiana 56, Sam Houston State 54 (story) - We sold this yesterday as big O versus big D, and the defense won. (I've also heard that it wins championships, but the evidence is inconclusive.) Southeastern kept the Bearkats' normally streaky offense in check, and backup guard ...
S1 January 9, 2005 West Coast: St. Mary's 66, UMPFN 61 (story) - Well, that didn't take long - now the folks who compile those goofy "mid-major polls" have to pick someone else. Homestanding St. Mary's used Mr. Three to take down the Unnamed Major Program From the Northwest, knocking down 16 of them. Senior guard Paul...
S1 November 14, 2004 Newsday provides another dreary This-season-is-going-to-be-so-great-because-so-many-seniors-are-staying-in-school tract. I see plenty of guys who stay four years in my travels, so I'm guessing that they mean "seniors with superb chances at being drafted." Personally, I'm sick of this crap. Sure, hav...
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