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S8 January 3, 2012 Game #8-338: Liberty Flames at Richmond SpidersDecember 28, 2011 7:00 pmRobins CenterBBState Stats/RecapI’m going to be honest: I’m kind of a crotchety old man when it comes to my sporting events. I’m a diva when it comes to seat location: as close to center court as possible, be it in the upper or ... [more]
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S6 April 5, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS -- At this point, there really isn't anything that hasn't been said. You know 1 Samuel 17:49, and you've heard the one about brick walls, and you know everything that's at stake tonight. Nothing less than the National Flippin' Championship, and one of our own is playing for it. All of... [more]
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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. ... [more]
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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... [more]
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S6 March 15, 2010 INDIANAPOLIS -- We pause to repect the accomplishments of Utah State, Richmond and Xavier. Heck, even Gonzaga. And even though we don't draw the line between power conferences and "none of the above" the same way as the people on TV, there were some other schools that don't play in the Premier Leagu... [more]
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S6 March 14, 2010 Bullet Points
Seven championships were decided on the penultimate day of Championship Fortnight. All hail Vermont, back in the Dance for the first time since 2005 (Season 1) and also for the first time in the Mike Lonergan era. Congratulations to Morgan State; the Bears navigated the always-difficu... [more]
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S6 March 10, 2010
One makes for a one-off, but two constitutes a tradition. It's now unthinkable to end Season 6 without having our friends from Storming The Floor over during Championship Fortnight, to discuss one of the most hallowed of all college basketball rituals: the taking of the court. Our First Annual Flo... [more]
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S6 March 8, 2010
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- This is the last week we'll all be together, before the 23 Champions of Hoops Nation (and a few others) move on to the fourth and final round -- leaving everyone else to figure out what comes next. It's a bittersweet final few days, full of joy and anguish, ultimate wins and ter... [more]
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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... [more]
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S6 March 7, 2010 This is the final Hoops National of the 2009-10 season.
Big Games
Atlantic 14: at Massachusetts 69, Rhode Island 67
MASS - 11-19 (5-11) [RPI: 200, State: 205] URI - 21-8 (9-7) [RPI: 30, State: 48]
Star of the Game: Ricky Harris 28 Pts (10-21 FG, 6-11 FT), 7 Reb
UMass Into A-14s With 69-67 Win O... [more]
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S6 March 6, 2010 NOTE: The Hoops National will only cover regular-season games for the remainder of the week.
Big Games
Ivy League: Cornell 95, at Brown 76
CORN - 26-4 (12-1) [RPI: 46, State: 50] BRWN - 11-19 (5-8) [RPI: 250, State: 281]
Star of the Game: Jon Jaques 20 Pts (7-9 FG), 7 Reb
Men's Hoops Claims Thir... [more]
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S6 March 5, 2010 Bullet Points
The first championship game matchup is set. In the Big South, Coastal Carolina will host No. 3 Winthrop on Saturday. The Eagles upset defending champions Radford 61-46 on Coastal's home floor.
Both lower seeds won in the two Atlantic Sun quarterfinals played on Thursday. No. 5 East Te... [more]
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S6 March 5, 2010 NOTE: The Hoops National will only cover regular-season games for the remainder of the week.
Big Games
Atlantic 14: at Richmond 60, Dayton 56
RICH - 23-7 (12-3) [RPI: 30, State: 32] UD - 19-10 (8-7) [RPI: 41, State: 51]
Star of the Game: Kevin Anderson 22 Pts (6-14 FG, 9-10 FT)
Spiders Finish 14... [more]
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S6 March 4, 2010 NOTE: The Hoops National will only cover regular-season games for the remainder of the week.
Big Games
Atlantic 14: Temple 57, at Saint Louis 51
TU - 25-5 (13-2) [RPI: 19, State: 19] SLU - 19-10 (10-5) [RPI: 87, State: 80]
Star of the Game: Lavoy Allen 18 Pts (9-12 FG, 0-1 FT), 14 Reb
#16/20 Tem... [more]
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S6 March 3, 2010
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- It's 2010, and the future is now. We have androids and robots that do our bidding, we use magic phones, and all the kids are having droid sex on "virtual AOL." Everything either flies, glows, or has a touch screen. But there's one machine from the old-school that has not been ou... [more]
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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... [more]
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S6 February 25, 2010
Big Games
Atlantic 14: at Temple 49, Dayton 41
TU - 23-5 (11-2) [RPI: 13, State: 21] UD - 18-9 (7-6) [RPI: 43, State: 51]
Star of the Game: Lavoy Allen 9 Pts (3-8 FG, 3-5 FT), 17 Reb
#18/20 Men's Basketball Tied For First In A-14 With 49-41 Win Over Dayton - PHILADELPHIA – Sophomore Ramo... [more]
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S6 February 11, 2010 The State of College Basketball is a ratings system that uses a lot of good basketball sense, per-game team performance ratings and degradation of older results to rank the teams from No. 1 to 344 (here's the long-winded version). In its overall form, it retroactively picked three of the Final Four ... [more]
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S6 February 10, 2010
Colonial: at George Mason 82, Virginia Commonwealth 77 (OT)
GMU - 16-9 (11-3) [RPI: 132, State: 104] VCU - 17-6 (9-5) [RPI: 49, State: 41]
Star of the Game: Michael Morrison 18 Pts (8-10 FG, 2-3 FT), 10 Reb
Men's Basketball Rallies Late, Downs VCU in Overtime - Cam Long hit a pair of free throws ... [more]
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S6 February 9, 2010
Big Games
Western Athletic: at New Mexico State 70, Louisiana Tech 68
NMSU - 15-8 (8-2) [RPI: 78, State: 94] LTU - 19-5 (7-3) [RPI: 71, State: 67]
Star of the Game: Troy Gillenwater 19 Pts (7-12 FG, 4-4 FT), 8 Reb, 2 Stl
Laroche Hits Game Winner over LA Tech, 70-68 - New Mexico State sophomore ... [more]
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S6 February 8, 2010
Big Games
Atlantic 14: at Richmond 71, Temple 54
RICH - 18-6 (7-2) [RPI: 31, State: 41] TU - 19-5 (7-2) [RPI: 17, State: 35]
Star of the Game: Kevin Anderson 29 Pts (11-17 FG, 5-5 FT)
Richmond Topples Temple, 71-54 (via Richmond)
Atlantic 14: at Dayton 90, Xavier 65
UD - 16-6 (5-3) [RPI: 33, S... [more]
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S6 February 3, 2010
I'll never forget Christmas 1987. The anticipation made my little underdeveloped heart jackrabbit in its bony cage. I recall bounding down the old toasty staircase, pushing my little sister aside, my eyes wide as canned hams. And there, 'neath the tinsel-topped tree, was the box I'd longed for so ... [more]
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S4 February 21, 2008 JACKSONVILLE -- Lots and lots to get to today with a full slate of red-hot mid-major action, but first I wanted to pimp n' plug tomorrow's Gigantic BracketBusters Marathon Chat on ESPN.com. There are always hundreds of people who don't get their questions attended to during the regular Wednesday dea... [more]
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S4 February 7, 2008 CLEVELAND -- There are a lot of subtle differences between higher-strata conferences and the leagues at our level. For instance, when a team in the ACC or Pac 10 is having a bad year, the media is still going to write about it, no matter what. The stories usually come with the angle of, "what's goin... [more]
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S4 January 4, 2008
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- I attended my first-ever Summit League game last night. Oh sure, I've been to plenty of Mid-Continent Conference games before, but things are different now. They've got a new name, new colors, and a new clip-art logo. Are their feelings of inadequacy solved? Hope so!
Folks fro... [more]
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