Says Tennesse Coach Pat Summitt of star player Candace Parker, who has an injured left shoulder: “I don’t think that’s a problem as far as taking the ball off the dribble. Will she shoot the ball left-handed? Probably not. But with her size, and obviously she’s going against size, I think she can make shots […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Mike Green's smile kept growing in direct proportion to the deficit Butler was facing against Tennessee. The tough point guard from Philadelphia knew what was coming. So, probably, did Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl.Three years ago, Pearl was coaching in the Horizon League. He took his underdog UW Milwaukee team to the Sweet […]
Trevor Stewart. Dieffenbach suffered a torn meniscus ligament earlier this season and had surgery last Friday. He wore a large brace during the NCAA Championships.“I just kept wrestling on it, and eventually it gave out and my knee completely locked up and I had no choice but to get surgery,” he said. “It came at […]
VANCOUVER - The 2008 NCAA men’s basketball tournament tips off Thurday and, in the spirit of workplace futility, many of you will be filling out a bracket.Unfortunately, with the NHL playoffs on the horizon, college basketball might have fallen off your radar. If that’s the case, here’s some bracket advice from a guy who rode […]
Eddie Sutton is back at the NCAA tournament — not as a coach this time, but as a very interested fan.Sutton is in Denver to watch his son, Scott, lead Oral Roberts in its first-round game against Pittsburgh on Thursday.The 71-year-old Eddie Sutton took the coaching job at the University of San Francisco in the […]
Kansas State’s women’s basketball team is the No. 5 seed in the New Orleans region and will go against No. 12 Chattanooga in the first round.</p><p>The Wildcats, who won the Big 12 regular-season title, will have to travel quite a ways for this game: They are playing in Bridgeport, Conn.</p><p>The Mocs are 28-3 and went […]
Texas might have lost to Kansas in Sunday’s Big 12 championship game, but in the Madness that comes every March, the Longhorns might have won in the long run.Texas (28-6), which fell to the Jayhawks 84-74, was given a No. 2 seed in the South Regional and opens against Austin Peay on Friday at Little […]
Indicative of the volatile nature of college basketball, the teams that played for the national title last season — Florida and Ohio State — were not included in this year’s field of 65. For the second consecutive season, only 6 of the 34 at-large teams selected came from outside college basketball’s […]
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NORMAN, Okla. Once Oklahoma’s name popped up on the NCAA tournament bracket, guard David Godbold held up all five fingers on his left hand and one on his right.Count it up and the Sooners are a surprising No. 6 seed in the East Regional, where they will face 11th-seeded St. Joseph’s in the first […]