If you haven’t been absorbed by March Madness yet, it won’t take much longer. The NCAA tournament field is filling up with automatic qualifiers and play begins Wednesday in the major conference tournaments. By Sunday, you will have a bracket in your hand and can start making your picks. The top team in our Power […]
UConn’s Napier named first team All-American by US basketball writers
March 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
UConn guard Shabazz Napier picked up the most significant honor of his career Wednesday, when he received first-team All-America honors from the US Basketball Writers Association. Napier, a senior from Roxbury, Mass., joined Creighton’s Doug McDermott, Arizona’s Nick Johnson, Duke’s Jabari Parker and Louisville’s Russ Smith as first-team selections by the association, which picked […]
UConn football to play seven home games in 2014
March 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Bob Diaco’s debut as Connecticut football coach will come Friday, Aug. 29 at Rentschler Field against BYU. The 8 p.m. game will be televised by ESPN and is the first of three consecutive non-conference home games to start the season for the Huskies. The 2014 football schedule was released Tuesday by the American Athletic Conference. […]
USBWA names Napier District Player of the Year
March 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Shabazz Napier of UConn has been named District I Player of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association for the second consecutive season. Only Napier and Creighton’s Doug McDermott (District (VI) have won the awards in back-to-back seasons. Derek Kellogg of UMass was named District I Coach of the Year. Below is the USBWA […]
Napier one of three unanimous All-AAC first team picks
March 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you were awaiting the announcement of the American Athletic Conference all-conference teams for a clue to the Player of the Year race, forget about it. UConn guard Shabazz Napier, Louisville guard Russ Smith and Cincinnati guard Sean Kilpatrick were all unanimous choices on the first team announced by the conference Tuesday. Louisville forward Montrezl […]
Kansas will be without Embiid in Big 12, maybe longer
March 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Bad news for the Kansas Jayhawks. Freshman center Joel Embiid will not play in the Big 12 Conference tournament and he may miss time during the NCAA tournament. That decision was announced Monday night after Embiid returned to Lawrence after meeting with a spinal specialist in Los Angeles. Here’s the press release Kansas just issued: […]
Ollie relying on seniors as UConn returns to postseason
March 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
STORRS, Conn. – After a one-year absence from postseason play – both in the conference and the NCAA tournament – the Connecticut Huskies make their return Thursday in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference championship in Memphis. The Huskies are the No. 4 seed and will play No. 5 Memphis Thursday at 9 p.m. […]
Iowa State heads field for CBE Hall of Fame Classic
March 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Iowa State, Alabama, Arizona State and Maryland will appear in the 2014 CBE Hall of Fame Classic Nov. 24-25 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., it was announced Monday. Here’s the press release from the NABC: KANSAS CITY, MO (March 10, 2014) Nationally ranked Iowa State will join Alabama, Arizona State and Maryland for […]
Brazeau leaving American for ACC
March 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Former University of Hartford men’s basketball coach Paul Brazeau is leaving the American Athletic Conference to become Senior Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball Operations with the Atlantic Coast Conference. ACC Commissioner John Swofford made the announcement Monday through a press release. “Paul has served the sport of basketball for over 30 years as a coach […]
Pairings set for Atlantic Coast Conference tourney
March 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Here’s the news from Tobacco Road, regarding the ACC Tournament. 61st Annual ACC Tournament March 12-16, 2014 Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum Wednesday, March 12 (First Round) #12 Wake Forest vs. #13 Notre Dame ESPN2/ACCN 1:00 #10 Miami vs. #15 Virginia Tech ESPN2/ACCN 3:30 #11 Georgia Tech vs. #14 Boston College ESPN2/ACCN 7:00 Thursday, March 13 […]