In two months, the college basketball season will begin. On November 4, the journey toward March will get started. For one-bid leagues like the America East Conference, that road toward the NCAA tournament is filled with plenty of twists and turns. It is what makes covering this league so much fun. You never know what […]
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents has approved a three-year contract extension for head men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones, Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Kevin Granger announced Friday. The extension will keep Jones as head coach of the Tigers through the 2029 season. Since Jones’ arrival at TSU in 2018, the Tigers have participated in five consecutive […]
As the field of 68 dwindles to four, it’s time to look back and evaluate which conferences emerged as the winners and losers of the March Madness frenzy. While conferences like the ACC and Big Ten had stellar tournaments, the Pac-12 and Big 12 were disappointed. With an array of upsets, nail-biters, and Cinderella stories, […]
Tonight, the second weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament takes place in arenas across the country. This part of the tournament is known as the “Sweet 16” Four teams from the ACC have made it to this stage. They are Clemson, Duke, North Carolina, and North Carolina State. They are now just two wins […]
On Saturday afternoon, the Vermont Catamounts (26-4) punched their ticket to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for the tenth time since 2003. The 66-61 victory over UMass Lowell gave Vermont their third straight conference title. They are champions of America East for the 11th time which is a league record. Sunday evening, the team gathered […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Junior Cam Morris III (Alexander City, Ala.) registered 17 points and 10 rebounds for his sixth career double-double, as the No. 2 seeded UMass Lowell men’s basketball team (22-10) came up just short, 66-61, in the final minutes of the 2024 Jersey Mike’s America East Playoffs championship game at No. 1 Vermont (28-6) on Saturday […]
It was a year ago that the UMass Lowell River Hawks (22-9) met the Vermont Catamounts (27-6) for the America East championship at Patrick Gym in Burlington, VT. The Catamounts were victorious on that day and went on to play in the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament. One year later, it’s the same two teams, same […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Texas Southern took everything Alabama A&M threw at them but came up big in the closing minutes as they scored the final eight points to overcome a one-point deficit in the Tigers 72-65 win on Friday night inside Bartow Arena. The win moves TSU back to the championship round of the SWAC Tournament […]