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Source: sports.yahoo.com --- 37 days ago
The Boise State men's Basketball program set one major goal at the beginning of the season—make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1994. BSU lost 79-61 to Louisville in the first round of the Big Dance. Mission accomplished, with some big milestones achieved along the way. The Broncos shared the WAC's regular-season title and won the conference Tournament for the first time in school history. The team's 25 victories and 12 road victories also set school records. Coach Greg Graham, who completed his sixth season, is a candidate for a contract extension. Graham has one year remaining on his current contract, a five-year deal he signed after leading the Broncos to the NIT after the 2003-04 season. The Broncos will have a tough task in... ... Source: sports.yahoo.com --- 30 days ago
Southern Illinois fans can't get too excited about the NIT—not after six straight trips to the NCAA Tournament. With three starters back from a Sweet 16 team, they did not expect to watch the Salukis play in the NIT this season. Those expectations turned out to be too high. SIU was overmatched early by a tough schedule and never recovered from a rough start. SIU couldn't close out close games, couldn't score and never put together a consistent stretch of good Basketball. SIU showed its potential in the NIT. The Salukis, without point guard Bryan Mullins, handled Oklahoma State 69-53 in the first game. With Mullins still out, Arizona State was too much in the next round. ...
Source: msn.foxsports.com --- 38 days ago
Jamar Butler didn't expect his college career to end in Madison Square Garden, in the title game of a Tournament that masquerades as the consolation prize for all those teams with good but not great seasons. A year ago he was on college Basketball's biggest stage, playing for a national championship under the brightest of lights. On Thursday night, he'll lead the Buckeyes into the finals of the NIT against Massachusetts. ... Source: www.sfgate.com --- 20 days ago
Cal hadn't been to a postseason men's Basketball Tournament in 24 years until it went to the NIT twice in the mid-'80s. Two years later, the Phoenix Suns finished 55-27, a 27-win improvement over the previous season, one of the biggest turnarounds in NBA... ... Source: ohiostate.scout.com --- 38 days ago
Ohio State is one of the few Division I teams still playing college Basketball at this point in the season. While they are not in the Tournament they would like to be in, the Buckeyes are nevertheless showing significant signs of improvement they are hoping will carry them to an NIT title and point them in the right position for next season. ... Source: uga.rivals.com --- 23 days ago
Georgia Basketball coach Dennis Felton confirmed exclusively to UGASports Friday that his Bulldogs have been invited to take part in the 2008 Preseason NIT Tournament ... Source: ohiostate.rivals.com --- 40 days ago
Even a game of chutes and ladders doesn't have as many dramatic climbs and falls as coach Andy Kennedy and his Mississippi Basketball team has experienced this season. After starting the year 13-0, the Rebels finished 7-9 in the SEC and ended up back in the NIT Tournament. Tuesday night they will face Ohio State in a Final Four game at Madison Square Garden ... Source: www.charlotte.com --- 40 days ago
South Carolina has named Darrin Horn its new men's Basketball coach, replacing the retired Dave Odom. Horn spent the past five years at Western Kentucky, guiding his alma mater to an NCAA Tournament berth this past season. The Hilltoppers won the Sun Belt Conference title to reach the field of 65, then beat Drake and San Diego before losing to UCLA in the West Region semifinals last week. Western Kentucky finished 29-7 this season and won at least 20 games in each of Horn's last four years. The Hilltoppers had a record of 111-48 in Horn's five seasons -- adding a pair of NIT berths to this year's Sweet 16 run. The 35-year-old Horn started his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater in 1995 and has also been an assistant at Morehead State and Marquette. Odom announced his retirement in January and stepped down after the Gamecocks concluded a 14-18 campaign with an 89-87 loss to Tennessee in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. ... Source: www.charlotte.com --- 38 days ago
Sports Forum ACC to Charlotte: Thanks for the hospitality The writer is the ACC's commissioner. Dear ACC Fans, I write to extend my appreciation to the City of Charlotte following this year's ACC men's Basketball Tournament. From March 13-16, the ACC and its member institutions enjoyed great hospitality while our teams competed in the 55th annual ACC Tournament that ended with the crowning of North Carolina as this year's champion. We are extremely proud of the many individuals who were the pulse behind this year's event, including the Charlotte Bobcats Arena staff, the Charlotte Local Organizing Committee, the Charlotte Regional Sports Commission and the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority. These groups, along with the entire Charlotte community, all rallied around the Tournament and devoted an incredible amount of energy to its success. I sincerely hope everyone enjoyed this year's games along with the many special events that surrounded the Tournament. I know I speak for our 12 institutions, and specifically our men's Basketball teams, in thanking the entire Charlotte community. John D. Swofford Greensboro We Recommend MASSACHUSETTS VS. OHIO STATE 7 p.m., ESPN The National Invitation Tournament men's Basketball championship game will be missing a staple: South Carolina. The Gamecocks, who won the past two NIT titles, will have to watch Massachusetts and Ohio State vie for the championship. Jamar B ... Source: frontier.cincinnati.com --- 29 days ago
A day after removing himself from the LSU search (knowing that Trent Johnson was about to take the job), Ford reportedly makes his way to Providence's campus, according to this Fox Sports report : Providence has offered its men's Basketball job to UMass coach Travis Ford, FOXSports.com has learned. Ford, 38, a candidate at LSU prior to a new athletic director being brought on board last week, was on campus at Providence on Wednesday afternoon. UMass was a senior-laden team (Forbes and Brower, anyway). So it didn't have a lot to gain by playing deep into the NIT Tournament -- other than positioning itself to lose its head coach. Two decades ago, Providence proved to be the launching pad for Rick Pitino's career when he took the Friars to the Final Four. Now, maybe one of his former UK players can try to pull the same trick, albeit in a vastly different college landscape. ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 25 days ago
Travis Ford is leaving Massachusetts to take over the Oklahoma State Basketball program, UMass confirmed Wednesday. Massachusetts assistant athletic director Jason Yellin said athletic director John McCutcheon and several players would discuss Ford's departure during a news conference Wednesday night. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State said it had no announcement planned Wednesday for the job that opened April 1 when Sean Sutton resigned under pressure. The 38-year-old Ford turned down a job offer from Big East school Providence and had also previously been linked to an opening at LSU. A former player at Kentucky, Ford led UMass to a 25-11 record this season and an appearance in the NIT championship game, where it lost to Ohio State. Ford previously took over a losing program at Eastern Kentucky and guided it to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 26 years. Kansas coach Bill Self turned down the Cowboys last week and signed an extension to remain with the national champion Jayhawks. ... Source: www.kansas.com --- 37 days ago
College Basketball's third postseason Tournament is here to stay. Rick Giles, the president of the College Basketball Invitational, said Thursday that the alternative to the National Invitation Tournament considers its first year a success and plans a similar event next year. In the shadows of the Final Four and the NIT, the CBI will crown its champion today when Tulsa (24-14) hosts Bradley (21-16) in Game 3 of the championship series. Initially met with skepticism as a Tournament to crown the 98th-best team in the country, the CBI has gained momentum at least in the cities where the games have been played. Tulsa drew its second-largest crowd of the season in Game 1 of the championship series, and Bradley had 9,014 fans -- about 600 shy of its season average -- on hand for Game 2. More than 6,300 tickets had been sold for the decisive third game at Tulsa's 8,355-seat Reynolds Center. ...
Source: www.tidefans.com --- 38 days ago
You know the routine... * It came as no shock that Mark Gottfried has not been, nor will be, fired. The relevant question concerns what will it take for Gottfried to get fired next year. Obviously missing the NIT will be enough to get him canned, but it's unlikely that we do that. The relevant question is this: If we make a legitimate run at the NCAA Tourney, but don't make it -- which wouldn't be a major surprise if Steele and Hendrix return -- is that enough to save Gottfried for another year? I'm leaning towards yes, but his seat will be extremely hot going into 2010, but regardless, that is the major question regarding our Basketball program right now. * I want to clear up one thing. Some people talk of, perhaps, Gottfried returning us to the "Glory Days." Some people are waxing too far nostalgically on things, and embellishing quite a bit. Do not forget, the "Glory Days" under Gottfried -- aside from one fluke NCAA Tourney run -- generally consisted of .500 at best conference records and sweating it out on Selection Sunday. And even when we did make the Tourney, we were usually beaten very early. Even the year we won the SEC, we were blown out in the second round. I'm not criticizing Gottfried, mind you, but some people have a warped perception of how good our "Glory Days" under him were. * I said all year long it was a definite down year for the SEC in Basketball, and I believe the NCAA Tournament proven that point. We got si ... Source: www.sanluisobispo.com --- 38 days ago
GAME NOTES: The NIT title is up for grabs this evening in New York City, as the Massachusetts Minutemen and the Ohio State Buckeyes battle in the Championship Game at famed Madison Square Garden. The Minutemen are seeking their fourth national title in any sport in school history and are making their deepest postseason run ever in Basketball. The team has lived dangerously however in Tournament play this year, as UMass has won the last three games of this event in come-from-behind fashion, including knocking off two-time national champion Florida on Tuesday in the semifinals, 78-66. Other Tournament wins for the Minutemen include topping Stephen F. Austin (80-60), Akron (68-63) and Syracuse (81-77). The Buckeyes on the other hand, have been dominant in this event, including an 81-69 win over Ole Miss on Tuesday. OSU also posted double-digit victories over UNC Asheville (84-66), California (73-56) and Dayton (74-63). With the win over the Rebels, the Buckeyes are now 1-1 in games played in the month of April, having lost to Florida in the NCAA Title game on April 2nd of last year. This is Ohio State's third NIT Final, winning the event in 1986. The Buckeyes are now 17-7 all-time in NIT play. This game is the third all-time meeting between these two teams, with OSU claiming victory in both the 2000-01 season and the 2001-02 campaign. UMass played its first-ever Basketball game in the month of April on Tuesday and ended Florida's post ... Source: www.sanluisobispo.com --- 38 days ago
The NIT title is up for grabs this evening in New York City, as the Massachusetts Minutemen and the Ohio State Buckeyes battle in the Championship Game at famed Madison Square Garden. The Minutemen are seeking their fourth national title in any sport in school history and are making their deepest postseason run ever in Basketball. The team has lived dangerously however in Tournament play this year, as UMass has won the last three games of this event in come-from-behind fashion, including knocking off two-time national champion Florida on Tuesday in the semifinals, 78-66. Other Tournament wins for the Minutemen include topping Stephen F. Austin (80-60), Akron (68-63) and Syracuse (81-77). The Buckeyes on the other hand, have been dominant in this event, including an 81-69 win over Ole Miss on Tuesday. OSU also posted double-digit victories over UNC Asheville (84-66), California (73-56) and Dayton (74-63). With the win over the Rebels, the Buckeyes are now 1-1 in games played in the month of April, having lost to Florida in the NCAA Title game on April 2nd of last year. This is Ohio State's third NIT Final, winning the event in 1986. The Buckeyes are now 17-7 all-time in NIT play. ...
Source: www.sanluisobispo.com --- 37 days ago
Kosta Koufos scored 22 points and grabbed six rebounds and Ohio State, one year removed from falling short in the NCAA Tournament championship game, won the National Invitation Tournament title game, 92-85, over Massachusetts. Othello Hunter scored 17 points and raked in nine rebounds for the Buckeyes (24-13), who won the second NIT title in school history. Ohio State also won the NIT in 1986. Evan Turner scored 20 points and grabbed six boards, and Jamar Butler had 19 points and eight assists for the Buckeyes, a year after their run to the Final Four, which ended in a championship game rout to Florida, an NIT semifinalist this year. Ricky Harris scored 27 points, making 7-of-13 three-pointers, for the Minutemen (25-11), who made the deepest postseason run in the history of the men's Basketball program, but failed to bring home the first championship. Etienne Brower scored 17 points and ripped down 12 boards, and Gary Forbes had 16 points. ... Find more search results for NIT Basketball Tournament on RSSMicro.com |
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The Southern Ledger Ohio State Basketball: Winning the NIT ... and sticking it to the ... The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - 2 hours ago "That's what happens when you put an NCAA Tournament team in the NIT. We walked through it. Send that to the committee. Write that. This Year, Buckeyes Take Home a Trophy New York Times Ohio State downs UMass for NIT title SI.com Sports Network - Boston Herald - Providence Eyewitness News - New York Daily News all 645 news articles ...
A handful of football schools made the list of the greatest Basketball programs of all time . Couldn’t be helped. Even football schools produce good hoops teams, though it seems like more and more are emerging.
And at No. 24, the Oklahoma Sooners are the first football school on this list. (I swear, it’s a coincidence .)
It may seem strange that Oklahoma landed one spot ahead of N.C. State , one of the game’s historic powers, but give the Sooners their due. They’re worthy.
They score thanks to four Final Four appearances, 15 regular-season conference crowns and plenty of recent success. Oklahoma has 1,469 wins, 30 th most among D-I schools, right behind Villanova and more than schools like Connecticut, Oklahoma State and St. Joe’s all of whom are Basketball schools. If not for struggling in the 50s and 60s when only football mattered in Norman, the Sooners might be higher on this list.
Consider:
Only Texas has more NCAA Tournament wins without a title, while the ‘Horns, Notre Dame and Temple are the only schools with more tourney appearances without a crown.
They’ve had talented, players, too. Sooners have been named consensus first-team All-Americans eight times, tied for 10 th all time. That’s more than Arizona, Louisville, N.C. State and Georgetown. The individual talent has been there.
And Oklahoma has finished as runner-up in NCAA or NIT three times. Sooner or ...
Filed under: Umass Basketball , A-10 Basketball , Big East Basketball , NCAA Basketball Coaches UMass weathered the Western Kentucky and then LSU interest in Travis Ford. Then as things settled Providence came calling with a sizable offer -- at least double his base salary at UMass of $400,000. Ford actually toured the Providence campus and their athletic facilities on Wednesday. He returned back to Amherst with an offer, by all accounts. UMass could not match the money, but did offer a raise and more years. Ultimately -- and perhaps a little surprisingly -- Ford opted to remain at UMass . The announcement was made that he was staying just before the UMass Team Banquet. "As all of you know, we've gone through the last couple of days with a great deal of anticipation," said [Athletic Director John] McCutcheon. "We would like everyone to know that Travis Ford, our head men's Basketball coach, will be with us for many years to come. Obviously this has been a tremendous year for the Basketball program advancing to the NIT Championship. We have made great strides here over the last couple of years and we look forward to making many more. We could not be more excited about the future in front of us." This is great news for UMass as they have shown steady improvement under Ford. While they haven't made the NCAA Tournament, they have gotten better each year and reached the NIT the last two and tied for the best record in th ...
Filed under: Ohio State Basketball , Big Ten Basketball , Columbus If you haven't noticed ... and judging by ESPN's ratings you haven't ... the N.I.T. crowned their champion last night. Ohio State beat UMass, 92-85. While is was a nice win for the Buckeyes, not all of them seemed to be impressed. Especially Jamar Butler :
"That's what happens when you put an NCAA Tournament team in the NIT. They walk through it," senior Jamar Butler said with a smile. "Write that." Maybe. While I'm not one to dismiss the N.I.T.'s value as others do, you still need to know your role. With the way the NCAA Tournament panned out, it wasn't a given that Ohio State would have done anything in the NCAAs. Maybe they would have (Villanova beat them out for that final spot and advanced to the Sweet 16). Either way, it was a nice ending to Butler's career ... which saw him playing in the NCAA title game a year ago. Freshman Evan Turner put it in an interesting context: "It feels good to go out with a win," said Turner, a freshman. "I don't know if this is what a Big Ten championship feels like or a national championship feels like. Hopefully my teammates and I are fortunate enough to experience that some day. But right now, this is good enough." All hail the NIT champs! Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments ...