Archive - Mar 6, 2012

Mid-major tournament report: Overtime games decide Sun Belt, Summit League crowns; No. 1 Central Arkansas ousted in Southland

Two mid-major leagues crowned new tournament champions Tuesday, as South Dakota State took the Summit League's tournament title and Arkansas-Little Rock laid claim to the Sun Belt conference Tournament crown. Three more mid-major conferences will launch their women's basketball championship tournaments Wednesday, bringing the total number of non-BCS conferences whose tournaments have gotten underway to 20.

Still beast of the East: UConn knocks off Irish

Hartford, CT (Sports Network) - To be the best, you have to beat the best.

Big 12 Tournament Preview: A conference where no win is a given

When it comes to the competative level of play in the Big 12, no one has said it better than Iowa State Coach Bill Fennelly:

“If someone said to me ‘Its hard to beat someone three times,’ well, hell in this league its hard to beat anyone one time.”

And that is exactly why the buzz is building as the conference teams head to Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium for the start of the Big 12 Championship Tournament on March 7th.

Mid-major tournament report: Day six

On Monday, four new mid-major conference tournament champions were crowned, while on Tuesday, three more mid-major conferences join the 14 others who have already gotten their conference women's basketball championship tournaments underway. Let's look first at the newcomers, then turn to the highlights of Monday's championship games.

Big East Semis a night of retribution for Notre Dame and UConn

 

Turns out that in Big East Women’s basketball revenge is a dish best served on the occasion of the conference tournament semifinals, as West Virginia (No. 5) and St. John’s (No. 2) discovered tonight at the XL Center.

West Virginia lost to top-seeded Notre Dame in a 73-45 routing. St. John’s fell to third-seeded Connecticut 74-43.

The two games shared similar backgrounds, followed similar cadences. Even the final scores were eerily similar.

UConn overwhelms St. John's in Big East semis

Hartford, CT (Sports Network) - Stefanie Dolson scored 23 points and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 22 in the fourth-ranked Huskies' 74-43 pasting of No. 13 St. John's in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament.