Category: College

Ohio State’s Evan Turner is one of the top basketball players in the country, averaging 20 points, nine rebounds and six assists per game this season. But even superstar talent struggles to win against a group of stingy, defensive-minded players. The No. 6 seeded Tennessee Volunteers proved that on March 26 as they survived Turner’s 31 […]

The No. 5 seeded Michigan State Spartans have been known to play their best ball during the “big dance,” and this season hasn’t been any different. After beating No. 9 seed Northern Iowa, 59-52, on Friday night in the Midwest Regional Semifinals, MSU is now one game away from reaching the “Final Four” for the sixth […]

(March 27, 2010) – The South Region’s top-seeded Duke Blue Devils disposed of the Purdue Boilermakers, 70-57, at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas on Friday, March 26. Senior Kyle Singler led Duke with 24 points while junior Jon Scheyer recovered from a shaky start to post 18 points, including a few clutch baskets late in […]

Bowie State took out defending champion Elizabeth City State, 4-2, to claim the 2010 Central Interscholastic Athletic Association Women’s Bowling Championship on March 22. BSU has now claimed the CIAA crown for a third time in five years. The No. 3 seeded Lady Bulldogs bounced back from a 4-1 loss to the Lady Vikings in […]

Michigan State reserve guard Korie Lucious nailed a clutch three-pointer at the buzzer to push No. 5 MSU Spartans over the No. 4 Maryland Terrapins, 85-83, and put down a furious late rally by Maryland. Maryland star Greivis Vasquez pulled off his famous late-game heroics to give his team a one-point lead with six seconds […]

The No. 3 seed Georgetown Hoyas fell in a shocking upset to No. 14 seed Ohio University, 97-83, in the first round of the NCAA tournament’s Midwest regional in Providence, R.I. on March 18. Georgetown guard Chris Wright scored a team-high 28 points, followed by forward Greg Monroe with 19 points. But Georgetown could not […]

President Obama successfully predicted 13 of 16 winners in the first round of the NCAA tournament played on March 19—fortunately for Marylanders, his winners included their No. 4 Terrapins, who smacked around the No. 13-seeded University of Houston Cougars, 89-77, in a Midwest regional matchup in Spokane, Wash. Houston star Aubrey Coleman, the nation’s leading […]

It was all smiles and high-fives for students and fans of the Morgan State Bears early on, but that happiness lasted only about 15 minutes as No. 15 seed Morgan State was routed by No. 2 West Virginia, 77-50, in an NCAA tournament first round matchup on March 19 in Buffalo, N.Y. MSU leapt out […]

With the NCAA Men’s Division-I Championship Tournament tipping off this weekend, millions of sports fans will be glued to their TVs to witness a field of 65 winning basketball programs attempt to knock each other off in an exhilarating one-and-done style tournament that has garnered the nickname “March Madness.” Most African-American sports fans were pleased […]

The Morgan State Bears earned the biggest win of their season when they defeated the South Carolina State University (SCSU) Bulldogs, 68-61, on March 13 to claim their second consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship and punch their ticket to the NCAA championship tournament for a second straight year. But the historic victory also offered […]

Georgetown junior guard Austin Freeman has been diagnosed with diabetes. Doctors don’t believe the condition will affect his basketball career, however. Freeman, Georgetown’s leading scorer at (17 points per game) complained of a stomach virus before a home game against Notre Dame on Feb. 27. Freeman did not start the game but scored five points […]

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference basketball championship tournament, scheduled to begin March 8, has attracted more followers than normal this year, thanks in large part to the outstanding play of its top-ranked team, the Morgan State Bears. The Bears have won 23 games this season (nine losses), and are 10-1 in the MEAC. If they win […]