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Patience pays off for UIC in third year of McClain era

  • Posted onMarch 2, 2018March 5, 2018
  • Chicago Basketball

Ever since he took the job in 2014, UIC head coach Steve McClain has returned to the word “process.” And after the Flames gutted their way through third and fourth consecutive losing seasons, the process has begun to pay off. McClain took over a 10-win…

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Freshman center Cameron Krutwig has Loyola Chicago as a mid-major threat

  • Posted onFebruary 14, 2018March 5, 2018
  • Chicago Basketball

Cameron Krutwig’s combination of size and skill doesn’t come through a small, mid-major program like Loyola Chicago often. Yet the 6-foot-9 big man who’s helped Loyola reach first place in the Missouri Valley gets his favorite advice from one of the smallest characters in movie…

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Gregg Marshall Wichita State coach

What Wichita State’s move to the AAC means for Loyola

  • Posted onApril 7, 2017September 24, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

At least in the short term, Wichita State’s decision to leave the Missouri Valley for the American is a blessing for Loyola. Twice in the last three years, Loyola has had teams that, when healthy, rank in the top 100 of Kenpom. In any mid-major league…

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Final Illinois Rankings for the 2016-17 season

  • Posted onMarch 29, 2017September 24, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

The state of Illinois finally ended its shutout streak in the NCAA Tournament with Northwestern going dancing. Aside from that? It was a somewhat disappointing year. UIC reached the CBI semifinals and Illinois made the NIT quarterfinals, but the state had a legitimate chance to send…

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UIC advances to CBI semifinals with 80-71 win over George Washington

  • Posted onMarch 20, 2017March 20, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

UIC continued its postseason run Monday with an 80-71 over George Washington in the CBI quarterfinals. The Flames led by 17 with 8:14 remaining, but a Colonials run brought them within one possession in the final two minutes. UIC (17-18, 7-11 Horizon) took care of the…

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Wacky mistake in crunch time allows Northwestern’s historic season to continue

  • Posted onMarch 16, 2017March 16, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

SALT LAKE CITY — At first, Bryant McIntosh was confused. Maybe Northwestern wasn’t actually trailing by a point. Why else would Vanderbilt guard Matthew Fisher-Davis had fouled him intentionally in the backcourt with 14.6 seconds left? “I thought maybe I made a mistake,” McIntosh said.…

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Vic Law throws down monstrous alley-oop during 31-0 Northwestern run

  • Posted onMarch 9, 2017March 9, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Rutgers hasn’t had a three-game conference winning streak since the 2005-06 season, and that streak doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon. Northwestern reeled off a 31-0 run in the first half of Thursday’s Big Ten Tournament second round game to take a 37-9 lead…

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DePaul falls on first day of Big East Tournament; St. John’s and Georgetown gets chippy

  • Posted onMarch 9, 2017March 10, 2017
  • Big East

BY SHANE DAVIES NEW YORK — The Big East Tournament tipped off on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden with two first-round games that offered varying levels of intensity. Since rebranding to a 10-team conference back in 2013, the conference has struggled to maintain the traditional…

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Tre’Darius McCallum pulverizes the rim at Big East Tournament

  • Posted onMarch 8, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

It looks like Tre’Darius McCallum is amped to play in basketball’s Mecca. In the first half of DePaul’s Big East Tournament first round game Wednesday, the junior forward took flight off a fast break feed from R.J. Curington, dunking it home past two Xavier defenders.…

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Big East Tournament Preview: Expectations for DePaul, and a sleeper pick

  • Posted onMarch 8, 2017
  • Big East

BY SHANE DAVIES The 35th annual Big East Tournament tips off Thursday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City and will continue through Saturday’s championship game. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and the…

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