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Column: Loyola is stumbling, but it’s not time to panic

  • Posted onFebruary 18, 2019March 6, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

Both of the following statements are true: Loyola has lost two straight games, its first losing streak in conference play since 2017. And the Ramblers lost their hold on first place in the Missouri Valley Conference after a gut-punch home loss Sunday, their second loss…

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Northwestern is playing like a team under pressure

  • Posted onFebruary 8, 2017March 6, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

From the opening tip, Northwestern did not look right in Tuesday’s 68-61 loss to Illinois. While pressing on offense and alternating between rotating slowly and overcommitting on defense, the Wildcats looked like a team playing under pressure. Most likely the cause was the absence of leading…

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UIC has turned the first corner by beating up on bad opponents

  • Posted onJanuary 18, 2017January 18, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Horizon League title winners have something in common: they rarely lose to teams in the bottom half of the conference. While UIC is still a player away — or maybe just a year of experience shy — from truly contending for a conference title, the Flames have…

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Scottie Lindsey is having a season unlike any other in Northwestern history

  • Posted onDecember 28, 2016December 29, 2016
  • Big Ten

Scottie Lindsey has made remarkable improvements since his sophomore season, and he displayed them in full force Tuesday to explode for a career-high 31 points in Northwestern’s Big Ten opener at Penn State. The Nittany Lions had no answer for the junior guard, who shot 9-of-14 from…

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Opinion: Ben Bentil is Big East’s most underrated player

  • Posted onFebruary 3, 2016December 31, 2021
  • Big East

ROSEMONT, Illinois — Kris Dunn trailed behind DePaul’s Billy Garrett Jr. and swiped down, attempting to make one of his signature steals, and push Providence back into a game that they trailed 68-63 with 1:31 remaining Tuesday at Allstate Arena. But instead of making a…

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With more than 100 losses in five seasons, where is UIC heading under Howard Moore?

  • Posted onJanuary 20, 2015March 6, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

UIC coach Howard Moore has accomplished a somewhat uncommon feat by losing 100 games in his first five seasons as a head coach. Moore’s 100th defeat came at the hands of Valparaiso in an 85-56 blowout two weeks ago, and then he dropped his 101st in a heartbreaker…

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Opinion: Better for Loyola to rest Milton Doyle now so he’s healthy when it counts

  • Posted onJanuary 20, 2015March 6, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

Loyola coach Porter Moser finally faced the facts after Loyola limped to a poor loss Sunday at Southern Illinois. His star player, sophomore guard Milton Doyle, is just not the same after re-injuring his ankle nine days ago in a loss to Wichita State. “I’ve got to just…

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Midwest Region: Like it or not, Kentucky is a Cinderella

  • Posted onMarch 29, 2014March 6, 2019
  • American

Face it. If these Kentucky players wore the name of just about any other school across their chests, they would be national darlings right now. The No. 8 seed that faced nonstop criticism all year long. The preseason No. 1 team that faced expectations of…

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Midwest Region: Poor late-game officiating stains great finish in Indianapolis

  • Posted onMarch 29, 2014March 6, 2019
  • Big Ten

It wouldn’t be the NCAA Tournament without a game coming down to a questionable block/charge call. Tennessee was inbounding from the baseline with 10.8 seconds left, trailing 72-71. The Volunteers, who had erased a 15-point deficit in the final 10:32 of the second half, had…

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