Game 7-042 Columbia at Harvard
Thirty years ago, sixteen and one were just a pair of numbers, even to basketball fans. In the early 1980s, "Sixteen" had no real hoops significance outside the state of Kentucky, because the NCAA Tournament was smaller and two bracket wins weren't quite as uniformly "Sweet" as they are now. But to have that number attached these days is a symbol of impossible odds, a no-win situation. "No No.

GAME 7-060 BUTLER AT ILLINOIS-CHICAGO
CHICAGO -- Once upon a time in a city of big windy shoulders, there was a basketball game between two schools at the bottom of the Horizon League. Loyola (Ill.) beat the University of Illinois at Chicago 55-50. This wasn't any ordinary game.

Dribblings 1/25/2005 (Peaks and Valleys Edition)
Missouri Valley: Wichita State 65, Northern Iowa 57 (story) - The Shockers went on an early game-breaker of a run, but UNI fought back to take the lead just after halftime. Big Paul Miller hit a shot to make it 31-30, and WSU never looked back. Wichita State (14-2, 7-1 MVC) takes a half-game lead over Southern Illinois, the team they beat on Saturday.

Good Morning Hoops Nation - December 23
NATCHITOCHES, La. -- And so it's come to this. Folks are out there on the roads living like it's 2004, cramming their SUV's into parking lots and buying Christmas gifts from "brick and mortar" establishments. The third crazy night of Hanukkah is set to begin.

South Carolina State
It’s Jamal Brown’s favorite familiar quotation, and for good reason: successful seasons are indeed a habit at S.C. State over the past decade. As a player (1993-96) and assistant coach (1997-2003), Brown’s been in on all four MEAC titles the school has collected in the past 11 years.