It was a great season for Maine high school and college basketball
Veteran Husson University coaches Warren Caruso and Kissy Walker did their usual outstanding jobs.
Veteran Husson University coaches Warren Caruso and Kissy Walker did their usual outstanding jobs.
The best game was Duke’s very lucky win over No. 9 University of Central Florida.
UMaine survived two poor shooting nights from the floor in the America East Tourney by impressive performances from the foul line.
The great teams of UMaine coach Brian McCall in the early 1960s turned in some memorable performances at The Pit.
Andrew Fleming’s UMaine teammates played a big role in the career performance as 15 of his baskets came off assists.
Since today is Christmas it is the appropriate time for me to post my Christmas wish lists for those involved with Maine basketball at all levels. Coaches: No fouling out players, two shots and ball on the fifth foul and plus fouls, good officiating, more 3-pointers made than missed 3’s, no injuries, coachable players, a […]
The University of Maine men’s and women’s basketball teams have similar problems so far this season. The problems center around shooting and lack of adequate big post players. When comparing team shooting percentages, the men are shooting 41.2 percent from the floor and the women are at 41.9 while the women are hitting 31.9 percent […]
After the buzzer sounds on Monday night’s NCAA men’s basketball final, another season will have quickly shot by. The high school and college basketball season in Maine, like a lot of others, was full highlights and I’ve selected my top eight after careful consideration. — No. 1: It has to be the University of Maine […]
After watching most of the men’s and women’s NCAA tourney basketball games this season, my belief in the importance of developing big post players for the University of Maine teams was reinforced, a topic I wrote about back in November. I asked which team would be more successful in developing its big players. Successful men’s […]
America East champion University of Maryland, Baltimore County pulled off perhaps the greatest upset in sports history when it knocked off No. 1 overall seed Virginia in the first round of the NCAA basketball tourney on Friday night. UMBC, the No. 16 seed in the South Regional, became the first No. 16 team to ever […]