Sentences with phrase «basketball teams against»

With less than a month until March Madness begins, we'll take a look at the best and worst college basketball teams against the spread for the 2011 - 2012 season.

But they are not very good only if you measure the Colby football team, for example, against Miami's; the Bates basketball team against Arkansas's.

Not exact matches

With college basketball's regular season schedule finished, men's basketball teams compete against their conference rivals today and through the weekend for their final shot at improving their standing with the NCAA Tournament selection committee.

It means, he hopes, that the big free - to - air networks will be enticed to take a package of NBL games along with the rights to telecast what will be the biggest basketball matches in Australia for years, between the Boomers led by international names such as Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons and fellow National Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in basketball matches in Australia for years, between the Boomers led by international names such as Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons and fellow National Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in the sport.

(At truly incandescent sports moments, as when the basketball team of my alma mater and former employer Valparaiso University this year advanced, against all expectation and indeed against all rational hope, into the third round of the NCAA championship, the grace takes on the character of the miraculous.)

The combination of the compressed post-London schedule and the mental / emotional toll of playing these every - possession - has - to - matter basketball games is leading to an understandable lack of sharpness and execution against good teams.

When Arsenal plays against smaller teams, we somehow manage to win the ball back, but playing against biger teams we play like basketball, leting the enemy attack and hope that they do nt succeed in scoring, rather then us winning the ball back.

IIMAR» I THOMAS Sacred Heart Cathedral - S.F. — Basketball — Senior Thomas was the SportStars NorCal Girls Basketball Player of the Year, as well as a Cal - Hi Sports First - Team All - State Elite selection, after posting a double - double average of 25 points and 13.4 rebounds for an Irish team that finished 18 - 9 against what many computer programs determined to be the most difficult schedule in the counTeam All - State Elite selection, after posting a double - double average of 25 points and 13.4 rebounds for an Irish team that finished 18 - 9 against what many computer programs determined to be the most difficult schedule in the counteam that finished 18 - 9 against what many computer programs determined to be the most difficult schedule in the country.

After an extremely close first game of the season last week, our Cheshire - based women's basketball team make their way to Salford for a late (8 pm) tip off against our other neighbours.

They played virtually perfect basketball from Week 3 on and just got cold for 20 minutes against the wrong Team..

He led one of the West's two best basketball teams (USC) against the other (UCLA), with inconclusive results

Team Liss has proven their skills in basketball and jumped up to # 6 in the Rankings as a result, but will they be able to execute in Flag Football during Week 4 against the new squad in the League, Team Slovis?

Led by a group of former Stevenson and Deerfield high school basketball players, this is a team that will end up in the top half of the league with wins against some of the top teams.

Michael Jordan and 11 fellow North Carolinians of his choosing against the Virginia Tech men's basketball team.

In the second half against UNC in the ACC tournament, they looked like one of the five best college basketball teams in the last 20 years.

The Michigan State Spartans are 13 - 1 straight up and 12 - 2 against the spread over their last 14 games according to the OddsShark College Basketball Database, helping the team earn a Big Ten championship and a two - seed in the NCAA Tournament.

North Carolina football coach Larry Fedora made the trek out to support the Tar Heels basketball team in their game against Florida State.

ON HIS SON TORII JR.»S FOURTH - GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM Last year they went undefeated and were beating guys pretty bad, so this year they moved up and played against older kids.

All good students of the game know you do not run on the Bearcats, because they laugh if you try it and steal your passes; nor do you pressure Cincinnati, because the Cincinnati press sticks three ways faster, including under water; and you do not play slow and careful against Cincinnati, because this is Cincinnati's specialty and what is the use of being the first basketball team ever held scoreless?

LeBron gave his team a fighting chance at home against what's evolved into arguably the greatest talent collective in basketball history.

The Fitzgerald Field House used to be where the Pitt men's and women's basketball teams played (and where Jerome Lane pulled his infamous Darryl Dawkins - style backboard shattering dunk in 1988 against Providence), but about a decade ago the hoopsters moved down the street to the $ 120 million Petersen Events Center.

He took some time to stop at the iconic Zingerman's and gave a shout out to the Michigan Basketball team and Devin Gardner; following that up with a pledge to not pick against Michigan again.

Interestingly, the only complaints from the Cubans, who could have hoped for a better fate against Mexico's water polo team — they lost 3 - 2 — came all the way from Havana, where newspapers blamed a U.S. referee for a loss to Mexico in basketball.

Orange Crushed The Syracuse basketball program, slapped on the wrists two weeks ago by the NCAA for assorted rules violations, was dealt another stinging blow Monday when the NCAA announced that center Conrad McRae could begin serving a previously announced three - game suspension by sitting out exhibitions against Marathon Oil and Kazakhstan's national team.

Unless Syracuse can quickly schedule a touring team from Azerbaijan or the Jiffy Auto Lube taxi squad, McRae will also miss the regular - season opener against that traditional basketball powerhouse, Cornell.

Watching Danny Kimpton play in an international basketball tournament in Luxembourg against various national under - 19s teams including the German national team!

It's remarkable that this Cavaliers team could blow a LeBron effort this great on this stage, even against the best basketball team on the planet.

Mix it together with the stakes and stage of an NBA Finals game against the best basketball team in the world, and you've got a cocktail of sadness unlike any other.

MILEPOSTS — HIRED: To succeed Ray Eddy as basketball coach at Purdue, GEORGE KING, for live seasons head coach at West Virginia University, where his teams won three Southern Conference titles and had 102 wins against only 43 losses.

The University of Michigan basketball team doesn't get much time to sit around and think about the heartbreaking loss this past Saturday in Bloomington against Indiana.

But Brey is concerned that it might actually violate the Geneva Convention to play Bonzie for more than 20 minutes against this abomination of a basketball team in Pittsburgh.

«A charismatic little guy, weaving in and out with exceptional precision, running the team — it went against what people thought of basketball, that you had to be tall to play,» says Micah Blunt, who starred in England and now is an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson.

«We're just trying to win a basketball game against a really great team.»

On the Thursday before the Sugar Bowl, he spent the morning practicing with the football team in New Orleans and then caught a plane to Orlando for the Seminoles» basketball game against Villanova in the Red Lobster Classic final, arriving in time to score 13 points and get three assists in a 68 - 67 upset loss.

Journell had a troubled career with the Hokies — he was arrested before the Sugar Bowl after going to the residence of two Virginia Tech basketball players with an air gun, resulting in his suspension for the team's Sugar Bowl appearance, and he was suspended for the team's game against Marshall this season.

SAN ANTONIO — Before Michigan became the hottest team in college basketball and rode a 14 - game winning streak to a Big Ten tournament title and the national championship game against Villanova, the team's captains gathered at the end of a grueling summer looking for a bonding exercise.

I don't like anyones chances in a basketball game against Team Glass.

Sports Insights» analysis of College Basketball Betting Trends shows the most profitable level for betting against the public in college basketball is when one team is receiving less than 25 % of spBasketball Betting Trends shows the most profitable level for betting against the public in college basketball is when one team is receiving less than 25 % of spbasketball is when one team is receiving less than 25 % of spread bets.

Team Hubner had the definition of a bad beat in basketball this week, having many opportunites in regulation to pick up their first win of the year, but eventually losing 58 - 61 in OT against Team Stone.

However, basketball has always seemed to be there strong suit and they will look to rebound next week against Team Merar (Dr. Jacob DDS).

The defending champs will stay atop the Power Rankings once again after an impressive win in basketball against Team Hubner by the score of 53 - 41.

There are also some specialty articles dealing with highly - ranked basketball teams, and how betting against the public fares during the March Madness tournament.

Gardenhire called Pelfrey, a Wichita State alum, into his office to give the Shockers» basketball team a pep talk over the phone before their game against Kentucky in the Sweet 16.

The Carondelet girls basketball team led only 19 - 16 against visiting McNair - Stockton in the California Interscholastic Federation Division II Northern Regional quarterfinals on March 10.

Wednesday was a huge betting content day at The Action Network, headlined by market reaction to Aaron Rodgers» return, whether it's smart to bet against tanking NFL teams and a random college basketball game being pounding by sharp money.

He dropped 10 pounds and became the top scorer last summer for USA Basketball's under - 20 team, which acquitted itself well against the NBAers on the U.S. Olympic squad.

The Michigan men's basketball team opens the NCAA Tournament at 9:50 p.m. Thursday as the No. 3 seed in the West Region, against No. 14 seed Montana.

Moritz Wagner and the Michigan basketball team open the Final Four at 6:09 p.m. Saturday in San Antonio against Loyola - Chicago.

Scotland's men's basketball team will face a battle for bronze against New Zealand on Sunday after suffering a heavy defeat against hosts Australia in their semi-final.

Jaaron Simmons and the Michigan basketball team open the NCAA Tournament at 9:50 p.m. ET Thursday against Montana in Wichita, Kan..