Women's Basketball | Still more work to be done at Brunswick this weekend
February 22The 2006-07 campaign might already go down as the best season in the history of Tufts women's basketball.
The 2006-07 campaign might already go down as the best season in the history of Tufts women's basketball.
In NESCAC men's basketball, history has a habit of repeating itself - just ask the Amherst Lord Jeffs, who have won back-to-back conference titles and four of the last six.
After a disappointing loss to Colby on Saturday, the men's basketball team heads to Williamstown for a first-round match-up in the NESCAC Tournament with Williams tomorrow.
In NESCAC men's basketball, it's amazing how much can change in one day.
This season, only one thing is for certain in the NESCAC men's basketball standings - the Amherst Lord Jeffs, with an unblemished record of 23-0, have first place locked up.
With one week left to play, everything is in place for the men's basketball team to return as the second seed in the NESCAC Tournament.
The men's basketball team's three-game winning streak grinded to a halt on Tuesday night after an 84-76 loss to Babson College.
The men's basketball team took care of business this weekend in the Nutmeg State, defeating Conn. College 63-56 on Friday night before walloping Wesleyan the following afternoon, 94-69.
Being perfect isn't always easy. Just ask the women's basketball team.
Coach Carla Berube's team doesn't have time to feel sorry for itself. The season will only get tougher.
Three days after its most embarrassing loss of the season, the men's basketball team rebounded in style.
When the buzzer sounded last night in Cousens Gym, both teams were stunned.
It appeared that a different team showed up to Saturday's game against Bates than the one that soundly defeated Trinity and nearly overcame Amherst last weekend.
The men's basketball team turned the page on a heartbreaking 96-92 overtime loss to Amherst, the No. 2 team in the nation, with a 102-85 victory over Trinity on Saturday.
"Just like last year," men's basketball coach Bob Sheldon said Friday night, minutes after his team's devastating overtime loss to the Amherst Lord Jeffs. "One shot away from winning the game."
The floor of Cousens Gymnasium, though largely untested, has certainly been good to the women's basketball team this year. Playing only their second game of the season at home, the Jumbos blew by the Wellesley Blue, 90-45, on Saturday, posting a 30-plus point margin for the second straight game and scoring 90 points for the first time since November 2003.
No overtime required.
After enduring two weeks of rocky play that left it at 2-2, the men's basketball team may have had some doubts. But after this week, the Jumbos now know one thing for sure.
The MIT men's basketball team kicked off its post-Thanksgiving schedule with three straight road wins and returned home Saturday looking to improve to 5-2 against a Tufts squad that had yet to win consecutive games this season.
The men's basketball team overcame a sloppy first-half performance to take a non-conference game against the Springfield Pride (2-2) in Cousens Gym on Tuesday, 77-61. The Jumbos' newfound defensive strength and talent and depth on the offensive end overwhelmed the Pride in the second half en route to the team's third victory of the young season.