In the women's basketball team's first four games of the season, the Jumbos proved they would boast a formidable post presence this season. Most of the damage came courtesy of senior co-captain Khalilah Ummah, who had racked up 56 points on 63.9 percent from the field and 37 rebounds.
In her four seasons with the Brandeis Judges, All-American post player Caitlin Malcolm saw her team beat Tufts four times and contributed more than a third of the Judges' 275 points in the four contests.
Just three days after Thanks-giving, the men's basketball team wasted no time getting to the meat of its non-conference schedule.
Last year, then-junior Khalilah Ummah played a key role in the paint for the women's basketball team, coming off the bench to average 10.4 points and 6.6 rebounds while supporting the tandem of then-senior co-captains Laura Jasinski and Libby Park.
When the men's basketball team opened its season at the Brandeis Classic in Waltham, Mass. on Saturday night, it showed exactly the early-season jitters you'd expect from a team that's only been together two weeks. Missed jumpers, sloppy turnovers and inconsistent defense spelled the Jumbos' demise as they fell 96-70 to Bridgewater State.
The women's basketball team has never been one to rack up hefty offensive numbers. The team averaged just 62.2 points per game in 2006-07, a marked improvement from the previous season when it recorded 56.4.
Last year, for the first time since coach Carla Berube took over the women's basketball program in 2000, the team featured adept post play to match its strong outside game - and it paid off.
For the men's basketball team, this winter will be an attempt to return to the winning ways of two years ago.
As the men's basketball team opens its season Saturday night against Bridgewater State, it certainly has an abundance of seniors to turn to for guidance and leadership.
We're just 24 hours away from tip-off of the NCAA Tournament, so let's take a closer look at the right half of the bracket.
From Duke-Carolina to Ohio State-Michigan to Harvard-Yale, there's nothing in college sports more fun than a good old-fashioned rivalry game.
After turning in its most successful season in the Carla Berube era, the women's basketball team was dealt a one-two punch on Sunday that cut its historic postseason run short.
After a tremendously successful season last year, in which the men's basketball team won a school-record 23 games and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the Div. III NCAA Tournament, the Jumbos expected big things this season.
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.
