Basketball is a game that demands a degree of physical dominance of its transcendent players. The enduring memory of Shaquille O’Neal, a dominant force in the NBA for many years, is a dunk of intense ferocity. For Michael Jordan, the image that sticks in the mind is his effortless glide from the free ...
Within the first half of the season, media coverage of the NBA has largely focused attention on headlines and stories involving a relatively small group of teams. Whether it is the returning world champion Golden State Warriors, the healthy Cleveland Cavaliers or struggling large-market-city teams ...
With the NBA season heading into February, the All-Star Game is quickly approaching and rosters for both the Western and Eastern Conferences have already been released. The Daily enters the fray with its own picks for the all-star teams, each with five starters, two guards and three forwards, along ...
Tufts (2-0) came out firing on all cylinders to start their season, beating Emerson (1-3) 86-83 on Friday and then thrashing the Wentworth Institute of Technology (1-3) 86-62 Saturday in Tufts’ home opener at Cousens Gym. The high tempo of the offense has already increased scoring numbers from last ...
Of the 13 years that coach Carla Berube has led the Tufts women's basketball team, the 2014-15 season may have been the most decorated. Back-to-back NESCAC championships, back-to-back NCAA Div. III semifinal appearances, the United States Marine Corps/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) ...
Last year, an average possession for Tufts (13-12, 6-4 NESCAC) was a slow walk up the floor, five or six passes, an attempt to give the ball to a post player and a shot.This year, the offense has been completely restructured; the team’s roster shows no position other than “guard” or “center.” The ...
As a journalist, this one really hurts.Major sponsors notwithstanding, the media, by lavishing airtime and newspaper space on college sports, is arguably most complicit in this grand farce. Erstwhile scourge of the greedy and powerful, it has since kowtowed to those whose vested interests it once ...
After a breakthrough season in 2013-14, the Tufts women's basketball team was back this year with its sights set not only on repeating last season's success, but on taking it a step further: to the program's first national championship. The Jumbos hit the mark in many respects, winning ...
Despite being the only team in the Div. III NCAA Championship semifinals with Final Four experience, Tufts returned just one player from its starting lineup a year ago — senior tri-captain forward Hayley Kanner. Due to multiple injuries over the course of the season, the Jumbos entered Friday’s ...
"Pretty much everyone has shifted roles depending on games and match-ups," Morehead said. "It's good that we have players that are versatile. It makes it tough for other teams and makes them have to stay on their toes."
Last year, it was Liz Moynihan's (LA '14) desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime that carried the Jumbos through the second round of the NCAA Div. III tournament, keeping their Final Four hopes alive. While this year's opening rounds at Cousens didn't end with quite the same ...
https://twitter.com/TuftsDailySport/status/574003118070960128https://twitter.com/TuftsDailySport/status/574003433457467392Starting Lineups:Pine Manor:G Maria VaughanG Sybil LynchF Erica JonesG Alexis LeeF Natasia Franklin Tufts:G Lauren DillonG Emma RobersonG Josie LeeF Hayley KannerC Michela NorthLive ...
Entering their fourth straight NCAA appearance, the Jumbos will be hosting the Pine Manor College Gators on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Div. III Championship. After a whirlwind of a weekend -- tinged with the loss of senior tri-captain Hannah Foley to injury on Saturday and the defense of ...
On Wednesday, the NESCAC announced the 2015 All-Conference Teams and awards for men's and women's basketball. In a surprise to no one, the women's basketball team was well represented after posting an undefeated conference record and winning its second consecutive NESCAC Championship. Senior ...
Capping off a memorable weekend for Tufts athletics, sophomores Josie Lee and Mason Pulde earned NESCAC Player of the Week honors. Pulde, a goalie on the ice hockey team, is the first Tufts hockey player to win the award this season. Lee, a guard on the women's basketball team, follows senior ...
This time last year, the women's basketball team cut down the nets in Cousens Gym after winning the first NESCAC championship in the program's history. This year's team had its sights set on a repeat with most of its integral players still around and hungry for another title. After earning the ...
The NESCAC Championship will be held this Sunday at Cousens gymnasium, but whether the No. 5 women’s basketball team will have a shot at defending its title and becoming back-to-back champions for the first time will depend on its semifinal matchup against fourth-seeded Williams the day before.Tufts ...
After securing the fourth seed in the NESCAC tournament, Tufts dreams of a playoff run were quickly dashed in first round with a 92-66 loss to a hot-shooting Amherst team in Cousens Gymnasium on Saturday. The Jumbos ended the season 13-12.The Lord Jeffs got out to a hot start early led by junior forward ...
Just over two weeks after battling Hamilton down to the final minutes of regulation and escaping with a win in overtime, the No. 5 women's basketball team posted a definitive 64-43 win over the Continentals in the NESCAC quarterfinal matchup on Saturday. Hamilton, led by NESCAC leading scorer, junior ...
The men’s basketball team entered Saturday’s NESCAC quarterfinal meeting against Amherst as the No. 4 seed and with a 27-point road win in an earlier matchup under its belt. This game would not go as swimmingly for the Jumbos, as the Lord Jeffs shot 56.4 percent from the field in a 92-66 victory ...
