Post by johnjaymilwaukee on Mar 10, 2004 1:57:47 GMT -6
Box Score: UIC 65, UWM 62
uwmpanthers.ocsn.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/030904aaa.html
Panthers Fall To UIC, 65-62, In Horizon League Championship
Dylan Page leads Milwaukee with 20 points in the loss.[/color]
March 9, 2004
MILWAUKEE - Cedrick Banks scored 14 points and Illinois-Chicago beat the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 65-62 Tuesday night in the Horizon League championship game at the U.S. Cellular Arena.
The game, played in front of a UWM school-record crowd of 10,254, came down to the final minute.
Elliot Poole broke a tie at 62 when he went around Adrian Tigert to muscle in a basket with 35 seconds left.
The uwmpanthers.com coverage continues at:
uwmpanthers.ocsn.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/030904aaa.html
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Men's Basketball
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Panthers' dreams doused by Flames[/color]
By DAN MANOYAN
dmanoyan@journalsentinel.com
Posted: March 9, 2004
All the elements were in place.
A last-second shot. Elation. A crush of fans storms the floor at the U.S. Cellular Arena.
Unfortunately for UW-Milwaukee, the wrong team rushed the floor this time around. Ed McCants played the game of his young life but he couldn't hit the three-pointer that could have saved the day for the Panthers.
Illinois-Chicago won the Horizon League's trip to the NCAA tournament, snatching it away from the Panthers on their home floor, 65-62, before a pumped-up UWM record crowd of 10,254.
DAN MANOYAN's coverage continues at:
www.jsonline.com/sports/coll/mar04/213495.asp
From the March 10, 2004 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Panthers can't blame anyone but themselves
Posted: March 10, 2004
Dale Hofmann
UW-Milwaukee had its NCAA tournament hopes right where it wanted them Tuesday, but it picked a terrible night to do less with more.
The Panthers were not only at the U.S. Cellular Arena, but they were at the free-throw line for much of the second half, and they failed hopelessly to take advantage of either one. The program has suffered more disappointing losses but it's hard to remember a time when it has squandered a better opportunity.
As might have been expected, the floor was covered by excited fans after the Horizon League tournament championship game, just not by fans who live around here. The celebrants were wearing red and blue, and unless UWM changed colors, that could only be bad news for the home team.
Dale Hofmann's column continues at:
www.jsonline.com/sports/coll/mar04/213519.asp
From the March 10, 2004 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UIC Edges #1 UW-Milwaukee, 65-62, For Horizon League Tournament Title
Flames earn second NCAA tournament berth in the last three seasons.[/color]
March 9, 2004
Milwaukee, Wis. - For the second time in the last three years, the University of Illinois at Chicago men's basketball team claimed the Horizon League Tournament Championship and extended its winning-streak to 12 games with a 65-62 victory over top-seeded UW-Milwaukee in front of a record-crowd of 10,254 at U.S. Cellular Arena on Tuesday night.
And for the second time in the last three years, it came down to the final seconds of the contest.
With the score tied at 62-apiece, sophomore Elliott Poole (10 points) broke the tie with a turnaround bank-shot from the block to give the Flames the 64-62 advantage with 35 seconds left.
The UICFlames.Com coverage continues at:
uicflames.ocsn.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/030904aab.html
UIC Men's Basketball
UIC 65, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 62
Big Dance on horizon[/b]
By Bill Jauss
Tribune staff reporter
March 9, 2004, 11:51 PM CST
MILWAUKEE -- Sophomore Elliott Poole made the tie-breaking basket and a huge steal in the final seconds Tuesday night to earn Illinois-Chicago a 65-62 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the Horizon League tournament title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The triumph was the 12th in a row for UIC (24-7), which will be going to its third NCAA tourney since 1998. UWM (19-10) lost its first home game of the season after 13 straight victories.
The Flames had to overcome a brilliant game by the Panthers' Ed McCants, who scored 19 points and played outstanding defense against Cedrick Banks. He limited Banks to two points in the first half and 14 for the game.
Bill Jauss' coverage continues at:
chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-040309uicgamer,1,2320371.story?coll=cs-college-headlines
The Chicago Tribune
uwmpanthers.ocsn.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/030904aaa.html
Panthers Fall To UIC, 65-62, In Horizon League Championship
Dylan Page leads Milwaukee with 20 points in the loss.[/color]
March 9, 2004
MILWAUKEE - Cedrick Banks scored 14 points and Illinois-Chicago beat the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 65-62 Tuesday night in the Horizon League championship game at the U.S. Cellular Arena.
The game, played in front of a UWM school-record crowd of 10,254, came down to the final minute.
Elliot Poole broke a tie at 62 when he went around Adrian Tigert to muscle in a basket with 35 seconds left.
The uwmpanthers.com coverage continues at:
uwmpanthers.ocsn.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/030904aaa.html
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Men's Basketball
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Panthers' dreams doused by Flames[/color]
By DAN MANOYAN
dmanoyan@journalsentinel.com
Posted: March 9, 2004
All the elements were in place.
A last-second shot. Elation. A crush of fans storms the floor at the U.S. Cellular Arena.
Unfortunately for UW-Milwaukee, the wrong team rushed the floor this time around. Ed McCants played the game of his young life but he couldn't hit the three-pointer that could have saved the day for the Panthers.
Illinois-Chicago won the Horizon League's trip to the NCAA tournament, snatching it away from the Panthers on their home floor, 65-62, before a pumped-up UWM record crowd of 10,254.
DAN MANOYAN's coverage continues at:
www.jsonline.com/sports/coll/mar04/213495.asp
From the March 10, 2004 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Panthers can't blame anyone but themselves
Posted: March 10, 2004
Dale Hofmann
UW-Milwaukee had its NCAA tournament hopes right where it wanted them Tuesday, but it picked a terrible night to do less with more.
The Panthers were not only at the U.S. Cellular Arena, but they were at the free-throw line for much of the second half, and they failed hopelessly to take advantage of either one. The program has suffered more disappointing losses but it's hard to remember a time when it has squandered a better opportunity.
As might have been expected, the floor was covered by excited fans after the Horizon League tournament championship game, just not by fans who live around here. The celebrants were wearing red and blue, and unless UWM changed colors, that could only be bad news for the home team.
Dale Hofmann's column continues at:
www.jsonline.com/sports/coll/mar04/213519.asp
From the March 10, 2004 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UIC Edges #1 UW-Milwaukee, 65-62, For Horizon League Tournament Title
Flames earn second NCAA tournament berth in the last three seasons.[/color]
March 9, 2004
Milwaukee, Wis. - For the second time in the last three years, the University of Illinois at Chicago men's basketball team claimed the Horizon League Tournament Championship and extended its winning-streak to 12 games with a 65-62 victory over top-seeded UW-Milwaukee in front of a record-crowd of 10,254 at U.S. Cellular Arena on Tuesday night.
And for the second time in the last three years, it came down to the final seconds of the contest.
With the score tied at 62-apiece, sophomore Elliott Poole (10 points) broke the tie with a turnaround bank-shot from the block to give the Flames the 64-62 advantage with 35 seconds left.
The UICFlames.Com coverage continues at:
uicflames.ocsn.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/030904aab.html
UIC Men's Basketball
UIC 65, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 62
Big Dance on horizon[/b]
By Bill Jauss
Tribune staff reporter
March 9, 2004, 11:51 PM CST
MILWAUKEE -- Sophomore Elliott Poole made the tie-breaking basket and a huge steal in the final seconds Tuesday night to earn Illinois-Chicago a 65-62 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the Horizon League tournament title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The triumph was the 12th in a row for UIC (24-7), which will be going to its third NCAA tourney since 1998. UWM (19-10) lost its first home game of the season after 13 straight victories.
The Flames had to overcome a brilliant game by the Panthers' Ed McCants, who scored 19 points and played outstanding defense against Cedrick Banks. He limited Banks to two points in the first half and 14 for the game.
Bill Jauss' coverage continues at:
chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-040309uicgamer,1,2320371.story?coll=cs-college-headlines
The Chicago Tribune