Thursday, March 04, 2004 :::
College Basketball
The last post from the Kitchen Cabinet is an excited post about college basketball that preceded Duke's loss at home to Georgia Tech last night. Illinois won a game at the buzzer, as did Northwestern; Illinois thereby claims at least a share of the regular conference title in the Big 10, while Northwestern aims at an NIT berth. The Big 10 tournament, with 11 teams, gives 5 teams a first-round bye in the conference tournament; the Big 10 currently has three teams at the top, two dramatically at the bottom, and Ohio State, at 6-9, out of contention for the top 5, but that leaves 5 teams going for two spots; Iowa and Northwestern are 8-7, while Purdue, Michigan, and Indiana are 7-8. Northwestern plays Michigan and Iowa plays Purdue this weekend.
In the Ivy League, Princeton could clinch an NCAA berth tomorrow night, or not at all, but the best bet is they will do so on Saturday by beating Dartmouth.
::: posted by dWj at 3:32 PM
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