Entries Tagged as 'Coyote Men's Basketball'

March 15, 2008

Women’s Regional: Day 1

Hey y’all. Since most of you probably won’t be attending this weekend’s North Central Region women’s basketball tournament, The Volante will provide daily logs. Enjoy.
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The second you step into the DakotaDome, it’s like walking into NCAA Land. Banners, logos, men in suits everywhere. Speaking of which, I’m calling the Dome GenzlerDome [...]

March 11, 2008

Rane Mergen’s Miracle At The Horn

If you were there, you won’t forget it.
If you weren’t there, you need to see it.
During the USD-Augustana men’s basketball game back on Feb. 28, Rane Mergen nailed an 85-foot three-pointer at the halftime buzzer.
It was one of those shots that you see on ESPN’s nightly highlights.
Without further adeu, check out the video (courtesy of [...]

March 9, 2008

UND women show lack of class in loss

The UND women were put in an unusual place on Sunday, a third straight loss to USD. This time USD beat UND in the North Central Conference championship game. UND missed a three point basket at the buzzer that would have tied the game. Immediately, the team went to their bench and quickly ran off [...]

March 6, 2008

Wednesday Night Surprise

OK, allow me to be the first person from The Volante to say this: What happened last night?
To be fair, I wasn’t at the game, but at this point does it matter? It was brutal, regardless of how far from Vermillion you were.
I’m not going to say anything anyone else isn’t thinking right now, but [...]

February 27, 2008

Welcome, Augieholics

As our religious friends from Augustana make their way down to Vermillion for tomorrow night’s basketball doubleheader against USD, let me be the first to welcome them to our humble abode.
Vermillion ain’t Sioux Falls by any means, but down here, we breed successful basketball teams. And right now, that’s what we Vermillionaires care about.
Yet, let [...]

February 21, 2008

Commentary Unedited: Are the Coyote men Domebabies 2.0?

This is the full version of the Men’s Basketball Commentary that I wrote for the 2/20 issue of The Volante. I decided to put this up on the sports blog because it is a little more fleshed out than the one that ran. Some of my full points were cut due to space restraints in [...]

February 17, 2008

Coyote men’s basketball team in a tough spot, but will history repeat itself?

This quote by Argus Leader beat reporter Mick Garry has in his story today from USD men’s basketball senior Dustin Little pretty much sums up what the Coyotes need to do to get back on the winning track.
“It’s time to stop talking about playing better and just start playing better. It’s time to go to [...]

February 17, 2008

USD men’s basketball team drops third-straight league road game

By Vance Janak
Three consecutive North Central Conference road games added up to three-straight losses for the USD men’s basketball.
The Coyotes finished their three-game road swing Saturday with a 75-71 loss to St. Cloud State in Halenbeck Hall.
Senior forward Eric Hall scored a career-high 30 points while junior center Steve Smith added 13 points for the [...]

February 15, 2008

Second Half for the USD at MSU-Mankato men’s game

It looks like Coach Boots hammered into the Coyotes head the idea of rebounding as they have already grabbed a couple offensive rebounds and a couple of defensive rebounds. Both three point shots didn’t fall for the Coyotes though. Boots is still all over the officials and it is the most animated I have seen [...]

February 15, 2008

Halftime for the USD at MSU-Mankato game

The Coyotes need to come out with more energy at the half. Boots will make sure the adjustments are made. The Coyotes need to be more aggressive and less tentative on the offensive end. Things started to be clicking better as the half ended, but improvements still need to be made. Steve Smith leads the [...]