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Willen falls just short of NCAA berth
Posted Friday, March 12, at 7:02 PM

Former Notre Dame High School basketball standout Ryan Willen fell one win short of playing in the NCAA tournament.

Willen, a sophomore forward at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., had team highs of 16 points and 10 rebounds today but the Leopards lost at Lehigh 74-59 in the championship game of the Patriot League tournament that was nationally televised by ESPN2.

Willen wrapped up a second straight impressive season for the Leopards. He was their No. 3 scorer and No. 2 rebounder with averages of 12.2 points and 4.6 boards to make second-team all-conference.

Last year Willen earned Patriot all-rookie honors. This season he was a big reason why Lafayette went 19-13 and placed third in the league despite being a unanimous selection to finish last.

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SEMO high on Hatchett's list
Posted Friday, March 5, at 2:24 PM

I covered Thursday's Class 1 District 3 tournament championship game won by Scott County Central and had an interesting conversation with Braves senior point guard Bobby Hatchett, who is being recruited by a number of Division I programs. Hatchett told me that SEMO is "strong on my list," mentioning the Redhawks along with Mississippi and Iowa as being among his top choices...

Great crowd Saturday, now the real work begins
Posted Sunday, February 28, at 1:43 PM

There was quite a scene at the Show Me Center Saturday night as the largest crowd for a SEMO home basketball game in five years witnessed the season-ending 71-68 overtime loss to Austin Peay. SEMO's Show Me Sellout promotion drew an announced 5,515 fans, the most to watch the Redhawks since the 2004-05 season, when two larger crowds turned out...

New format for OVC basketball tournament
Posted Monday, February 22, at 3:09 PM

The Ohio Valley Conference announced an interesting, and unusual, change in format for its postseason basketball tournament today. Beginning next season, all eight men's and all eight women's teams that qualify for the tournament will meet at one site in Nashville, Tenn., for the entire tournament. Previously first-dround games were played on campus sites, with the semifinals and finals being held in Nashville...

Struggling SEMO teams still mathematically alive
Posted Saturday, February 20, at 10:40 PM

SEMO's basketball teams are both limping to the finish line -- almost literally because of all their injuries -- but both are still mathematically alive to make the OVC tournament. The ninth-place men, who have lost six straight, trail eighth-place Tennessee State by two games. They must win their final two games -- both at home, Thursday against Tennessee State and Saturday against Austin Peay -- while the Tigers lose Saturday at Eastern Illinois in their other remaining league contest...

Murray shot against SEMO gets national exposure
Posted Wednesday, February 17, at 2:14 PM

While SEMO was only a footnote to the story, the Redhawks were involved in one of the plays of the entire college basketball season -- and one that gained national attention -- during Tuesday night's 80-68 loss at Murray State that clinched the outright regular-season OVC title for the Racers...

SEMO behind in race for final tournament spot
Posted Tuesday, February 16, at 6:43 AM

Undermanned Tennessee State -- which dismissed its top scorer and another of its top players a few weeks ago -- picked up two surprising wins in recent days, over Austin Peay and Tennessee Tech, to move ahead of SEMO in the race for the eighth and final spot for the OVC men's basketball tournament...

SEMO men hit rough patch
Posted Wednesday, February 10, at 10:32 AM

To its credit, the SEMO men's basketball team has overachieved at various times this season, particularly given its injuries, including the loss of anticipated top player Leon Powell before the campaign even started and the loss of top inside player Cameron Butler for an extended period...

Football recruits difficult to size up
Posted Thursday, February 4, at 11:24 AM

I've never heard a college coach in any sport say they didn't land a good recruiting class. So SEMO football coach Tony Samuel naturally raved about his latest batch of recruits Wednesday as the signing period began. Samuel and his staff signed 17 players, with several more expected to sign in the weeks and months ahead...

SEMO to play at Miami (Ohio) in BracketBusters
Posted Thursday, February 4, at 10:51 AM

The SEMO men's basketball team will play at Miami (Ohio) Feb. 20 as part of the ESPN BracketBusters series. Game time is 1:30 p.m. It will be the first meeting between the programs. SEMO and Miami have basically the same nickname, although Miami goes by RedHawks -- the H is capitalized -- while SEMO goes by Redhawks, with the h lower case...

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