Archive for December, 2010
Friday, December 31st, 2010
The Horizon League is probably the most unrecognized conference in NCAA-DI basketball. UIC was YSU's opponent on this holiday evening, and UIC had just beaten then-ranked #12 Illinois a couple of games back. The Horizon League is no slouch, ask Duke. As the conference rises in prominence, Youngstown State is ...
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Thursday, December 30th, 2010
Embarrassment. It is a word that humbles, but has an upside in the way of motivation sometimes. The Youngstown Phantoms, coming off of a 7-2 loss to Indiana were embarrassed. Des Moines warded off an early flurry of goals and kept their composure to beat the Phantoms, 5-4. It should ...
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
The Youngstown Phantoms needed a break. Heading into this contest with the Indiana Ice, the Phantoms had dropped four contests in a row, all on the road. It seemed like an eternity since the Phantoms had a home game (December 4), which incidentally was the last time this team won. ...
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Friday, December 24th, 2010
To sit at the media table at Youngstown State basketball games has been awesome. To take pictures along the baseline at Beeghly Center when the YSU Penguins have a home game is a different kind of awesome. You hear both sides of everything because you are real close to the YSU ...
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Friday, December 17th, 2010
The much-improved Youngstown State Lady Penguins welcomed their longtime geographic rival, the Akron Zips, to town for a finals week matchup. The game was tied at 55 with just under five minutes to play, but Akron was able to clamp down and improve to 6-4 on the season, as they ...
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Youngstown State returned home to play a game a few days after being trounced by Robert Morris, 90-60. To make matters worse, one of the team leaders, Ashen Ward, would be inactive with back spasms. The Penguins last played Malone in 1963, and won that game 117-81. Monday night, parody ...
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Monday, December 13th, 2010
The Pittsburgh Pirates front office has been busy since the season ended in hopes of fielding a more competitive team. Paneech.com was lucky enough to catch a few leaks about who could be a new Buc by opening day. It is a pretty strategic list, and man, if Neal ...
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Thursday, December 9th, 2010
Adam Berkle knows that bigger things are in his future. A scholarship to hockey powerhouse Northeastern University is the big prize, and he has earned it. Berkle is a carryover from last season, so it was fun to prod him with comparison questions between the two years he has been ...
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