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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Julia Martinez had a triple-double, Kyla McMakin scored 25 points and Saint Louis earned its first NCAA Tournament berth with a 91-85 win over defending champion Massachusetts in the Atlantic 10 championship game on Sunday.
Seeing Maroon: On the road to vic-Tory Tory Verdi has built the UMass women’s basketball team into a winning program in his fifth season in Amherst. STAFF FILE PHOTO/DAN LITTLE Published: 12/21/2020 6:37:03 PM Modified: 12/21/2020 6:36:58 PM If you had told me four years ago that the Massachusetts women’s basketball team would be in the position it’s in now, I don’t think I would have believed you. I covered the women’s team during the 2016-17 season, which happened to be head coach Tory Verdi’s first year with the Flagship. For much of that season — due to players leaving the...
Seeing Maroon: On the road to vic-Tory Tory Verdi has built the UMass women’s basketball team into a winning program in his fifth season in Amherst. STAFF FILE PHOTO/DAN LITTLE Published: 12/21/2020 6:36:24 PM If you had told me four years ago that the Massachusetts women’s basketball team would be in the position it’s in now, I don’t think I would have believed you. I covered the women’s team during the 2016-17 season, which happened to be head coach Tory Verdi’s first year with the Flagship. For much of that season — due to players leaving the program, which happens when a n...
Keeping Score: Duende or not Published: 12/18/2020 5:55:38 PM Modified: 12/18/2020 5:55:24 PM Good morning! Back in the day when kids stood on street corners hawking newspapers, Boston sports fans regularly turned to an erudite columnist named George Frazier. Educated at Boston Latin and Harvard, Frazier wrote for the Herald Traveler and the Boston Globe, and later for Esquire and Life magazine. In Boston he coined the term “duende” for a level of class attained by few people or places. Ted Williams had it, but Stan Musial did not. Celtics center Bill Russell had it, Wilt Chamberlain did...
Keeping Score: Duende or not Published: 12/18/2020 5:55:28 PM Modified: 12/18/2020 5:55:15 PM Good morning! Back in the day when kids stood on street corners hawking newspapers, Boston sports fans regularly turned to an erudite columnist named George Frazier. Educated at Boston Latin and Harvard, Frazier wrote for the Herald Traveler and the Boston Globe, and later for Esquire and Life magazine. In Boston he coined the term “duende” for a level of class attained by few people or places. Ted Williams had it, but Stan Musial did not. Celtics center Bill Russell had it, Wilt Chamberlain did...