March 28, 2021 Ohio State scores six times in the fourth inning to pull away for a run-rule win COLUMBUS, Ohio – On a cold, blustery afternoon at Buckeye Field, the Ohio State bats stayed hot. Less than 24 hours after a 13-3 win over Maryland […]

Freshman Mel Coombs went 4-for-5 at the plate with her first career home run LINCOLN, Neb. – The Penn State softball team’s (1-15, 1-15 Big Ten) resilience all season paid off Sunday afternoon as the Nittany Lions beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-7, 9-7 Big Ten), […]

March 28, 2021 https://bit.ly/2PCG0a2 Iowa Men’s Tennis No. 16 Ohio State Beats Hawkeyes Columbus, Ohio — The University of Iowa men’s tennis team lost at No. 16 Ohio State, 6-1, Sunday afternoon at the Ty Tucker Tennis Complex. Iowa (4-9, 4-7) started the match, dropping […]

Ramblers are looking for second trip to NCAA Elite 8 in four years https://loyolaramblers.com/documents/2021/3/24/NCAA_OregonState_Notes_3_27_21.pdf INDIANAPOLIS (March 24, 2021) – Loyola vies for its second Elite 8 appearance in the last four years when it takes on No. 12 seed Oregon State in the NCAA Midwest Regional […]

THE GAME: Oregon State (19-12, 10-10 Pac-12) will face Loyola Chicago (26-4, 16-2 Missouri Valley) in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 at 11:40 a.m. PT (2:40 p.m. ET) on Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. TELEVISION: The game will be televised on CBS with Kevin […]

3/18/2021 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Texas Southern battled back from a 10-point halftime deficit and changed the flow of the game as they claimed its second win in NCAA history after defeating Mount St. Mary’s 60-52 Thursday night at Assembly Hall. TSU would score the first two […]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The University of Michigan men’s basketball team earned its 30th NCAA Tournament selection today (Sunday, March 14) and its first under U-M David and Meredith Kaplan Men’s Basketball Head Coach Juwan Howard. U-M is the No. 1 seed in the East Region and will […]

VERNAL EQUINOX In 2021, the Vernal Equinox falls on Saturday, March 20, at 5:37 A.M. EDT. To learn everything about the March equinox, go to Almanac.com/spring The word equinox is derived from the Latin words meaning “equal night.” The vernal, or spring, equinox is the […]

3/14/2021 USU will be making its 22nd NCAA Tournament appearance all-time, including its 10th in the last 22 years, when the 11th-seeded Aggies face sixth-seeded Texas Tech in the first round of the South Region on Friday, March 19, in Indianapolis. Utah State NCAA Tournament […]

March 16, 2021 No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 Utah State | 12:45 p.m. (CST), Friday | TV: TNT | Bloomington, Indiana INDIANAPOLIS – No. 21 Texas Tech is set to open the 2021 NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed in the South Region […]

Every Year CALIFORNIA: SWALLOW DAY ST. JOSEPH’S DAY 721 B.C. FIRST LUNAR ECLIPSE RECORDED IN HISTORY OBSERVED BY THE BABYLONIANS (ACCORDING TO PTOLEMY) 1810s BORN 1813: DAVID LIVINGSTONE (EXPLORER) 1820s BORN 1821: RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (EXPLORER, SCHOLAR) 1830s 1831: $245,000 STOLEN FROM CITY BANK OF […]

1760s 1766: BRITISH PARLIAMENT REPEALED THE STAMP ACT 1780s BORN 1782: JOHN C. CALHOUN (7TH U.S. VICE PRESIDENT) 1830s BORN 1837: GROVER CLEVELAND (22ND AND 24TH U.S. PRESIDENT) 1840s BORN 1844: NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (COMPOSER) 1850s BORN 1858: RUDOLF DIESEL (INVENTOR) 1860s 1865: CONGRESS OF THE […]

INDIANAPOLIS — WKU Basketball junior center Charles Bassey became the first Hilltopper to make a traditional All-America team in 50 years Wednesday when he was selected to the USBWA All-America Third Team. The Hilltoppers have had honorable mention All-American selections since – including Bassey on Tuesday by The Associated […]

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Hilltopper Basketball junior center Charles Bassey was named an Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention on Tuesday, the program’s first since Orlando Mendez-Valdez in 2009. Since its first AP All-American Honorable Mention in 1948, WKU has had 27 AP All-American selections, including Bassey: three First […]

INDIANAPOLIS – WKU Hilltopper Basketball’s junior center Charles Bassey was named to the USBWA All-District Team, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced Tuesday morning. The honor, along with district Player and Coach of the Year awards, were voted on by the USBWA’s 900-plus members. USBWA’s districts are broken down […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – WKU Hilltopper Basketball junior center Charles Bassey was named to the NABC All-District First-Team while senior guard Taveion Hollingsworth was tabbed to the second team, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Tuesday afternoon. The teams were selected by NABC-member head coaches in NCAA Division I. NABC […]

DALLAS — WKU Hilltopper Basketball’s Charles Bassey has been named Conference USA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. Bassey, a 6-foot-11 junior center from Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Hilltopper to win a conference Player of the Year award since Orlando […]

DALLAS — Four Hilltoppers received all-conference men’s basketball honors Monday, as announced by the Conference USA office. Charles Bassey was named to the 2020-21 All-Conference USA First Team, while Taveion Hollingsworth was selected to the Second Team. Bassey and Josh Anderson each earned a spot on C-USA’s All-Defensive Team, and Dayvion McKnight made the All-Freshman […]

WKU Game Notes | Saint Mary’s Game Notes FRISCO, Texas — WKU Hilltopper Basketball begins play in the 2021 NIT with a first-round game against Saint Mary’s at 8 p.m. CT Wednesday in Frisco, Texas. The game will air on ESPN2. The Hilltoppers most recently fell 61-57 in […]

ST. PATRICK’S DAY St. Patrick was the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland who is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland.Long before the shamrock became associated with St. Patrick’s Day (March 17), the four-leaf clover was regarded by ancient Celts as a charm against […]