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By PAUL GOTHAM Dan Cook (Pittsford Mendon) led St. John Fisher College men's basketball with 25.0 points, 11.3 rebounds and two steals over three wins to earn Empire 8 Player of the Week honors for March 15-21st. The sophomore transfer logged a pair of double-doubles while shooting 25-of-41 (.610) from the floor and 23-of-27 (.852) from the free throw line for the week. Cook … [Read more...] about Cook named Empire 8 Player of the Week

By PAUL GOTHAM INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Buddy Boeheim scored 22 of his game-high 25 points in the second half, and the No. 11 seed Syracuse Orange survived a late surge to defeat No. 3 West Virginia, 75-72 in Midwest Region action of the NCAA Tournament.  After connecting on just 1-of-6 shots during the first 20 minutes, Boeheim hit 7-of-11 after the break including 5-of-8 from … [Read more...] about Syracuse survives, advances to Sweet Sixteen

By PAUL GOTHAM INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Cameron Krutwig finished with a game-high 19 points, but it was the senior center's efforts as part of the Loyola Chicago defense that lifted the Ramblers to a 7-58 victory over top-seeded Illinois. And the performance wasn't anything out of the ordinary for Krutwig and his teammates. The Ramblers, rated No. 1 overall by KenPom … [Read more...] about “Not a 48-hour thing,” Loyola Chicago advances to Sweet Sixteen