Cincinnati Bearcats tickets - The fighting sprit leads to victory
Wednesday, February 25, 2009


Junior Vaughn and senior Williams managed Cincinnati's comeback from a mere 10-minute shooting drought and a 16-point deficit Wednesday, letting the Bearcats beat the Rutgers by a score of 71-59 for its first BIG EAST victory of the season this year.

Cincinnati somehow managed to overcome a 16-point first-half deficit, making this UC's largest win since the Bearcats overcame a 17-point deficit to beat the West Virginia on Jan. 2007.

The Bearcats overcame a tight first half of the game as Vaughn and Williams combined effort for 25 straight points during this comeback. Vaughn finished with a massive 24 points, and Williams matched his career high with scoring 20 points.

Junior Vaughn also set a career-high with this score with eight rebounds and became the fifth player in UC history to eclipse 200 made 3-pointers in a career of basketball. Vaughn has made 201 threes in his career and also he is the fifth Bearcat to accomplish this milestone joining Darnell Burton, Field Williams, LaZelle Durden, and Steve Logan.

For the second time in as many games, the Bearcats committed fewer than 10 turnovers as they had just six versus Rutgers, while forcing the Scarlet Knights into 17 turnovers. Anthony Farmer scored 12 points for Rutgers (9-9, 0-5 BIG EAST), which has lost its last six games and 14 of its last 15 BIG EAST games since the end of last season.

Cincinnati did missed 17 consecutive shots and went 9:25 without even scoring a field goal in the first half, when Rutgers pulled ahead 29-13. Cincinnati opened the second half with a 21-4 blast that featured nine points by Vaughn and put the Bearcats ahead to stay, with a score of 50-40.

Despite the fact that Cincinnati Bearcats man's basketball teams have always been an exceptional group team in the NCAA championship, the teams records in the championship play have wide-ranging with the time. Definitely, the most extraordinary time in Bearcats basketball was flanked by the end of 1950s and the commencement of 1960s. During this duration the team posted 5 uninterrupted Final Four plays. The well-known in 3rd time every American protector Oscar Robertson led the nation in account during the 1957-58, 1958-59, and 1959-60 seasons.

Also, the guard post a occupation average of 33.8 points on each game, which place them in the third all-time best in Division I-A. Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team started getting worse records at the beginning of 1970s. After a short span of renewal in the middle of 1970s, the team performs inadequately in the 1980s.Under the head coach Bob Huggins, in 1989, when the team changed its power. At the time of Huggins, the team made a 399-127 record and also gained 14 in in straight line NCAA championship appearances. The most unexpected out of all the teams, coached by Huggins, was the 1991-1992 teams, which was overwhelmed by the Michigan Wolverines team in the Final Four. At the present instant, the Cincinnati Bearcats teams are looking for to advance their presentation in sort to show the best of their abilities in the next season.

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Wake Forest Demon Deacons tickets - Zero is the Number and Deacon is the Man


Jeff Teague is the leading the Atlantic Coast Conference with 19.6 points per game. He has decided to get the number of his jersey changed to zero.

Big numbers on the court and zilch at his back, that's Jeff Teague for you. The sophomore from the Demon Deacons selected number zero to be his jersey number.

Jeff Teague, who is habitual of scoring big numbers at the court, surprised everyone with his jersey number selection, which was inspired from Gilbert Arenas of Washington Wizards. Teague too wants to follow the Washington guard and prove his critic wrong.

6 foot 2 inches guard Teague is a big time scorer and leads the ACC in scoring with 19.6 points per game. He is also shooting 53.6 percent, including a whopping 51.5 on 3-point tries. Teague is second in the nation in terms of steals, with 29 steals to his name, trailing behind UNC's Ty Lawson.

In their upcoming match against the Tar Heels, Wake will be depending on Teague and his back court mates Smith and Williams. It is up to these three Deacons to stand up against Lawson.

The Deacons haven't lost a match this season, and match up very well with UNC in the backcourt and overall game as well.

Teague had to play point guard for the Deacons because of a foot injury to Smith. He played at point guard for Pike High in Indianapolis. But where ever he is, he remains in the spot light.

Teague is one of the best guards in the nation. Teague is athletic, fast and has an explosive game. He has already dropped 31 points on UNC-Wilmington this season and 30 in Wake's road win at BYU.

Teague has improved manifolds from the last season; he has added a lot of skills and some weight too. Last season when Teague was named to the All-ACC freshman team, he was skinny, weighed 165-pound rookie and averaged 13.9 points a game. And this season he is up to 184 pounds, more strong and scoring 19.6 points per game.

Teague has always been very competitive and doesn't take defeat too well, no matter how small the margin is. Being sporty and competitive is something that he inherits from his father Shawn Teague, who was a college ball player at Boston University and Missouri. Marcus, Younger brother of Jeff, is a sophomore and a standout ore guard at Pike High.

Wake recruiters spotted Teague's talent early and included him in their program. Teague too preferred Wake's program over that of Kansas and Indiana.

If he keeps scoring with the same average, even with a zero at his back, then we might see more players wanting to have a zero behind their back as well.

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Virginia Tech Hokies tickets - Big Men Don't Cry


Virginia Tech made a disappointing start to its Atlantic Coast Conference season. The Hokies lost to Duke, 69-44, in their first ACC encounter of the season.

Duke, the No. 5 in the nation defeated Virginia Tech comprehensively with a margin of 25 points, at Durham, N.C.

The Blue Devil's Cameron Indoor Stadium was full of rowdy fans and amidst such a hostile environment the Hokies had eighteen defensive rebounds, six blocks and seven steals. Their shooting was affected by the environment, and they only shot 36 percent from the field, with a slight better accuracy at the free throw line. The Hokies shot 58 percent from the free throw line.

The Blue Devils(12-1, 1-0 ACC) started the first half with an 11-0 run, but then Virginia Tech shot 6 points with 8:30 minutes to go in the first half and came back in the game. At the end of the first half the Hokies were trailing the Devils by 8 points.

Second half belonged completely to the Devils. The Hokies managed to score only 13 points as compared to the 31 scored by the Devils. The shooting percentage of the Hokies plummeted to 33 percent. Within a matter of 4 minutes, the Devils extended their 11 point lead to a 20 point lead. The Dukes kept pushing and lay-up by sophomore forward J.T Thompson was the only field goal for the Hokies in the last 8:30 minutes of play.

Senior guard Malcolm Delaney missed all the three shots from behind the arch, senior forward A.D Vassallo scored 1-for-4. In all the Hokies shot 1-for-9.

However Delaney was the leading scorer for the Hokies, by scoring 12 points. Sophomore forward Jeff Allen also performed well and scored nine points and also took five rebounds, highest for the Hokies in the game. Senior forward Cheick Diakite played hard and stuck to his job of protecting the rim; he also chipped in with the scoring and scored eight points along with five rebounds and three block in twenty minutes.

Virginia Tech was out-rebounded by The Duke,38-28 in the game. Forward Kyle Singler was the leading scorer for the Blue Devils with 19 points, he also led the Duke in rebounds with eight rebounds. Gerald Henderson supported Singler well and scored fifteen points and took eight rebounds.

The Blue Devils proved to be better shooters than the Hokies and shot 95 percent from the line. They also converted 19 of the 20 foul shots they took as a result of 18 personal fouls committed by the Hokies.

Virginia Tech should not get disappointed, as they played a good game. They still lead the season with 9-5. The defeat in their first match of the ACC this season can be mended by winning the game against Virginia at their home court.

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Virginia Cavaliers tickets - Memorable Entertainment


Virginia Cavaliers outplayed a more methodical Bears in an entertaining game. The star of the show was Steve Gruber and his 50 feet 3- pointer.

Steve Gruber set the show on fire for Virginia Cavaliers. It was the most entertaining game witnessed by Virginia fans at John Paul Jones Arena.

Gruber, a 5 feet 11 inches back up guard was the main attraction of the second half, the most entertaining part was when this junior from Milwaukee, netted an off balance shot from about 50 feet.

The time was running out, Gruber caught the ball in the back court and without wasting any time he threw the ball and the ball was in the hoop ending his dry run this season.

The sparsely populated crowd at the John Paul Jones Arena was dozing off for most part of the game. Gruber brought them back to life by his spectacular 50 feet shot. The crowd gave him a standing ovation for putting up a spectacular show. Several replays of Gruber were played on the replay board which is a very rare phenomenon.

Gruber helped Virginia win its last non conference game of the season, 74-50.
Virginia's defense was very strong, especially in the second half. They forced the Bears to stretch out and run more to match the pace of Virginia defense. As the game, progressed the Bears started to worn out. Virginia defense kept the Bear down and only conceded 23 percent shoots in the second half.

Virginia which is currently having a record of 7-5 in the season, were strong on the rebound too. Virginia took 41 rebounds as compared to 29 by the Bears. For the Cavaliers, Mike Scott scored 15 points and took 10 rebounds, he was closely matched by Sammy Zeglinski who scored 14 points.

Sylven Landesberg, disappointed his fans. Landesberg came in to the match as a leading scorer, but didn't perform as per the expectations and scored just four points and that too all from the free-throw line.

Cavs didn't make an impressive start and were outplayed by a more methodical and copy book Bears. But the Bears were not able to extend the play through out the game. At the half time, the Cavs were leading by just 10 points but after that there was no stopping them.

The Cavaliers will now be looking forward to their much more difficult ACC match against their southern neighbors which also happens to be a road game. Considering the performance that the Cavs put up against the Bears, and the form achieved by Gruber and Scott, they will be able to pull that game off too.

Virginia Cavaliers outplayed a more methodical Bears in an entertaining game. The star of the show was Steve Gruber and his 50 feet 3- pointer.

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