Cooper’s defense squeezes CovCath until Colonels pop, next it’s on to Newport in Ninth Region finals
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Ernest Hemingway was talking about bankruptcy not basketball. But in “The Sun Also Rises,”…
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Cooper makes it clear Lady Jags own Ninth Region with defensive shutdown of rival Ryle’s Lady Raiders
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter They said all the right things after the game, the Cooper Lady Jaguars did,…
Cooper-Holy Cross collision worthy of Sweet 16 semis happens here in the Ninth Region semis
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Here’s the problem when two of the state’s top four teams, teams that haven’t…
TMU REPORT: Saints men win way into the GMAC championship game, women eliminated in semis
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter In its first season in the NCAA’s Division II and the Great Midwest Athletic…
Injured NKU survives Horizon playoff, upsetting Wright State on road in OT to advance to Indy semis
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Down 17 points – and two starters – NKU’s Norse pulled off the improbable…
New-generation Cooper flies by Highlands into Sunday’s Ninth Region semifinals
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter And then there were four. The four you expected would be there for Sunday’s…
Thomas More women make the most of their first GMAC postseason tourney but it doesn’t come easy
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Basketball doesn’t get enough credit. It’s the football that takes all the crazy bounces,…
Thomas More men, surprised they got to host, even more surprised they almost blew a 20-point lead
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter So many questions about this Thomas More men’s basketball team as it hosted the…
No style points for Newport in 9th Region slugfest with Ryle’s Raiders but Wildcats manage to stay alive
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Nothing came easy. Nothing. Not either way. Although someone had to win this take-no-prisoners…
Thomas More earns a pair of Tuesday playoff basketball games in Saints’ 1st year in NCAA’s GMAC
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Thomas More men’s basketball coach Justin Ray was as surprised as anyone else when…
Mismatches, no seeding, no matter as Holy Cross, Cooper wins set up Friday 9th Region girls’ matchup
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Looking in from the outside, you could say that Sunday night’s first-round Ninth Region…
Warrick’s 39-point blitz can’t get NKU the win but Norse get another shot at Wright State Thursday
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter DAYTON, Ohio: Marques Warrick knew a couple of things for certain when this showdown…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: King of Cornhole Matt Guy at home and a Hall of Famer, right here
First, they called him “The Machine.” Then “The Champ.” Today, he’s simply “The GOAT.” And don’t forget “the Babe Ruth…
Thomas More wins a pair as NCAA newbie Saints find themselves limited to conference postseason tourney
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Thomas More basketball is in a brand-new place as the Saints – both the…
Doubleheader tourney basketball at Boone County’s 33rd District, the way postseason hoops should be
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter The ghosts of Boone County tournament basketball past had to be loving it at…
Seniors, freshmen, even sophomore, step up for NKU in its fight for a favorable postseason playoff spot
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter “March Starts Here” the Horizon Conference website proclaims in touting the final two postseason…
A ‘not ready yet’ Thomas More falls for a second straight time to league-leading Kentucky Wesleyan
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter The near-capacity crowd at Connor Convocation Center liked the way this was going –…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Weekend college hoops here, big crowd for February Hall of Fame inductees
If you’re looking for college basketball this weekend, Northern Kentucky isn’t a bad place to be. Start with Thomas More,…
Facing Cleveland State in a game NKU couldn’t afford to lose, Norse gifted once again by Marques Warrick
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter NKU’s Norsemen have no choice right now” they’re in “final four” mode. No, not…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: So long, Joe Munson – a Northern Kentucky original like no one else ever
They’ll say goodbye to Joe Munson Friday on the banks of the Mississippi some 45 miles south of St. Louis…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: The rest of that historic Covington Grant-Dixie Heights basketball story
We told the story Monday of the legendary William Grant basketball program in the late 1950’s and first half of…
Newport sends the fans home happy as WIldcats keep their foot on the gas against overmatched Lloyd
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter There was no place to park. It was like getting to The Pavilion late…