Tim Phillis’ photos from Cleveland State-Canisius men’s basketball, Nov. 16.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
![Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.]()
Action from Canisius-Cleveland State men’s basketball Nov. 15, 2023.
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Cleveland State players celebrates during their win over Canisius on Nov. 15 (Tim Phillis — For The News-Herald)
![By STEVE MEGARGEE MADISON, Wis. — Five of the six major conferences have a leader or co-leader that failed to make the NCAA Tournament last season. That doesn’t mean this is a college basketball season full of Cinderella stories. Four of the major-conference leaders that got left out of March Madness last season have reached a Final Four within the last decade. But those teams’ early success shows how the 2021 rule change allowing players to transfer without sitting out a season has made it easier for established programs to bounce back quickly. “A lot of kids that are coming over from […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24013700010332-1.jpg?w=525 "By STEVE MEGARGEE MADISON, Wis. — Five of the six major conferences have a leader or co-leader that failed to make the NCAA Tournament last season. That doesn’t mean this is a college basketball season full of Cinderella stories. Four of the major-conference leaders that got left out of March Madness last season have reached a Final Four within the last decade. But those teams’ early success shows how the 2021 rule change allowing players to transfer without sitting out a season has made it easier for established programs to bounce back quickly. “A lot of kids that are coming over from […]")
![By AARON BEARD North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Gonzaga’s Mark Few were a day from meeting for the 2017 national championship with teams relying heavily on imposing front lines. And the coaching buddies couldn’t overlook one oddity. “He said, ‘You know, this is strange — it’s the first time all year long that we’ve had to defend a team with two big guys, it’s been go chase the 3-point shot,’” Williams recalled Few saying. “I said, ‘But Mark, look around. … We’re the only two left standing,” Williams said. It’s a moment the now-retired Hall of Fame coach said the two have […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24018648145334-2.jpg?w=505 "By AARON BEARD North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Gonzaga’s Mark Few were a day from meeting for the 2017 national championship with teams relying heavily on imposing front lines. And the coaching buddies couldn’t overlook one oddity. “He said, ‘You know, this is strange — it’s the first time all year long that we’ve had to defend a team with two big guys, it’s been go chase the 3-point shot,’” Williams recalled Few saying. “I said, ‘But Mark, look around. … We’re the only two left standing,” Williams said. It’s a moment the now-retired Hall of Fame coach said the two have […]")
![On Jan. 18, John Carroll University announced it will become the 10th member of the North Coast Athletic Conference. The announcement ends the university’s association with the Ohio Athletic Conference, which began for a second time in 1989. The Blue Streaks were also members of the OAC from 1932 to 1949. “Athletics has been an integral part of the student experience at John Carroll for more than a century and we are pleased to accept the invitation to join the NCAC during a pivotal time in our history,” said JCU President Al Miciak in a statement. The NCAC consists of […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-JCUNCAC-0119-01-3.jpg?w=439 "On Jan. 18, John Carroll University announced it will become the 10th member of the North Coast Athletic Conference. The announcement ends the university’s association with the Ohio Athletic Conference, which began for a second time in 1989. The Blue Streaks were also members of the OAC from 1932 to 1949. “Athletics has been an integral part of the student experience at John Carroll for more than a century and we are pleased to accept the invitation to join the NCAC during a pivotal time in our history,” said JCU President Al Miciak in a statement. The NCAC consists of […]")
![By DAVE SKRETTA LeVelle Moton had just watched North Carolina Central, a program that he has turned into a mid-major mainstay in the NCAA Tournament, get obliterated by Kansas, yet he had a hard time wiping the smile from his face. He knew that, win or lose, his team had experienced something special just by playing the Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse. “Kansas is just the mecca of basketball, right?” Moton asked. “You walk in and there’s subtle signs where they play mind games — it says, ‘Welcome to the Phog.’ ‘Beware.’ I’m like, ‘Wow, you can’t even look at the […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24011578191698-1.jpg?w=525 "By DAVE SKRETTA LeVelle Moton had just watched North Carolina Central, a program that he has turned into a mid-major mainstay in the NCAA Tournament, get obliterated by Kansas, yet he had a hard time wiping the smile from his face. He knew that, win or lose, his team had experienced something special just by playing the Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse. “Kansas is just the mecca of basketball, right?” Moton asked. “You walk in and there’s subtle signs where they play mind games — it says, ‘Welcome to the Phog.’ ‘Beware.’ I’m like, ‘Wow, you can’t even look at the […]")