Stories from the February 17, 2005, Print Edition
Men's basketball head coach Karl Hobbs got frustrated last night. His players were not sharp, and it almost cost them. "Everybody is fighting now," Hobbs said after the GW men's basketball team beat Fordham 80-70 in a tight contest. "It's that time of year when you make too many mistakes in a ball game, you're losing.
Men's basketball coach Karl Hobbs proposed a new student-athlete academic center during a University Board of Trustees meeting last week. Right now, he said the plan is only "in talking stages" and it is "something he wants very badly." But in reality, his plan is still in the primordial phase.
The clock is ticking down on the regular season, but the GW women's basketball team appears poised for a late charge. With a league title in their sights, the Colonials (16-7, 9-3 Atlantic 10) have just four regular season games remaining. GW is currently battling Richmond (18-5, 9-3 A-10) and Xavier (10-2, 15-7 A-10) for A-10 West supremacy.
Rumor has it, Virginia governor and GW alum Mark Warner was having trouble finding a ticket to last night's men's basketball game. "That's so bogus," said a smiling Warner, who assured that a Washington Post blurb about him struggling to secure a seat was indeed, facetious.
Women's basketball McKeown looks to reach milestone GW women's basketball coach Joe McKeown looks to reach victory number 425 tonight against St. Joseph's in Philadelphia and crack the top 50 for all-time wins in Division I college basketball. McKeown currently ranks 15th in all-time career winning percentage (73 percent).
Posted Saturday, Feb. 19, 6:40 p.m. Was this one ever really in doubt? Playing its own version of the hack-a-Shaq defense, Duquesne hung around for a little while Saturday afternoon. But it just delayed the inevitable, as the Dukes' 14 first-half fouls did not hamper the GW men's basketball team, which built a double-digit lead before intermission and cruised to its fifth straight win, an 80-57 blowout in front of 4,144 quieter-than-usual fans at the Smith Center.
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