Status Note

St. John’s basketball came into 1980 on a run of four straight NCAA Tournament appearances. In 1979, a young team finished strong and got on a Cinderella run in March that brought them within a basket of the Final Four. The 1980 edition of St. John’s basketball was a better team, but some bracket inequities […]

Phillip Fuler had coached Tennessee since 1993. Over the previous 14 seasons, the Volunteers had been a consistent SEC contender. It was a stretch that included six finishes in the national top 10, four Eastern Division crowns, two conference championships and the national title in 1998. In 2007, the Vols added Fulmer’s fifth SEC East […]

1995 should hold a special place in the memory of California Angels fans. A franchise that hadn’t enjoyed a winning season since 1989 turned itself around and became a contender. But a dramatic late-season collapse cost them a playoff spot and instead put 1995 into a regrettable pantheon of Angels’ lore that included postseason heartbreak […]

St. John’s basketball was on a good run coming into the 1979 season. In an era when making the NCAA Tournament was considerably more difficult than it is today, Lou Carnesecca’s program had earned three consecutive NCAA bids. In ’79, after playing mediocre basketball for much of the year, they made it four straight NCAA […]