Ruben Palacios/staff writer The regular season is in the rear view mirror and the Sun Belt Conference Champions have been crowned. The women’s basketball team fell to eventual champions Middle Tennessee State University in the semi-finals and now all they can do is wait for a potential bid to play in the Women’s National Invitational […]
Kevin Castaneda/ Staff Writer It is undeniable that the FIU men’s basketball team had a run for the ages. Their 11 conference wins this season were the most ever in school history. Their 18 wins were the most the program has ever recorded since joining the Sun Belt Conference 13 years ago. The team even […]
Kevin Castaneda/staff writer For the last 13 years, FIU stewed in the bottom of the Sun Belt Conference rankings. They were not supposed to get a first-round bye this year. They were not supposed to make it out of their first game in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, against Arkansas-Little Rock. They were not supposed […]
Ruben Palacios/staff writer The women’s basketball team needed another upset in order to make it to the championship game of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, but they could not seal the deal against Middle Tennessee. Senior Finda Mansare and junior Jerica Coley combined for 44 points, but FIU came up short, falling to the top-seeded […]
Kevin Castaneda/staff writer The FIU men’s basketball team defeated No.1 Middle Tennessee 61-57 in the Sun Belt Conference tournament semi-finalson March 10 to advance to the championship round for the first time in school history. The Panthers had every opportunity to collapse like they did on Jan. 31 against the Blue Raiders, giving up a […]
Patrick Chalvire/staff writer Kermit Davis, I’m really happy for you and I’m going to let you finish, but Richard Pitino had one of the best turnarounds of all time. I had to bring out my inner Kanye West once I found out Middle Tennessee State’s men’s basketball coach Kermit Davis won Sun Belt Conference Coach […]
Ruben Palacios/Staff Writer The regular season is over, and now every team will adopt the same mindset: win or go home. With the regular season finally coming and going it is time for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament to kick off. The women’s basketball team finished the season with an 18-11 (12-8 SBC) record and […]
Kevin Castaneda/Staff Writer The FIU men’s basketball team ended the season on a sour note. Though finishing with a 16-13 record, the best mark the program mustered in the last 13 years, the team lost its final game to the Florida Atlantic Owls, leaving them to linger in the air of defeat for a week. […]
Kevin Castaneda/staff writer On Oct. 24, the Sun Belt Conference Coaches’ Poll for men’s basketball was released. The coaches picked FIU to finish second to last in the SBC and dead last in the East Division. Head Coach Richard Pitino shrugged off the preseason prediction and went to work with his hard-nosed team. The first-year […]
Ruben Palacios/staff writer In their last regular season game of the year, the same duo that carried the FIU women’s basketball team to end were the ones to finish it. Jerica Coley led all scorers with 29 points, and Marita Davydova posted yet another double-double to power the Panthers in a 68-65 victory against FAU. […]
Juan Gutierrez/contributing writer Despite his 6-foot-4-inch frame, it might be easy to overlook Marco Porcher-Jimenez in a large crowd. The guard is quiet and laid back. However on the court, his style of play is quite the contrary; it’s loud and clear. “Marco is a pretty quiet guy off the court, but on the court, […]
Ruben Palacios /Staff Writer FIU’s four-game winning streak, which was their second longest of the year, ended on Feb. 21 by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The Trojans fought fire with fire; they traveled to Miami on a seven-game winning streak. The Trojans proved to be too much to handle for FIU, beating them […]
