2001-02 News
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Wittenberg University Basketball Teams Win China Trip Openers
May 21, 2002Not a bad start to the trip of a lifetime for the Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams. Touring China for a unique trip that will combine educational opportunities with athletic competitions, the Tiger teams played their first games in the Far East on Monday and came up with a pair of victories. -
Wittenberg, University of Dayton to Play Men's Basketball Exhibition, Football in Future Years
May 07, 2002The University of Dayton and Wittenberg University have announced that they have agreed to meet on the basketball court next year, and on the football field in 2005 and 2006.
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B.J. Harris Earns Second-Team All-Great Lakes Region Honors
March 25, 2002With the season now complete, one last accolade came rolling along recently. Junior center B.J. Harris (Riverside, Ohio/Stebbins) was selected second team All-Great Lakes Region by a panel of Sports Information Directors voting for d3hoops.com.
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2001-02 Season In Review
March 14, 2002The Wittenberg University men’s basketball program enjoyed another outstanding season in 2001-02. The Tigers went back-to-back in capturing a second consecutive outright North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship.
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Roundup: Tigers Win One Before Falling In Second Round Of NCAA Tournament
March 05, 2002All season, there had been few mountains too large to climb for the Wittenberg University Tiger men's basketball team. On Saturday, the peak that the Tigers encountered at DePauw University in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament was exactly that. The Tigers rallied valiantly late in the game, but they eventually ran out of time, falling to DePauw 89-76.
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Wittenberg Basketball Coaches Earn NCAC Coach of the Year Honors
March 05, 2002Two coaches who are no strangers to success picked up more hardware for their trophy cases on Monday. Wittenberg University Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Brown and Women's Basketball Head Coach Pam Smith were both named North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in a vote of their peers, the conference office announced.
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Tigers Play Well, But Not Well Enough In Losing NCAA Division III Second Round Game
March 02, 2002All season, there had been few mountains too large to climb for the Wittenberg University Tiger mens basketball team. On Saturday, the peak that the Tigers encountered at DePauw University in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament was exactly that.
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Tigers Explode In Second Half To Advance To Second Round Of NCAA Division III Tournament
February 28, 2002Old habits die hard, especially ones that have proven to be this effective. Once again enjoying a huge second half, the Wittenberg Tigers overwhelmed visiting Franklin College 75-44 on Thursday night at HPER Center in NCAA Division III tournament action.
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Roundup: Tigers March To NCAC Tournament Championship
February 25, 2002The Wittenberg University men's basketball team believed all season that it was good enough to compete on a national level. Now Head Coach Bill Brown and his North Coast Athletic Conference regular season and tournament champion Tigers will get their opportunity to prove it.
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Wittenberg Men's Basketball Team Learns Postseason Fate
February 24, 2002The Wittenberg University men's basketball team believed all season that it was good enough to compete on a national level. Now Head Coach Bill Brown and his North Coast Athletic Conference regular season and tournament champion Tigers will get their opportunity to prove it.
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Rustad's Clutch Free Throws Propel Tigers To Win In Tournament Title Game
February 23, 2002It was only the second lead Wittenberg University had all day, but it was the one that mattered.
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Tigers Finish Season Sweep Of Ohio Wesleyan In NCAC Semifinals
February 22, 2002It's never easy to beat a team three times in one season, especially when the first two games were so hotly contested. But first-seeded Wittenberg bucked the odds on Friday night, defeating fourth-seeded Ohio Wesleyan 75-69 in another hard-fought but fairly well-played NCAC tournament semifinal game.
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Roundup: Wittenberg Holds Onto Conference Lead With Wins Over Earlham and Wooster
February 19, 2002It was a script that Hollywood screenwriters would envy. Last Saturday, the Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams both concluded their regular seasons in dramatic fashion, wrapping up North Coast Athletic Conference championships with wins over top contenders.
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Big Second Half Once Again Propels Tigers To Victory In NCAC Quarterfinals
February 19, 2002The Wittenberg Tigers have made a habit of starting slow but finishing strong in recent weeks. Once again on Tuesday night the No. 1 seed in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament turned it on in the final 20 minutes, this time burying visiting Earlham 78-51.
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Tigers Overcome 12-Point Deficit To Defeat Wooster, Claim Outright Title
February 16, 2002All season the Wittenberg Tigers have had few questions to answer, except for the pressing issue of finding that go-to player with the game on the line. It is possible that question has once again been answered - and once again the reply is that basketball is a team game and the Tigers have plenty of members who can step up in the clutch.
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Tigers Clinch NCAC Championship By Pulling Away From Earlham
February 13, 2002It wasn't easy, but somehow that clinching win usually isn't. But in the end, the Wittenberg Tigers put together a strong second half to slowly pull away from the visiting Earlham Quakers 81-60 and clinch a share of a second straight North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship.
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Roundup: Tigers Hold Off Ohio Wesleyan and Win Big Over Hiram
February 12, 2002With one week left in the 2001-02 regular season, the Wittenberg Tiger men's basketball team is sitting in the catbird's seat - alone in first place in the North Coast Athletic Conference, ranked among the nation's Top 25 and among the region's Top 5 and in firm control of its own destiny.
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Tigers Wallop Hiram For 20th Win Of Season, Brown's 200th As Head Coach
February 09, 2002The Wittenberg Tigers broke a 2-2 tie early in the game with 9-0 run. Ballgame.
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Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Brown Wins 200th Game at Wittenberg
February 09, 2002Landmark wins like the one that Wittenberg University Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Brown (pictured at left) earned Saturday night against North Coast Athletic Conference rival Hiram are nice. Championships come and go. But it's the people that Brown says he has met along the way - student-athletes, community members, university officials, fellow coaches, etc. - that come to mind first when reflecting upon winning 200 games in nine years at his alma mater.
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Roundup: Tigers Finish the Week With Wins Over Earlham and Allegheny
February 06, 2002It was back to business for the Wittenberg Tiger men's basketball team last week, and back to their usual form as well. After playing a tough stretch of conference games, including an exciting 75-70 win over arch-rival Wooster on Jan. 26, the Tigers put together a pair of dominating performances last week.
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Borland's Clutch Three-Pointer Keeps Tigers Atop NCAC
February 06, 2002In the last two years, the Wittenberg Tigers and Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops have gone toe-to-toe five times, and on every occasion the game has gone down to the wire.
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Tigers Continue To Roll Through NCAC With 25-Point Win Over Allegheny
February 02, 2002fter a slow start in each half, the Wittenberg Tigers did all the little things they had to do in capturing an 86-61 home victory over the Allegheny Gators.
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Roundup: Tigers Suffer First NCAC Loss of the Season
January 30, 2002A college sports season can resemble a rollercoaster ride, and that was certainly the case for the Wittenberg men's basketball team last week.
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Longley Leads Tigers To Big Win At Earlham
January 30, 2002The Wittenberg Tigers held the host Earlham Quakers scoreless for the first eight minutes of the game, and coasted from that point to a 70-38 North Coast Athletic Conference win. With the win, the Tigers kept pace with the College of Wooster for the league lead.
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Tigers Win A Thriller To Move Back Into First-Place NCAC Tie
January 26, 2002It was a game the Wittenberg University Tigers simply had to have. And in what can only be called the picture of a total team effort, the Tigers did just that, claiming a hard-fought 75-70 win over the visiting College of Wooster Scots before a season-high crowd of 2,420 at the HPER Center.
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Roundup: Tigers Continue NCAC Winning Streak
January 22, 2002The Tigers had an up-and-down week, but by the end of it the only thing that mattered was that they remained on top of the North Coast Athletic Conference with a perfect 8-0 record.
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Tigers Pounce On Denison To Extend Regular Season Conference Win Streak To 23
January 19, 2002Coming off a game in which the Tigers struggled to keep their focus down the stretch and nearly lost to Ohio Wesleyan, Wittenberg came out strong and buried Denison 100-69. The win was Wittenberg's 23rd consecutive in regular season NCAC action, dating back to Dec. 6, 2000 at Ohio Wesleyan.
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Tigers Pull Out Tough One Over Ohio Wesleyan
January 16, 2002The Wittenberg Tigers fell behind by halftime, rallied for an 11-point lead late in the second half and then hung on for dear life as visiting Ohio Wesleyan made a late run to capture a 70-68 victory.
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Roundup: Tigers Win Big Over Kenyon and Hiram
January 14, 2002The Wittenberg University men's basketball team is off to its customary outstanding start, with its only two defeats coming to No. 4-ranked Wheaton College on Nov. 17 and No. 19-ranked Otterbein College on Jan. 2.
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Men's Basketball Wins With Ease At Hiram
January 12, 2002For a third straight game, the Wittenberg University Tigers came out of the locker room with determination and put away a North Coast Athletic Conference rival with ease. This time the victim was Hiram College, hosts for a 91-51 Wittenberg victory.
