By TanyAmanda
The Dinos men’s basketball team got busy over the holidays while the rest of us stuffed ourselves and laid around like beached whales. The men competed in the 2004 Holiday Classic tournament at Mount Royal College Dec. 30-31. We use the term “tournament” loosely, since only four post-secondary teams were involved (the rest being high… Continue reading Men’s basketball team splits in Manitoba
By Lee Bogle and Sean Nyilassy
A loss isn’t always a loss. Sometimes something can be learned from a good loss and a team can gain from it. Jan. 7-8 the Dinos had two solid losses. “We were playing with a depleted roster,” Head Coach Shawnee Harle explained. Three of the Dinos’ key players were unable to play to their potential… Continue reading Herds of Bison and packs of Wesmen
By Tanya DeLyzer and Amanda VanSteelandt
The Dinos men’s basketball team traveled far and away to the University of Alberta Dec. 3-4, hoping to take a pair of wins from the Golden Bears. However, the men ended up playing fair and shared the wins with the Bears instead. The Bears took the win on Friday with a score of 82-76, and… Continue reading Basketballers make narrow escape
By Lee Bogle and Sean Nyilassy
The University of Calgary women’s basketball team was as consistent as a series of doctors’ opinions Nov. 26-27. Confused? So are we after another weekend of brilliance and sluggishness, grace and clumsiness. After shaming one of the top teams in the country Friday night, our ladies played like girls rather than women on Saturday to… Continue reading Dinos hooped with a minor bump
On a roll, the Dinos men’s basketball team crushed the fifth-ranked University of Saskatchewan Huskies twice Nov. 2627. On Friday, the Dinos had already amassed a massive 4526 lead by halftime. No doubt their just reward for shooting 57 per cent from the field, compared to a paltry 35 per cent for the Huskies in… Continue reading Ballers net two against Huskies
Perhaps it was the 2003-2004 Canada West banner hanging in the Jack Simpson Gymnasium that fuelled the Dinos men’s basketball team at home Nov. 19-20. Or maybe the men just played like they can. Whatever the reason, the Dinos managed to steal two wins from the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. Our men defeated the windy… Continue reading Pronghorns didn’t stand a chance
The Dinos men’s basketball team took a break from their regular season Nov. 11-12 to travel to the U.S. and take on a pair of NCAA Division I teams. First on the list were the Montana State University Bobcats in Bozeman, Montana on Thursday night. Perhaps our men hit the “boze” too hard, because they… Continue reading Dinos learn from NCAA teams
By Sean Nyilassy and Lee Bogle
Riding a 7-1 record into the headquarters of the perpetually poor University of Alberta Pandas should statistically be an easy deuce of wins. Fortunately, the Dinos women’s basketball team knew better from some bad experiences in the past. “We learned from last year not to take teams lightly,” heroine and co-captain Lindsay Maundrell advised us.… Continue reading Pandas pulverized
By Lee Bogle and Sean Nyilassy
November 5-7, the Dinos women’s basketball team travelled westward ho to have dinner with the national champions of the last two years. First on the menu was an omelette large enough to feed the team. To make it they needed to break a giant Thunderbird egg. And not only did it break, but our fine… Continue reading Women’s basketball change the record
It’s hard to imagine a cougar getting anywhere fast on three legs or a lion attacking anything without using its claws or teeth. Nevertheless, the University of Calgary Dinos men’s basketball team was short three to four guards during each game this past weekend. The absence of these strong players is one reason for the… Continue reading Ready for the season?