Monthly Archives: March 2010

UW football returns to practice

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Posted on March 23, 2010 by rgagliardi

For a team that hadn’t practiced in 12 days, the Wyoming football team didn’t look that rusty Tuesday. Sure, there were a few mistakes and the overall intensity dropped off a bit near the end. But the practice, which went nearly … Continue reading →

Posted in UW spring football 2010

Back in the swing of things

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Posted on March 23, 2010 by rgagliardi

Hello all, Hope you’ve seen the link for a live chat set up for Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. We can talk anything UW, but I would imagine football and women’s basketball will be the main topics of discussion. The … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Spring football 2010, WNIT 2010

Live Chat: Spring Football (and more!)

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Posted on March 23, 2010 by admin

Despite the snow that is falling, it is spring here in Wyoming. And that means spring football. Robert will have some time to talk football on Friday morning. We will start chatting around 10:30am on Friday. Bring your questions about … Continue reading →

Posted in Football, Live Blog

Texas Tech awaits UW-Nevada winner

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Posted on March 19, 2010 by rgagliardi

If the Wyoming women’s basketball team beats Nevada tonight in the first round of the WNIT, it will play Texas Tech in the second round. The date, time and place of that game has not been determined. UW athletics director … Continue reading →

Posted in UW women's basketball, WNIT 2010

MWC stories from the NCAA Tournament

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Posted on March 19, 2010 by rgagliardi

Here are some stories from the four Mountain West Conference teams in action Thursday at the NCAA Tournament. Two advanced, two were eliminated. Check out the last one on New Mexico and the injury to Darington Hobson. Who do you … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

Hoops and academics

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Posted on March 18, 2010 by rgagliardi

A pretty interesting story on college basketball and academics, and possible new proposals. http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=179807&view=pring _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As of about 1 p.m., Wyoming’s wrestlers were 1-2 at the NCAA Championships. Sophomore Michael Martinez won his first match at 125 pounds, 6-2 over … Continue reading →

Posted in General

A new Branch for UW wrestling

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Posted on March 17, 2010 by rgagliardi

Wyoming wrestling coach Mark Branch has the credentials: A two-time NCAA champion at Oklahoma State and an assistant coach there where the team and several individuals won and competed for numerous national championships. Now in his second year at UW, … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Sports Tagged

WNIT tidbits

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Posted on March 16, 2010 by rgagliardi

There are some interesting correlations with the Wyoming women’s basketball team going to this year’s WNIT and the Cowgirls’ 2007 WNIT run that resulted in a championship. As most of you probably know UW’s first foe this year is Nevada … Continue reading →

Posted in UW women's basketball, WNIT 2010

Robert’s favorite underdogs in NCAA Tournament

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Posted on March 15, 2010 by rgagliardi

Much of what makes the NCAA Tournament so great are the upsets; the little guys from the little conferences beating the big boys. In a year where there are a lot of good teams in college basketball but few, if … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

Four MWC teams make NCAA Tournament

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Posted on March 14, 2010 by rgagliardi

The perfect storm for the Mountain West occurred Sunday as a record four teams made the field of 65 for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. They included No. 3 seed New Mexico in the East Region; No. 7 BYU in … Continue reading →

Posted in MWC men's basketball, UW men's basketball