Men's Basketball

NEWS 12/31/13 5:28pm

Cold shooting day plagues Elon against No. 7 Duke

By Tommy Hamzik

Just over a year ago in Durham, Elon University hung with the top-ranked Duke University Blue Devils for nearly the entire first half. The Phoenix held a lead down the stretch, but a Blue Devils run early in the second half broke it open and the hosts went on to win, 76-54. When the two schools, separated by just 39 miles, met again on Dec.

NEWS 12/14/13 3:25am

Elon falls at No. 21 Colorado

By Tommy Hamzik

As the game began, Elon University showed promise at No. 21 University of Colorado. The Phoenix was forcing the Buffaloes into turnovers and stifling the team’s shooters.

NEWS 12/12/13 9:04pm

Elon travels to No. 21 Colorado in homecoming for Samson, Winters

By Tommy Hamzik

After losing four consecutive games during one early stretch of this season, the Elon University men’s basketball team has now won three straight games inside the friendly confines of Alumni Gym. While the Phoenix struggled in areas such as defense and rebounding, three-point shooting and spreading the ball around seemed to be areas of strength for coach Matt Matheny and company. Elon will put all it has learned to the test this Friday, Dec.

NEWS 11/27/13 11:43am

Oklahoma State’s Marcus Smart bursts back onto national scene

By Tommy Hamzik

They’re all over ESPN. They are the faces of College Basketball. “The Diaper Dandies!” as Dick Vitale would say. All the buzz and more in this young college basketball season has been surrounding the freshmen phenoms that plan to take over the landscape of the sport for a year before bolting for the glamour and money of the NBA.

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NEWS 11/26/2024 3:44pm
Elon uses peer institution as a benchmark, has one mutual peer

Elon has 15 peer institutions and 47 colleges and universities chose Elon as one of its peers, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Yet, none of Elon’s peers deemed Elon as one its peers, as of data from IPEDS for 2022-23. Many colleges and universities have not updated their peer institutions since then, with the exception of Furman University, where Elon is now one of its peers, according to its website. Elon selected its peers in 2022, Jason Husser, chair of Elon’s Long Range Planning Committee, said.

SPORTS 11/26/2024 11:48am
Elon University men’s basketball coach returns to alma mater, captures historic victory

When Elon University men’s basketball head coach Billy Taylor arrived at Purcell Pavilion for the team’s Nov. 22 matchup against Notre Dame, he led the team through the back garage door — walking through the tunnel like all visiting teams do when they come to play the Fighting Irish. But as Taylor walked through the tunnel, he noticed his old locker room on his right — the locker room that had held his jersey, shoes and all the gear he needed for the four years he spent playing for the Irish in the 1990s.

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