March Madness

Playoff basketball returned to 'The Pit' at Memorial Gym on the UMaine campus Sunday afternoon and it took a while for the Black Bears to get going but in the end they scored a 66-51 AE semi-final win over UAlbany.

For the second straight year, the Bowdoin Polar Bears will play in the NCAA Division III Final Four after an 87-61 win over Ithaca in the Elite Eight game in Brunswick.

Too much Anthony Lamb for the UMaine Black Bears in Saturday night's America East quarterfinal playoff game

Tanesha Sutton had another double-double as the UMaine Black Bears walloped New Hampshire 69-39 in the quarterfinal round of the America East Conference playoffs.

For the second straight year and for the fourth time in the last five years, the UMaine women's basketball team will be the #1 seed for the American East Conference Tournament.

The Bowdoin College women's basketball team can make their way to the Division III Final Four for a second straight year and never leave Morrell Gymnasium on the Brunswick campus.

Bowdoin College women's basketball team begins its NCAA Tournament play with a win over Hunter College 93-73 Friday night and will meet Smith College tonight for a chance to get back to the Sweet 16 of NCAA D-III.

The season ended for both Husson University basketball teams Friday night after NCAA opening round road losses.

The NCAA is giving the Husson Eagles a big taste of the NESCAC. After winning the North Atlantic Conference over the weekend, the Eagles women's team will travel to Amherst College (MA) and the men's team goes to Williams College (MA).

The Husson Eagles are North Atlantic Conference champs, times two. The Eagles women's team four-peats. The Eagles men's team wins the title on the road.