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  • Basketball fever strikes Southern Miss

    When the clock hit 00:00 at Reed Green Coliseum Wednesday night, what was left of the sell-out crowd came to its feet.

  • bball Eagles eliminated

    USM falls to BYU in heartbreaking loss

    BYU had four players in double figures as they eliminated Southern Miss from the NIT on Wednesday night, 79-62. 

  • basketball Tyndall’s boys get revenge, advance in NIT

     

    After their opening round win over Charleston Southern, point guard Neil Watson promised their next opponent, Louisiana Tech, the real Southern Miss experience. Needless to say, the Golden Eagles delivered.

  • Time to put on your dancing shoes: NCAA Predictions

    Sports writer Joshua Campbell gives his take on how the NCAA men's basketball tournament will go down this year.

  • basketball Tyndall Town To the Top

    More than 5,000 fans pack Greenhouse

    The key to NIT success is to pick yourself up off the mat. You’re coming off a loss in your conference tournament, and you’ve slept with the disappointment of not making the NCAA tournament for the last several nights.

  • Southern Miss No. 1 seed in NIT

     

    The day after losing to Memphis in the Conference USA tournament championship game, the Southern Miss men’s basketball team was awarded a bid to the National Invitational Tournament.

  • blah Eagles fall to Tigers in heartbreaking loss

    The Southern Miss Golden Eagles suffered a gut-wrenching 79-91 double-overtime defeat to the rival Memphis Tigers in the Conference USA Tournament Championship Game on Saturday. Although the Golden Eagles played well enough throughout the tournament to secure a No. 1 seed in the upcoming National Invitational Tournament (NIT), their third loss to Memphis this season ultimately tarnished their chances of cracking the field of 68 in the NCAA Tournament.

  • bball Watson carries USM to victory over ECU

     

    The Golden Eagles (22-7, 11-3 C-USA) got back to their winning ways on Saturday, as they handily dispatched of the Pirates (16-11, 7-7 C-USA) 88-69 at home. The victory was their tenth in a row over the Pirates, and the second in as many weeks.

  • Eagles take two in Southern Miss Invitational

     

    Andrew Pierce tossed seven and a third scoreless innings in a 6-3 win over Eastern Illinois in the Golden Eagles’ first game of the Southern Miss Invitational.