By Brad Halasz
In many team sports, playoffs are the real start to the season and the regular season is just a means of getting there. We’ve all heard that tired cliche before. But the sentiment didn’t seem to be lost on the University of Calgary men’s basketball team when they squared up against the Trinity Western University… Continue reading Bekkering’s basketball jones surfaces yet again
By Brad Halasz
It was scrappy, it was intense, a nose was broken. Usually those are terms used to describe a late-round playoff game, but the 100-90 win the University of Calgary Dinos women’s basketball team tallied over the University of Windsor Lancers last Sunday was a meaningless, non-conference pre-season match up. The win gave Calgary a 3-0… Continue reading Baller invitational dominated by host Dinos
By Brad Halasz
The 2008 incarnation of the University of Calgary Dinos men’s basketball squad made their debut this weekend losing to the University of Montana Grizzlies twice in close games during the Battle of the Border tournament at the Jack Simpson Gym Aug. 30-Sept. 1. The Grizzlies, who play in the Div. 1 NCAA Big Sky Conference,… Continue reading Battle of the border a benchmark for ballers
By Todd Andre
The University of Calgary women’s basketball team has clawed their way into hosting the Central division semi-final against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies on the back of their unbelievable 10-game winning streak. For the second time this season the Dinos swept the Huskies, taming the dirty dawgs 85-79 Fri., Feb. 7, and 75-69 Sat., Feb.… Continue reading Lady b-ballasaurs win 10th straight
The University of Calgary men’s basketball team is battle-ready after splitting a Feb. 9-10 series against upcoming playoff opponent, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. The split gives the Dinos a record of 11-11 on the season and a third-place finish in the Central division. Fri., Feb. 9 was an emotional night for the Dinos as… Continue reading Men’s Basketball: Dinos split, Odland out
By Todd Andre
Victory has become old hat for the Dinos. The University of Calgary Dinos women’s basketball team returned home victors again Sun., Jan. 28, fresh from trouncing two of the Pacific division’s favourite trouncees on the weekend. The Dinos (11-7) dunked the University College of Fraser Valley Cascades (8-12) 93-72 Fri., Jan. 26 and then traveled… Continue reading Women’s Basketball: Dinos extend streak to six straight
By Todd Andre
The tyrannosaurus rex: the tyrant king of the carnivores, the most feared predator ever to live on this planet and the insignia of the University of Calgary Dinos. The Dinos women b-ballers are beginning to live up to their ominous emblem of late, winning their last four games and six of their last seven, extending… Continue reading Women’s Basketball: Dinos gorge on great plains prey
The playoffs are nearing and the Dinos hoped a Jan. 19 -20 homestand could improve their chances of reaching the Canada West knockout rounds. The Dinos earned a crucial victory over the University of Regina Cougars Fri., Jan. 19. The men’s b-ballers were plagued by bad passes giving the Cougars an 11 point lead 8:53… Continue reading Men’s Basketball: Dinos take lead in playoffs race
The University of Calgary men’s basketball team was robbed of victory and a two game series sweep against the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns this past weekend when Dino forward Ross Bekkering received a very questionable foul call from the official with mere seconds left in the game and a Dinos 74-73 lead. Bekkering tried to… Continue reading Online Exclusive: Men’s Basketball: Robbed!
By Todd Andre
For anybody that missed it: basketball playoffs began last weekend. The bitter battle between the University of Calgary Dinos and the University of Alberta Pandas Jan. 5-6 could be a taste of what we can look forward to in February. The Dinos chomped the Pandas Friday night with a 73-69 win, but were robbed of… Continue reading Women’s Basketball: Drivin’ the lane to the playoffs