https://WittenbergTigers.com en-us https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2006-07/releases/080406 Four years after arriving on Wittenberg University’s campus as something of a basketball “project,” Louisville, Ky.-native Daniel Russ, class of 2006, is once again viewed as a man with intriguing potential. Fri, 04 Aug 2006 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2006-07/releases/080406 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2006-07/releases/060506 For Daniel Russ of Louisville, Ky., and Kenny Brady of Cincinnati, Ohio, both class of 2006, the ride hasn't ended. Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2006-07/releases/060506 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2006-07/releases/052206 The story of small college men’s basketball cannot be told without Wittenberg University. In recognition of that fact, the university’s national championship teams of 1961 and 1977 were among a large group of individual players and teams honored during the inaugural induction ceremony of the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame & Museum on Saturday, May 20. Mon, 22 May 2006 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2006-07/releases/052206 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/seasoninreview Not enough can be said for the 2005-06 Wittenberg men's basketball team. With the return of three starters, and eight letterwinners from one of the top 10 teams in the nation in 2004-05, including North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Player of the Year Dan Russ (Louisville, Ky./Trinity), the Tigers were expected to enjoy another successful season in 2005-06. Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/seasoninreview https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/031906 Wittenberg fans were treated to another tremendous basketball season in 2005-06, one that led to a North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season championship for the women and an NCAC Tournament crown and a run to the national title game in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the men. Predictably, regional and even national honors have followed for three individual student-athletes. Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/031906 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813vwt0gq There was just one lead change in the entire NCAA Division III Tournament championship game. Unfortunately for the Wittenberg Tigers, it occurred with two seconds left when Virginia Wesleyan's Ton Ton Balenga drained a three-pointer from the top of the key to give the Marlins a shocking 59-56 victory. Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813vwt0gq https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813e7e6wz The Wittenberg Tigers have won with defense and post play throughout the 2005-06 season. Down eight points with 5:44 to go, the Tigers got back to basics to finish the game on a 13-1 run and capture a 64-60 NCAA Division III Tournament semifinal victory over Amherst College in Salem, Va. Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813e7e6wz https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/031406 For an NCAA Division III-record seventh time, the Wittenberg University men's basketball team heads to the NCAA Division III Tournament Final Four, where the Tigers will face Amherst College at 6 p.m. Friday at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va. A berth in the national championship game, scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday, also in Salem, is at stake. Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/031406 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/201208133aeasf It wasn't a work of art, but in the end it was a thing of beauty for the Wittenberg Tigers. For the second straight night, the Tigers advanced in the NCAA Division III the hard way, fending off a stern challenge on their home floor. Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/201208133aeasf https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813qlb2sc With two of the best defensive teams in all of NCAA Division III locked up in a Round of 16 game, it was obvious from the outset that nothing would come easily. It didn't, but by game's end the Wittenberg Tigers had hit just enough big shots to pull off a 56-49 victory and advance to the national quarterfinals for the first time in a decade. Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813qlb2sc https://WittenbergTigers.com/news/2005-06/3_8 An outstanding 2005-06 winter sports season continues for the Wittenberg University Tigers as the men's basketball team prepares for the sectional round of the NCAA Division III Tournament and a member of the women's swimming and diving team heads to Minnesota for another NCAA Division III Championship meet. Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/news/2005-06/3_8 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/030506 After defeating Lake Erie College and Baldwin-Wallace College by a combined 54 points over the weekend, the Wittenberg University men's basketball team will again have a home court advantage in the sectional rounds of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Wittenberg has been selected to host one of four sectional sites on March 10-11. Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/030506 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813vqwmwh The Wittenberg Tigers put together one of their most complete performances of the season on Saturday with a 78-60 victory over visiting Baldwin-Wallace College in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. As a result, the Tigers are headed to the Round of 16 for the first time since 2001. Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813vqwmwh https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813yac9ll It had all the earmarks on paper before the game of a lopsided Wittenberg win, and it turned out to be just that. The Wittenberg Tigers jumped on visiting Lake Erie in the opening and never let the Storm up for air in a 76-40 victory in Wittenberg's HPER Center. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813yac9ll https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/06allncac.pdf Wooster sophomore guard James Cooper has been named Player of the Year to highlight the 2006 All-North Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball squad, announced today after voting by the conference's head coaches. Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/06allncac.pdf https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/022806 The Wittenberg men's basketball team captured the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship with a 71-69 victory over the College of Wooster on Saturday to earn a berth into the 2006 NCAA Division III Tournament. Wittenberg, which will make an NCAA Division III record 24th appearance in the national competition, then was selected as a host site for one of 11 four-team opening round brackets Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/022806 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/022706 It has been a whirlwind 72 hours for the Wittenberg University men's basketball team, and with today's announcement of the NCAA Division III Tournament brackets the ride isn't going to end too soon. Mon, 27 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/022706 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813y91k5u For the second straight year, the College of Wooster had the upper hand during the regular season games, but the Wittenberg Tigers were the ones cutting down the nets in the end. Wittenberg avenged a pair of narrow losses to the Scots during the 2005-06 regular season with a scintillating 71-69 victory on Wooster's home floor. Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813y91k5u https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813wixhk7 The Wittenberg Tigers did what they do best - pound away on the inside at both ends of the floor - en route to a 63-46 victory over Ohio Wesleyan in the North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament semifinals at the College of Wooster. Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813wixhk7 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813bkt8pd The Wittenberg Tigers overcame a slow start to take care of business in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals, defeating visiting Denison 83-61. Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813bkt8pd https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/201208135c2iya The Wittenberg Tigers put together one of their most complete performances of the 2005-06 season at a most appropriate time, sending off a trio of seniors with an 87-58 victory over visiting Allegheny. Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/201208135c2iya https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/021506 The Wittenberg men's basketball team has locked up second place in the North Coast Athletic Conference, but naturally the Tigers have much higher goals they hope to attain before the clock runs out on the 2005-06 season. Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/021506 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813af1g6f Sometimes statistics do tell the whole story. Wittenberg hadn't had a truly off night all season in rolling out to a top-five ranking going into the final week of the 2005-06 season, and they nearly survived on Wednesday at Wabash. However, a clutch three-pointer with just 35 seconds left by the host Little Giants turned the game around and gave Wabash a 51-46 victory. Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813af1g6f https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/201208137ukh1v The Wittenberg Tigers tuned up for the final week of the 2005-06 regular season with a 39-point victory over homestanding Hiram, 91-52. Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/201208137ukh1v https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/201208137jebjs Just days removed from a loss in the biggest game thus far in the 2005-06 season, the Wittenberg Tigers cleared a significant hurdle Wednesday in a 66-54 victory at Ohio Wesleyan University. Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/201208137jebjs https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813jrkb0u For the first time in more than 20 years, Wittenberg's HPER Center played host to a match-up of the top two ranked teams in the nation, and just like Jan. 11, 1984, the host Tigers lost. The opponent in 1984 was second-ranked Otterbein, and the Cardinals escaped with an 11-point win. The foe in 2006 was arch-rival Wooster, with the result being an 86-77 triumph for the second-ranked Scots. Sat, 04 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813jrkb0u https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/020306 In the long and storied history of the Wittenberg University men’s basketball program, there have been many “big” games. A program doesn’t record 28 regular season conference championships, 18 conference tournament championships, six NCAA Tournament semifinal appearances and two national championships without competing in – and winning – its fair share of such games. Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/020306 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813t0562d As expected, the Wittenberg Tigers didn't exactly enjoy a walk in the park, but they pulled away late to record a hard-fought 61-49 victory over the Earlham Quakers in a key North Coast Athletic Conference match-up. Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813t0562d https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/201208138ku65u It is quite rare for the top two teams in the nation - according to the d3hoops.com national poll each of the last two weeks - to play a regular season game against one another. Predictably, tickets for the game between No. 1 Wittenberg and No. 2 Wooster on Saturday, Feb. 4, in Wittenberg's HPER Center are in demand. Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/201208138ku65u https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813inohjv What on the surface appears to be just another win for the top-ranked team in the nation is actually something a bit more significant. The Wittenberg Tigers took control early in Saturday's game and pretty much cruised to a 74-49 victory at Denison, a place that has provided a difficult mental hurdle in recent years. Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/mbkb/2005-06/releases/20120813inohjv