Category Archives: Living Room Times

The Denver Pioneers came up empty on their trip to Oregon for the BTI Invitational, falling to 0-3 on the season as they blew a 26-16 first-half lead and lost 65-54 to North Dakota State. The Bison, 2 1/2-point underdogs to DU, went from 10 points behind to 6 points ahead on the strength of a 20-4 run at the… Read more »

Late last night, Denver lost its second straight game at historic, soon-to-be-replaced Mac Court, to BTI Tournament host Oregon, 68-56. It was a frustrating game, one that DU led 32-28 at halftime and 43-41 around the midway point of the second half — only to succumb to turnovers, missed opportunities, foul trouble, and a seemingly endless parade of Ducks going… Read more »

DU opened its 2010-11 season with a loss Friday, falling 65-49 in Eugene, Oregon to defending Big West double-champion UC-Santa Barbara. The Pioneers trailed by just 2 at halftime, 32-30, and the game was tied 37-37 with 14:58 left. But the Gauchos closed the game on a 28-12 run, which included a nearly seven-minute scoreless drought for the Pioneers. Here… Read more »

Kyle Whelliston, the Jack Kerouac of the mid-majors, the talented, cerebral, and at times ornery sportswriting iconoclast/bubblefighter/philosopher whose Mid-Majority is the inspiration for my own humble effort at college basketball citizen-journalism, wrote earlier this week about the state of being in transit: