This wasn’t the greatest of seasons for the service academy basketball teams. Air Force won only two games against conference opponents. Army and Navy finished with losing records, and both were bounced in the first round of the Patriot League tournament. Despite the team struggles, there were plenty of outstanding performers at all three schools. So I wondered: Who were the best players out the three schools? Then I wondered: Has anybody ever put together an all-service academy team? Well, yes. Scout.com does it regularly for football. But not for basketball, as far as I can see (and I really…
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Army, Navy and Air Force were all losers last night. For Navy, the defeat had significant postseason ramifications. Army’s loss was meaningless as far the postseason goes, but it does dim their hopes of finally finishing with a winning record. And for Air Force, it was another loss in year that probably can’t end soon enough. Mids on a skid Probably no loss was more painful than Navy’s double overtime thriller against American. Navy’s 80-77 defeat is their second in a row, and it appears to have come in a most painful — and controversial — manner. More importanly, the…
Air Force has had a week to recover from the battering it took at the hands of No. 16 BYU. But on Saturday the beleaguered Falcons head back to the court to face one of the hottest teams in the nation in No. 12 New Mexico. So the question is: After losing all but one of their conference games so far, after getting crushed by 43 points at BYU, after nine losses by more than 20 points, after injury on top of injury, what is the mindset of the Falcons going into the homestretch? Jake Schaller of the The (Colorado…
If you start a game by not scoring for almost 10 minutes, you’re probably going to lose, and lose big. That’s what happened to Air Force last night, as the Falcons went scoreless until the 10:14 mark en route to a 70-48 drubbing by San Diego State. The Aztecs shot terrible themselves during that time but nevertheless managed to jump out to a 12-0 lead, and they would not trail for the rest of the game. Grant Parker had a team-high 14 points for Air Force, which now stands at 9-12 overall and 1-7 in the Mountain West Conference. The…
Hats off to Air Force Academy basketball team for ending its 22-game Mountain West Conference regular season losing streak. The Falcons beat Wyoming 70-63 at home today for their first regular season win in the MWC since March 2008. Air Force got a huge game from junior guard Evan Washington, who finished with a team-high 23 points and seven assists. Here’s the box score. Here’s a game story. More pictures after the jump.
