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Wildcats win Christmas Slam 72-61

December 5, 2014 by Hannah Little

The ACU men's basketball team played in its fourth annual Christmas Slam game Thursday December 4th. The night included holiday festivities including hot chocolate, Santa Clause, and several prizes from the Student Association. On the court, the Wildcats held the lead the entire game, shooting just over 50 percent overall. ACU will travel to ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports, Videos Tagged With: Basketball, Christmas Slam, Men's Basketball, Wildcat Reign

NBA needs parity, playoff system

December 2, 2014 by Collin Wieder

The NBA's Western Conference has always been the best the NBA has had to offer. People have been calling for the NBA to change up the conferences to balance out the power of the West and the weakness of the East. An example of bad conference parity is looking at the best division in the West, the Southwest Division and the worst division in the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columnists, Sports Tagged With: Basketball

JMC Network Sportscast November 22, 2014

November 24, 2014 by Optimist Staff

In this week's sportscast we recap the first games of the men's and women's basketball seasons as well as show the highlights from ACU football's thrilling 37-35 victory against Stephen F. Austin in it's last game of the season. Reporting by: Hannah Little and Daniel Zepeda Video/editing by: Brittney Johnson and Shera Niemirowski ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports, Videos Tagged With: Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sportscast, Wildcat Reign, Women's Basketball

CEO to offer tuition giveaway at Christmas Slam

November 13, 2014 by Jonathan Ward

The Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) will have a basketball shootout for a year of free tuition at the fourth annual ACU Christmas Slam. All ACU students who attend Christmas Slam are eligible to be randomly selected for participation in the shoot-out at halftime. The participant must make all of the shots within 30 seconds to win ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Basketball, Christmas Slam

The NBA Playoffs: The Old Man Game

April 24, 2014 by Matthew Sloan

Watching Zach Randolph succeed in the NBA playoffs reminds me of pickup basketball at the gym. There is always that one old man that has no athleticism at all, but continues to do his thing and before you know it, he has scored six times in the last nine possessions. The old guy will embarrass anyone he is playing against with a flurry of ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columnists, Sports Tagged With: Basketball

March Madness hits campus in challenge

March 18, 2014 by Collin Wieder

ACU students begin their search for the perfect bracket again this year for March Madness but not just on websites. This week, ACU Intramurals begin it's own Tournament Challenge for the popular sports game through ESPN.com. This year is ACU's first year to have the tournament. Students can register for free and registration ends ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Basketball, March Madness

Chapel credits earned at basketball games

February 4, 2014 by Matthew Sloan

The Department of Athletics partnered with the Chapel office last week to put together an event that allowed students to receive Chapel credits for attending basketball games. Students were required to attend the second half of the women's basketball game and the first half of the men's basketball game to receive three Chapel credits. The same ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Athletics, Basketball, Chapel

ESPN 3 visits Moody to live stream ACU Basketball

January 31, 2014 by Jesse Harper

As part of the Southland Conference ACU Wildcat Basketball was broadcasted over ESPN 3 for the first time. Students and faculty got to experience watching their team perform commentated by a national sports network. Video/editing by: Jesse Harper ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports, Videos Tagged With: Basketball

JMC Network Newscast – January 31, 2014

January 31, 2014 by Optimist Staff

This weeks newscast covers the celebration of Rwandan perseverance in the Documentary Screening of "Rising from Ashes." We take a look at cleanup around Cedar Creek here in Abilene, the new spring comedy "Is He Dead," as well as an overview of the four game homestand for ACU's basketball team and the ESPN coverage in Moody Colosseum. Rachel ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News, Videos Tagged With: Basketball, MLK, Newscast, Theatre

Cartoon: ESPN appeal

January 28, 2014 by Ben Todd

"ESPN Appeal" Daily Doodle Dosage by Ben Todd ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Editorial Cartoons, Opinion Tagged With: Basketball, Daily Doodle Dosage

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