- RAMSEY: Air Force's Burtschi bemoans 'fake tough' in basketball
- Burtschi played this season in Germany
- DAVID RAMSEY
- Former Air Force star Jacob Burtschi has watched, in pained disbelief, recent TV episodes that reveal the disintegration of basketball, American-style.
A Miami Heat bench-sitter named Dexter Pittman had just leveled a Indiana Pacers bench-sitte... Full story
- RAMSEY: Air Force's Pilipovich faces immense challenge
- Dave Pilipovich believes. This is his natural state of mind.
Yes, he’s aware the weight of history is stacked against him and his Air Force men's basketball team. This is a program that has lost 53 of its past 63 conference games and recorded ... Full story
- Air Force men's basketball coach Pilipovich works to solidify 2012-13 schedule
- FRANK SCHWAB
- One of the many chores new Air Force men’s basketball coach Dave Pilipovich had to dig into after the season was scheduling games.
And he wasn’t looking forward to that duty.
“Scheduling is probably the hardest thing to do in any ... Full story
- Women's Final Four notes: Air Force takes part in pregame
- FRANK SCHWAB
- DENVER - The experience of being part of championship game ceremonies at the Women’s Final Four is something a group of Air Force cadets is unlikely to forget.
The Air Force Cadet Chorale sang the national anthem before the game, as a group of... Full story
- Air Force will be part of Women's Final Four championship festivities
- FRANK SCHWAB
- The biggest night of the women’s college basketball season will have an Air Force feel to it.
There will be between 20-30 female Air Force athletes presenting the flag and the colors before Baylor meets Notre Dame at the Pepsi Center in the NC... Full story
- Gordon and Scott shifted the area's balance of power by transferring early in high school
- BRENT BRIGGEMAN
- To think, it could have been Discovery Canyon and Wasson prepping for Saturday’s epic showdown.
After all, those are the schools that used to be home to Josh Scott and Wesley Gordon -- the two area basketball heavyweights and Colorado signe... Full story
- After conference tournament loss, Air Force basketball focuses on future
- FRANK SCHWAB
- At some point soon, Dave Pilipovich will map out his long-term plan for Air Force basketball.
The new coach hadn’t had a lot of time to think about that. He took over as the interim coach with seven regular-season games left in the season and ... Full story
- Air Force notes: Green plays well despite eye injury
- FRANK SCHWAB
- LAS VEGAS – If Air Force could move its home games to the Thomas & Mack Center, Falcons guard Kyle Green might become a star.
Green, a junior, has 66 career points, and 31 came in his past two games here. He scored 17 points against UNLV o... Full story
- Falcons slip behind New Mexico early, lose 79-64 in MW tourney
- FRANK SCHWAB
- LAS VEGAS • Every game between Air Force and New Mexico in men’s basketball this season seemed like an avalanche.
There would be a little rumble, a 3-pointer or an easy basket inside by New Mexico, and then over the next several possessio... Full story
- Air Force notes: Dymond James comes off bench
- FRANK SCHWAB
- LAS VEGAS – Whatever issue kept Dymond James out of Air Force’s lineup is apparently in the past now.
James, who was a preseason all-conference pick, did not play in the regular-season finale against New Mexico last week, seemingly bec... Full story
- Air Force women can't hold halftime lead, bow to SDSU 68-58
- Falcons' season ends at 6-24 with loss in MW tourney
- FRANK SCHWAB
- LAS VEGAS - At no point did Air Force’s Mountain West women’s basketball tournament quarterfinal look like an overmatched last-place team playing the conference champ.
For about a week-and-a-half, Air Force knew it was going to face top ... Full story
- Air Force's Broekhuis will have his hands full with Lobos big man Gordon
- FRANK SCHWAB
- LAS VEGAS – In a couple of years, New Mexico center Drew Gordon will be playing the post for the Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers or whichever NBA team likes his ample skill set and employs him for it.
In a couple of years, Air Force... Full story
- Men's basketball: Air Force vs. New Mexico preview
- FRANK SCHWAB
- No. 7 Air Force vs. No. 2 New Mexico
Thursday, 7 p.m., Thomas & Mack Arena
New Mexico (24-6, 10-4 Mountain West), last game: 76-61 win vs. Boise State
About the Lobos: Although conference tournaments are supposed to ram... Full story
- Air Force women's basketball coach Williams handles adversity in second season
- FRANK SCHWAB
- When Air Force women’s basketball coach Andrea Williams talked to her mentors in the coaching business, they told her the second year on the job is usually tougher than the first.
Unfortunately for Williams, that wisdom was spot on.
Air... Full story
- Women's basketball: Air Force vs. San Diego State preview
- FRANK SCHWAB
- No. 8 Air Force vs. No. 1 San Diego State
Wednesday, 1 p.m., Thomas & Mack Arena
San Diego State (22-6, 12-2 Mountain West), last game: 58-41 win vs. Boise State
About the Aztecs: Courtney Clements, San Diego State’... Full story
