Adam Ide, Aspiring Sportswriter

                             MBB v UIC On cam :00 take vid nat snd und (vo) Lasts: 1:05 On cam (Anchor) THE BEARS ARE THE 20-18 C-I-T CHAMPIONS… U-N-C’S MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WON THE COLLEGE INSIDER DOT COM TOURNAMENT FRIDAY WITH A 76 TO 71 VICTORY OVER ILLINOIS-CHICAGO.   (vo) THE TWO TEAMS STARTED OFF SLOW, BUT THE BEARS WENT ON AN EARLY SEVEN OH RUN TO TAKE A 12 TO FOUR LEAD. THE FLAMES RESPONSED WITH THEIR OWN BIG RUN, AND THAT’S WHEN JUNIOR JORDAN DAVIS TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS. J-D SCORED 16 OF U-N-C’S NEXT 18 POINTS, AND THE TEAM WENT INTO THE LOCKER ROOM UP 35 TO 26. THE BEARS KEPT THEIR LEAD TO AROUND 10 WITH SEVEN MINUTES REMAINING, BUT THAT’S WHEN U-I-C BEGAN TO COME BAC...

Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics Men’s basketball wins CIT championship By Adam Ide Bear News Sportswriter             The University of Northern Colorado men’s basketball team won the CollegeInsider.com Tournament championship game Friday at Bank of Colorado Arena with a 76-71 victory over Illinois Chicago.             The win marks the first postseason tournament championship in program history, and the Bears are also the first Big Sky team to win a tournament. The team’s 26 wins are the most in program history.             Northern Colorado played in front of a record crowd of 3.198             “Big thank you to the community for coming out and really giving us the home-court advantage the last two games,” head coach Jeff Linder said. “We wouldn’t...

MBB v. SUU On cam :00 Take vid, nat snd und (VO) On cam (Anchor) SPEAKING OF THAT GAME, IT WAS SENIOR NIGHT AT BANK OF COLORADO ARENA, AND THE BEARS WERE LED BY TWO OF THEIR SENIORS AS THEY DEFEATED SOUTHERN UTAH 97-80. (Anchor) SENIORS ANDRE SPIGHT AND ANTHONY JOHNSON TURNED IN BRILLIANT PERFORMANCES IN THE FINAL HOME GAME OF THE SEASON, COMBINING FOR 65 OF U-N-C’S 97 POINTS. SPIGHT CONTINUED HIS STRONG PLAY AT HOME, COMING WITHIN ONE POINT OF TYING HIS OWN SCHOOL RECORD OF 41. THE BEARS STARTED OFF SLOW FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE GAME, BUT JOHNSON’S 17 IN THE FIRST HALF PROPELLED THE TEAM INTO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH A FIVE POINT LEAD. AND AGAIN, U-N-C STORMED OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM, EXTENDING THEIR LEAD TO DOUBLE-DIGITS WITHIN THE FIRST TWO MINUTES. THE BEARS WOULD LEAD BY AS MUCH AS 17 IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT S-U-U WOULD GET WITHIN 11 WITH FIVE MINUTES L...