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Andy Toole emphasizes importance of mid-majors, low-majors in NCAA Tournament
As his team was preparing to play in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, Robert Morris coach Andy Toole wanted you to believe there’s value in the little guys. So, please, he implored, don’t minimize them at any cost. “One of the reasons that people watch this tournament is because of...
A star on the rise, Greensburg CC grad Bailey Kuhns follows her heart to Robert Morris
When Mercyhurst announced a “leadership change” in cutting ties with women’s basketball coach Brooklyn Kohlheim four days after the season ended, junior forward Bailey Kuhns scrambled to reset her future. She didn’t have to go anywhere, but with Kohlheim gone, things would surely be different in the looming offseason and...
For ‘locked in’ Robert Morris vs. Alabama, the goal is to play like they’ve practiced
When coaches want to get more out of their players in between games they may implore them to practice like they play. For Robert Morris heading into their massive first-round NCAA Tournament challenge against No. 2 seed Alabama, head coach Andy Toole wants them to play like they’ve practiced. “We’ve...
Robert Morris hopes to become latest No. 15 seed to beat the odds and take down a No. 2Video
Rarely mentioned but highly dependable, Robert Morris guard D.J. Smith never met a challenge he wouldn’t accept. Buckle up. This one should be a doozy. “It’s always great to be on the highest stage,” Smith said. “I’ve played against a lot of pro guys in … national tournaments. It’s just...
Andy Toole will lead Robert Morris into NCAA Tournament while seeing beyond the game
Andy Toole’s quarter-century in college basketball is reflected in six— soon to be seven — NCAA Tournament appearances, championships won in three conferences as a player and coach and, most importantly, the impact he makes on young people. Yet stories involving Robert Morris’ coach go beyond the game. This week,...
Alabama’s bench could be key to the Tide making another deep run in the NCAA tourney
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — With versatile point guard Mark Sears and mustachioed forward Grant Nelson, Alabama has two of the more recognizable players in the NCAA Tournament. The duo led the Crimson Tide to the Final Four last year and returned to school in hopes of delivering the program’s first national...
Robert Morris’ Alvaro Folgueiras challenges himself to be leader
The Pittsburgh sports world has produced its share of iconic names. You know them by heart: Bradshaw, Clemente, Dorsett, Lemieux … They all chased their dreams and made them come true. “If your dreams don’t scare you a little bit, you’re not ambitious enough. You’re not big enough,” said Robert...
Robert Morris working on contract extension for coach Andy Toole
Robert Morris athletic director Chris King has many duties to perform while his men’s basketball team prepares for its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 10 years. Yet he’s found time for one other task that, he hopes, will propel the Colonials to success far beyond 2025: keeping coach...
‘It’s Bobby Mo’ in O-hi-o’: RMU draws on past experiences in search of 1st-round NCAA upset in Cleveland
Robert Morris guard Kam Woods thought his Colonials would be one line higher when the NCAA bracket was unveiled Sunday. “I really thought we were going to be a 14-seed,” Woods said. “I really felt that some conferences who aren’t on our level got the 14-seed. But that goes to...
‘Sky’s the limit’: Robert Morris students, alumni look forward to NCAA Tournament
Brett Magulick could sense the anticipation Sunday in Robert Morris University’s UPMC Events Center as this year’s NCAA Tournament bracket was announced. “This is kind of uncharted territory for RMU, and you could tell that everyone’s excited to be here,” said Magulick, 19, a freshman at the university. “You can...
Robert Morris gets 15 seed, will face Alabama in NCAA Tournament at Cleveland
Robert Morris has made this trip before. Just not for the NCAA Tournament. Now, the Colonials are about to. The Horizon League men’s basketball champions received a No. 15 seed Sunday and will face No. 2 seed Alabama at 12:40 p.m. Friday on truTV in an East Region first-round game...
Robert Morris, Saint Francis latest to get March Madness turns
It’s the time of year for college basketball’s spotlight to shine. The sports world focuses on March Madness. It’s already underway at places like Robert Morris and Saint Francis, champions of their respective conference tournaments. But not everyone is happy while the yearly observance of Selection Sunday approaches and emotions...
Robert Morris coach, players ready for NCAA Tournament, but many already know what awaits
Andy Toole knows what the next several days will feel like for his Robert Morris players. They’re headed to the NCAA Tournament as Horizon League champions for the first time as a team, and Toole understands the enormity of it all. “They’ll have the best week of their lives,” he...
After 2020 NCAA berth was lost to pandemic, hoops alumni celebrate RMU’s return to March Madness
Robert Morris basketball coach Andy Toole was preparing to coach his team in Tuesday night’s Horizon League Championship game. He couldn’t ignore the irony of the date: March 11. “I was getting ready to get on the bus. I saw on Twitter that five years ago today was when Rudy...
Robert Morris wins Horizon League, will play in 1st NCAA Tournament in 10 years
The surprising Robert Morris Colonials will play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a decade. A first, too, as a member of the Horizon League. Picked to finish ninth among 11 teams, Robert Morris got hot after a slow start to the season and raced all the...
Robert Morris men rally from 2nd-half deficit, beat Oakland in OT to make Horizon League title game
When Robert Morris and Oakland met twice in men’s basketball during the regular season, the games developed into fierce battles. Robert Morris won both times by a combined 10 points. The third affair Monday night in the Horizon League Tournament semifinals at Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis was an absolute war....
Robert Morris women fall to Green Bay in Horizon Tournament semifinals
Robert Morris’ first women’s basketball season under new coach Chandler McCabe didn’t go as some had planned — her team was predicted to finish last in the Horizon League — but a late-season run of nine victories in 12 games landed them a surprising No. 4 seed and a first-round...
Robert Morris men, 2 wins from NCAA Tournament, hope winning recipe continues
You’ve probably heard about all the hoopla surrounding the Robert Morris men’s basketball team. It’s been quite an intriguing story. You’re probably aware that in the preseason, the Colonials were picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the Horizon League. And that they hadn’t been having any measurable...
For Robert Morris, ‘Losing was not an option … We didn’t want to let the city down’
With an 83-62 Horizon League quarterfinal win over Wright State on Thursday night, the Robert Morris men’s basketball team did something we haven’t seen recently in Pittsburgh sports. They delivered. At home. In the postseason. In fact, the Colonials were the last team to do that in March of 2020...
Robert Morris women defeat Northern Kentucky, advance to Horizon League semis MondayVideo
During the women’s basketball regular season, Northern Kentucky gave Robert Morris fits. On Thursday in the Horizon League Tournament quarterfinals, the Colonials returned the favor. Noa Givon scored a season-high 23 points, and No. 4 seed Robert Morris defeated No. 5 Northern Kentucky, 70-57, at UPMC Events Center to advance...
Robert Morris men top Wright State in Horizon League quarters in front of record crowd
Robert Morris’ UPMC Events Center was rocking Thursday night. And why not? The Colonials are a hot ticket these days. They certainly didn’t disappoint their screaming faithful in passing their first test in the Horizon League Tournament for their eighth consecutive victory and 14th in the past 15 games. Kam...
Well-traveled Woods plays important role in getting Robert Morris the top seed for the Horizon League Tournament
In high school, Kam Woods was a phenom on the basketball court. After all, he didn’t score nearly 4,000 career points by accident. He averaged 38.1 as a senior at Pinson Valley in suburban Birmingham, Ala. It’s just one small highlight in the big picture of Woods’ illustrious background that...
Robert Morris basketball brings ray of sunshine to bleak Pittsburgh sports landscape
Every Pittsburgh sports fan will admit one unfortunate truth these days: The entire local sports scene is at low tide. The Penguins are about to miss the playoffs for a third straight year. The Steelers haven’t won a playoff game in eight seasons. And the only thing the Pirates can...
Robert Morris men to host Wright State in Horizon League quarterfinals
The Robert Morris men’s basketball team Tuesday night learned who its quarterfinal-round opponent will be in the Horizon League Tournament. The top-seeded Colonials (23-8) will play host to No. 8 Wright State (15-17) at 8 p.m. Thursday in the second game of a doubleheader at UPMC Events Center. In the...
Robert Morris men claim 3 Horizon League postseason awards
Five years into its Horizon League membership, Robert Morris finally is proving the prognosticators wrong. Picked to finish ninth in the 11-team conference and with no one on the preseason all-league men’s basketball teams, the Colonials on Monday claimed three of the Horizon’s major postseason awards less than a week...
