Patriot League Notebook The American Way Here’s a plan for all you losing programs out there. Switch your conference affiliation – preferably to one that has competition you can beat. After getting smacked around in the Colonial for years (they finished 7-20 last season), the American Eagles find themselves atop […]
Month: January 2002
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic 10 Notebook Midterm reports for the new guys As we pass the midpoint of the college baskeball season, now is a good time to grade the performances of the seven new coaches in the A10: Xavier – Thad Motta: A Having one of the premier power forwards in the […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook Ten ‘Wild and Crazy’ Teams It’s the stuff of Steve Martin-Dan Akroyd Saturday Night Live skits – which is what the CAA has become this year. At this point, the league champ is anybody’s guess, especially when teams like Towson (1-5) beat conference contenders Delaware and Drexel, then […]
Our 100th Article!
It’s our 100th Article Festivus! It’s our 100th article! So in the spirit of Seinfeld, we’ll honor that great show by emulating their 100th episode. Now if you can’t remember exactly what the plot of the 100th Seinfeld episode was, let me provide a brief refresher. INTERIOR – JERRY’S APARTMENT […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook The Cat(amounts) Meow When people think of basketball up in Burlington, Vermont, names like Eddie Benton and Tony Ociarri come to mind. Well neither of those Catamount alums has anything to do with them having the top record in the America East at 14-4 (7-1 in conference). […]
Metro Atlantic Notebook
Metro Atlantic Notebook Port-able Rider’s Mario Porter is leading the MAAC in scoring at 21.1 points per game. Porter is also the league rebounding leader with 8.6 per game. The senior forward from Irvington, NJ, and his Bronc teammates, recently came off a 72-68 upset of Manhattan in Riverdale. Porter […]
The Quickening
Marist-Manhattan II: Out-Foxed? Not again. by Adam Shandler On January 22nd, it was Bobby Gonzalez bobble-head doll night at Manhattan’s Draddy Gymnasium. But Coach Gonzalez and his Jaspers almost bobbled another one to Marist in the re-match of a game played on January 12th. Marist took the first contest, 58-56, […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook Alabama (16-3 overall, 4-1) – The Crimson Tide bounced back nicely from a disappointing loss at Auburn by notching a pair of impressive victories. They traveled to Athens and behind a 16-point 10-rebound performance from Rod Gizzard, handed Georgia its first conference loss of the season, 77-72. The […]
The Decline of the Regional
Site Unseen by Bill Thayer One of the biggest stories of college basketball somehow flew under the radar this summer as the NCAA decided that first and second round sites will no longer be set by region. For example, Washington DC, who was supposed to host first and second round […]
Site Unseen
Site Unseen One of the biggest stories of college basketball somehow flew under the radar this summer as the NCAA decided that first and second round sites will no longer be set by region. For example, Washington DC, who was supposed to host first and second round East Region games, […]
