Month: February 2002

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook The Skinny The WAC no longer has an undefeated tenant in the league house following Hawaii’s loss on January 19th. Ironically, the Rainbow Warriors lost to the only other team in the league that had not yet won a divisional contest, San Jose State. Hawaii has since rebounded […]

Mid-American Notebook

Brian Seymour has approached the podium, and is about to announce his MAC halfwaypoint award winners. Mid-American Notebook OK, it’s time for some midseason awards. Without further ado… Player of the Year: This is an incredibly tight race and the truth is that any one of three or four players […]

Big East Notebook

Big East Notebook The Skinny The Big East has surprised more than its share of fans this season, including the outcome of the Georgetown/Syracuse game. After seven tries against ranked opponents so far this season, Mike Sweetney was finally able to lead his team to a victory, scoring a game-high […]

Northeast Notebook

Northeast Notebook At Last!! Sure it took two coaches and 17 games but the LIU Blackbirds finally got into the win column this weekend with an 80-64 decision over St. Francis. For interim coach Ron Brown it will take much more than one win to shed the interim title for […]

Horizon Notebook

Horizon Notebook OK, it’s time for some midseason awards. Without further ado… Player of the Year: Before the conference season started, Butler’s Thomas Jackson looked like a stone cold lock to win player of the year honors, but no one has been as impressive or meant as much to his […]

Big 12 Notebook

Big 12 Notebook The General Last year Texas Tech finished a dismal 9-19 and tied for last in the league at 3-13. However, last season may go down as the conclusion of the BTG (Before The General) era in Lubbock. Could anyone have ever envisioned that Bobby Knight would have […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Notebook Going into the conference season, three Missouri Valley teams had made their mark. Southern Illinois had ambushed Indiana and gave Illinois everything it could handle. Northern Iowa stunned visiting in-state rival Iowa. And Creighton topped a ranked Western Kentucky squad. With perennial contenders Illinois State and Bradley […]