Month: December 2002

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 11th, 2002 by Dan Hauptman There is a reason that I have voted this team No. 2 in every Hoopville poll this season. They have a never-say-die attitude and have the talent to overcome a half played so poorly that it would cost most […]

Southern Notebook

Southern Conference Notebook by David Smotherman SoCon off to a strong start The schools of the Southern Conference have gotten off to a great start in the 2002-03 basketball season, proving that last years finish in the upper echelon of the mid-major conferences was quickly becoming the rule, not the […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Notebook by Adam Shandler Creighton, Come on Down! The Creighton Blue Jays have given hope to mid-majors teams all over the country. With a 6-0 record and wins over Notre Dame and BYU, the Jays have captured a Number 24 ranking in this week’s Hoopville Top 25 poll. […]

NYC Point Guards

Great Expectations for the NYC Point Guards by Bill Thayer It wasn’t supposed to be like this two years ago. By the time the 2002-03 season rolled around, the point guards in the Big East that people were talking about weren’t supposed to be named Knight, Bell and Thomas. It […]

Northeast Roundup

Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Commonwealth Classic Matches Two Struggling Teams Boston College beat Massachusetts Saturday in a game between two struggling teams. The Eagles improved to 3-2 with the win, but their struggles are well-documented and especially with Uka Agbai lost for the season with a neck […]

Pac-10 Notebook

Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa With Stanford and Oregon beating up on ranked opponents, and Arizona poised for big games against Texas and Kansas, the Pac-10 might not be so bad off after all. Well, look again. If it weren’t for the success of those three teams, the Pac-10 would […]

Conference USA Notebook

Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Not quite yet for Conference USA Three Conference USA teams had the chance to knock off a Top 25 team last week. None of the three were able to pull off the upset. The most far-fetched upset attempt came Tuesday when the Saint […]

Colonial Notebook

Colonial Notebook by Beth Iskoe Delaware (1-2) The Hens got a big confidence builder Tuesday night when they defeated visiting Penn 60-59. Delaware went ahead for good when senior forward David Hindenlang put back a rebound with 45 seconds remaining to give the Hens a two-point lead. Senior guard Ryan […]

ACC Notebook

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Welcome back to Earth – the ACC’s fast start finally slowed After torching the college hoops nation from coast to coast, the ACC finally ran into a wall of competition, yielding seven losses this past week. But six of those seven losses came […]

Moutain West Notebook

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A Compelling Week The Mountain West endured its toughest week of the season so far, and came out of it okay. The league’s top two teams, UNLV and BYU, both had a pair of challenging road games this week. UNLV first had to travel […]