Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Husker uprising Will the real Cornhuskers please stand up…? Please stand up…? Sorry for the Eminem reference, but we start out this week’s Big 12 notebook rappin’ about the Nebraska Huskers. In a three-week span, NU (3-3) has ridden its Lincoln roller-coaster in […]
Month: December 2002
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke The Big Ten couldn’t get the job done in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, falling 5-4 overall. But the Big Ten did manage to win the big showdowns. Indiana took down Maryland in a tremendous overtime game. Michigan State slowed down a heating-up Virginia team. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 9th, 2002 by Andrew Flynn Of course everyone’s talking about how far Notre Dame will jump and Texas will fall in tomorrow’s Hoopville Top 25 poll. And unless you were entertaining out-of-town guests all weekend like I was, you probably got to see this […]
Pape Jam
Oregon downs Kansas in the Pape Jam by Jed Tai If only they cheered this hard for the Blazers. Portland’s Rose Garden might normally be home to the black and red of the NBA’s Trail Blazers, but for the Fifth Annual Pape Jam, it was filled with the green and […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Notebook by Andria Wenzel You’ve got to wonder what they’ve been feeding the basketball players in Venezuela, because in his first five games of the season for the University of New Orleans, senior forward Hector Romero has led his team to a 5-0 record, and more astonishingly, Romero […]
MAC Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble The week in the Mid-American Conference saw conference action kick-off, with Miami coming back to defeat Western Michigan, 44-39, while East Division favored Ohio fell at Toledo, 78-71. Also, Bowling Green knocked off East Division opponent Buffalo 76-59 and in the other MAC game […]
Big 5 Classic
Live from the Palestra – the Big 5 Classic by Phil Kasiecki On Saturday, the second annual Big 5 Classic brought together the six Division I basketball teams from the City of Brotherly Love. The games were all played at the historic Palestra at the University of Pennsylvania, an appropriate […]
Mid-Continent Notebook
Mid-Continent Notebook by Matt Amis Oral Roberts (6-0) Oh, that crazy, unpredictable Mid-Con. With perennial power Valparaiso stumbling out of the gates, the Golden Eagles have taken full advantage and sprinted out to an unbeaten start. In Itta Bena, Miss. Saturday night, Josh Atkinson nailed a career-high six 3-pointers, including […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 8th, 2002 by Phil Kasiecki On another busy Saturday in the world of college basketball, the headline matchup was that featuring the two winningest programs in the history of college basketball, as No. 19 Kentucky traveled to Chapel Hill to take on No. 13 […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 7th, 2002 by Brian Strong A bad week for Florida almost became disastrous, as driven rival Florida State rode their home crowd to a near upset in Tallahassee last night. Having lost to West Virginia in the final minute earlier this week, the Gators […]
