Month: December 2002

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, December 6th, 2002 by Jonathan Gonzalez It was a cold, cold night of college basketball. A light docket of college basketball action became even lighter when a slew of games were canceled due to a winter storm that has gripped a large portion of the […]

Uka Agbai

Hard to Think About Basketball In Chestnut Hill by Phil Kasiecki For Boston College fans, things seem to be going from bad to worse despite an exciting overtime win Wednesday night against St. Bonaventure. The Eagles are 2-2, but the losses include a blowout against St. Joseph’s where the Eagles […]

West Coast Notebook

West Coast Notebook by James Burns Holiday ‘Feast Week’ Frenzy Maui Invitational Even with a fourth place finish at the Maui Invitational, Gonzaga got just what they needed from a holiday excursion to Hawaii – experience. The Bulldogs routed Utah in the opening game 71-52, than faltered twice to No. […]

Big Sky Notebook

Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito College basketball is a 40-minute game If college basketball games lasted only seven minutes, the Big Sky Conference would have recorded wins over No. 15 Missouri and No. 1 Arizona this past week. The Sacramento State Hornets (1-3) held a 16-11 lead over Mizzou […]

America East Notebook

America East Notebook by Stephen Murphy Albany The Great Danes were anything but in their first three games of the season falling to 0-3. Albany lost its season opener November 22nd to Siena 79-75 in the Pepsi Arena. Siena avenged a 60-48 loss last year to the Great Danes. Freshmen’s […]

Art of Picking a Top 25

Who’s Your Number 1? by Adam Shandler Presenting The Art and Science of Picking a Top 25 My editor-in-chief, Andrew Flynn, is a good guy who runs a tight ship, and every Monday I get a call from him asking for my Top 25 list, which will be compiled with […]

MAAC Notebook

Metro Atlantic Notebook by Mike DiPiazza Freshman Shine For Saints When the horn sounded on Siena’s season last year as they lost to eventual national champion, Maryland, in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the biggest question the Saints faced was who would replace the sweet shooting Dwayne Archbold. […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 5th, 2002 by Brian Seymour And the Commissioner’s Cup goes to…the ACC!!! The sad truth of the matter is that I didn’t know there WAS such a thing as the Commissioner’s Cup until ESPN belabored the point over and over Wednesday night, but the […]

Preseason Tournament Predictors

March Predictions from Pre-Season Tournaments by Jed Tai In the early going of each and every basketball season, college basketball fans are treated to some fun, tournament-style action in several pre-season events. Teams often make early impressions in tournaments such as the Pre-Season NIT, Great Alaska Shootout, and Maui Invitational […]

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey The Western Athletic Conference is off and running with its front-runners Hawai’i and Tulsa, as well as Fresno State, winning tournaments. Also the four new WAC head coaches avoided early season criticism with wins. It looks as though the WAC is ready to take on […]