The Not-So Big 12 by Mitch Schneider Let’s take a trip back to October of the present year. Pearl Jam was preparing to release its seventh studio album “Riot Act.” Actress Winona Ryder was still reeling from her “illicit shopping spree” at Saks Fifth Avenue. And President Bush masks were […]
Month: December 2002
West Coast Notebook
West Coast Notebook by James Burns Prime Time Matchups Several West Coast Conference schools squared-off against some of the nation’s top college basketball programs, albeit with little success. Gonzaga vs. Georgia Behind All-American candidate Jarvis Hayes’ game-high 29 points, Georgia upended Gonzaga 95-83 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic. Hayes […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito For whom the Bell tolls Although David Bell grew up and played high school ball in the Bay Area, he headed off for the University of Montana following two years at Porterville (CA) Junior College. The Grizzly guard made a return to the bay […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey The season is nearly a month old and the Western Athletic Conference is in the process of finding out who are the contenders and who are the pretenders. Seven WAC teams were in action last weekend including Hawai’i (2-1) and Fresno State (5-1) both of […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 19th, 2002 by Brian Seymour Perhaps some of the naysayers will lay off Pittsburgh after the No. 5 Panthers posted a very impressive 69-49 win over Ohio State in Wednesday’s marquee matchup. Granted, the Buckeyes are rebuilding a bit after some pretty good teams […]
Southern Conference Notebook
Southern Conference Notebook by David Smotherman Early Season Surprises Abound in the SoCon With college basketball knee deep in the middle of the “OOC” – that’s the out of conference schedule to the uninitiated – it is time to take a look at the surprises of the SoCon. Some of […]
Touring New England
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Play Small Ball With Lineup Change After three games, Boston College was struggling mightily. The Eagles, who many thought would be rejuvenated and look more like the team two seasons ago than last season, started out 1-2 with an embarrassing home loss […]
Jimmy V Classic
The Jimmy V Classic – It’s Come a Long Way, Baby by Adam Shandler It was December of 1997. I was a budding sports/newscaster at a small, 1,000-watt station in Pompton Lakes, NJ. To placate our listeners and advertisers, we’d offer them everything from Off-Off-Broadway show tickets to free meal […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider And then there was one In last week’s notebook, I mentioned the Big 12 still had three undefeated teams within its ranks. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Iowa State, Texas Tech and Missouri all carried perfect records into mid-December. Now, the Tigers […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Dropping Dimes With the 2002-2003 season being labeled as the “Year of the point guard”, there should be no surprise Conference USA is following suit during the early going of the year. Several floor leaders are dropping dimes to teammates left and right, […]
