Month: December 2002

Big Ten Notebook

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Indiana and Illinois have decided to play a game of Who Will Lose First? As the new year approaches, neither the Hoosiers nor the Fighting Illini have dropped a game, charging out to 8-0 and 7-0 records, respectively. And while most of the wins […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 17, 2002 by Adam Shandler The days of hosting a holiday tournament, thinking you’re going to sweep through its sub-par competition, are slowly fizzling out. It was just a Grizzly night for Stanford. Struggling Montana, still trying to find its groove after a 2002 […]

Peach Bowl Classic

Georgia on my Mind – the Peach Bowl Classic by Phil Kasiecki On Sunday, the Second Annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic for Kids was held at Philips Arena in Atlanta. While known more for the football game played on New Year’s Day, the basketball event was a nice doubleheader featuring […]

Not all about LeBron

It’s Not All About LeBron by Jed Tai Admit it, you watched. If you’re a fan of basketball, you likely tuned in last Thursday night to ESPN2’s broadcast of the St. Vincent-St. Mary’s versus Oak Hill Academy contest to catch a glimpse of LeBron James, who if you buy all […]

Big West Notebook

Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan Completely disregard my last column. I went out of my way to make it perfectly clear that Utah State was clearly the best team in the league. I went on and on about forward Desmond Penigar and the Aggies’ defense and ball control. […]

SWAC Notebook

Southwestern Conference Notebook by Nik Bannister ‘Tis the season to be… .500 – or below Last week, the football teams of Alabama A&M and Grambling State met up in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships. Oddly enough this could this be a preview of what’s to come in March. After all, […]

Mountain West Notebook

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A Quiet, Yet Successful Week It was fairly quiet this past week in college hoops compared to previous weeks, and the Mountain West was no different. However, it was the most successful week of the season for the conference, as they won twelve of […]

SEC Notebook

SEC Notebook by Rainer Sabin For Mississippi State center Mario Austin, the season was almost over before it even began. But that changed last Tuesday when the NCAA declared him eligible to play after its investigators determined that he completed the requisite amount of core class hours at his high […]

Colonial Notebook

Colonial Notebook by Beth Iskoe Business as usual There were almost no upsets this week, as every game but one went according to plan. The CAA teams feasted on lesser competition or and were completely overmatched by more dominant squads. UNC Wilmington crushed Campbell 68-36 Wednesday night, while Towson destroyed […]

Pac-10 Notebook

Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa Congratulations Pac-10, you had a great week beating up on some skilled and talented nobodies. Only two Washington losses spoiled your perfect week. You can thank Lorenzo Romar and Paul Graham for their schools inability to recruit for multiple sports. Teams were given the opportunity […]