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 […]
Month: December 2002
Mid-Continent Notebook
Mid-Continent Notebook by Matt Amis Oral Roberts (6-1) It was one of those good news/bad news kind of weeks for the Golden Eagles. After jumping off to its best start in school history, ORU earned a vote in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls. It was […]
Patriot Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva Early in the season, two big Patriot League stories appear to be emerging in Holy Cross and Boakai Lalugba. The Crusaders only game this past week came in the form of 72-56 win over Brown, no magnificent feat by any means. And so, at […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Connecticut Educates the NEC Connecticut’s top-ranked education record is undoubtedly a direct reflection of having a difficult to spell state name. Does that transcend into why University of Connecticut men’s basketball gets straight A’s against the NEC? Anyhow, presumably most guys playing D-I hoops […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 16th, 2002 by Andrew Flynn There really weren’t any major matchups yesterday. All in all, a quiet relaxing Sunday. Oh. Well there was that Arizona -Texas game that went down to the end. And since they’re ranked No. 1 vs. No. 7, I suppose […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 15th, 2002 by Phil Kasiecki Saturday belonged to road teams and teams that traveled far to play at neutral sites, especially in games with top 25 teams. There were 16 games featuring teams in the Hoopville Top 25, with four visiting teams and one […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 14th, 2002 by Brian Strong When a team is struggling the way that UCLA (1-2) has early in this young season, they’re looking for anything to help turn things around. They may have gotten that thing on Friday in the form of newly reinstated […]
Dumb and Dumber
Dumb and Dumber by David Mosse As if the event itself wasn’t enough of a folly, both Dick Vitale and Bill Walton added new chapters to their legendary broadcasting careers. During Thursday night’s LeBron James infomercial, disguised as a basketball game, the duo combined for one of the most excruciating […]
Bar Room Bicker 1
Bar Room Bicker – Big Sky vs. West Coast by James Burns and Nicholas Lozito Note: This is the first installation of The Bar Room Bicker, which pits two college basketball enthusiasts against one another. James Burns covers the West Coast Conference while Nicholas Lozito covers the Big Sky Conference. […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Notebook by Andria Wenzel Arkansas-Little Rock Comes Close For the first time in the entire evening the University of Arkansas-Little Rock could not take advantage of No. 25 Minnesota’s mistakes. In overtime the Gophers missed four straight free throws, but the Trojans (4-3) could not stumble on the […]
