Month: December 2003

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, December 19 Where are you?: Bobby Knight is again showing his frustration. Knight, who is in his 38th year of coaching, says he is disappointed with the attendance this season and has pinpointed the West Texas community and the Texas Tech students. Recently, the school […]

Tuesday Morning Point Guard

Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Rather more Thursday Morning Point Guard than Tuesday Morning this week. And given my current state it occurs to me that you never see a notice that a columnist is out sick. Peter King, Don Banks, Dick Vitale etc. etc. they occasionally take […]

Northeast Conference Notebook

Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette This was a big out of conference week for the Northeast as several schools faced major conference opponents. The week started with a victory over the Atlantic Ten when Central Connecticut State beat Massachusetts 53-52 at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Ron Robinson hit two […]

Pac-10 Notebook

Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Cummings or Going? UCLA is still waiting to hear whether senior forward T.J. Cummings, who was declared academically ineligible for the fall quarter, improved his grades enough to return to the floor. According to head coach Ben Howland, Cummings had a passing grade headed […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 18th Top 25 Roundup: No. 4 Duke outlasted an always-pesky Princeton squad 69-51, in a game that saw Blue Devil freshman Luol Deng overcome a first half slump to tally 18 points on the game. J.J. Redick had 17 and Daniel Ewing had 15 […]

College Quotebook December 11th-17th

College Quotebook – December 11th – December 17th by Nicholas Lozito Coach Grieves Loss Of Player “One of my greatest fears as a coach was realized today. These players are like family to me and to each other. It’s hard to even comprehend how something like this could happen.” — […]

Touring the Northeast

Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Drop Their First One, Then Almost Blow One This past week gave Boston College’s young team an introduction and a wake-up call. On Tuesday, the Eagles traveled to Philadelphia and lost to a St. Joseph’s team that might be the best-kept secret […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Panthers and Bluejays steal bragging rights After being fouled with less than a minute to play, Northern Iowa’s Brooks McKowen looked up at the clock to see how much time remained for a UNI upset to be put in the books. Forty five […]

Ivy League Notebook

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner While millions dug out of the weekend’s snowstorms in the Northeast, the arenas of the Ancient Eight remained relatively quiet, as most of the Ivy League’s schools took a break for exams. But the league’s players didn’t take time out to watch the snow […]

Horizon League Notebook

Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann This past weekend was a very intense weekend in the Horizon League. There were three in-state rivalry games being played, two of which where the Horizon League was the visitor. The first one featured the UW-Milwaukee Panthers and the Wisconsin Badgers from the Kohl […]