Month: January 2004

5 Great Sideline Stars

Coaching Under the Radar by Jim Woods When you think about a list of the top college basketball coaches in the country immediately a few names come to mind. Right now you are conjuring up images of the super CEO’s of college basketball who wear the $1,000 suits and are […]

Top Five Early Recruiting Classes

Top Five Early Recruiting Classes by Keith Irizarry With the change in the NBA, College, and High School Game, it’s not always who you can get but how long you can get them for. With all respect to Syracuse and Carmelo Anthony, the 2003 National Champions, the college game needs […]

Rhode Island’s Brian Woodward

Rams Ready to Face Challenges by Phil Kasiecki The relatively small crowd was as loud as it was all night once they got the announcement. It wasn’t one of those raucous crowds the Ryan Center is fast becoming famous for, at least in New England, but it had a decent […]

Austin Index 7

The Austin Index (formerly the TMPG Thursday Power Poll) by Dean Austin One of the challenges of bringing my own formula to a column is communication. That sounds a little silly for a columnist but the problem is that this formula has been my way of tracking the over rated […]

Butler-UWM Rematch

Butler at Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Championship Rematch by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – In the league’s proudest moment last season, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers and Butler Bulldogs met for the 2003 Horizon League conference championship. It was a much-anticipated match-up, as 10,000-plus fans packed their way into the U.S. Cellular Arena in […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 8th Auburn Mess: The NCAA finally released the details of September’s notice of allegations to Auburn. In the notice, the NCAA claims that Auburn basketball representatives provided a car to the mother of Huntsville, Alabama prep star Chadd Moore, and also arranged wire transfers […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 8th More Baylor Mess: Earlier this week Baylor lost two players to academics for the rest of the season. Yesterday, former Baylor player Chad Elsey filed suit against Baylor and then head coach Dave Bliss alleging that Bliss breached an oral contract that Bliss […]

In Memoriam 2003

In Memoriam, 2003 by Jed Tai As we say hello to 2004, we should also take this time to remember, reflect, and pay homage to those who left this earth in 2003. A number of former coaches and players with ties to college basketball passed away in 2002, some of […]

Slam Dunk to the Beach Summary

Slam Dunk to the Beach – Wrapping it all up by Phil Kasiecki LEWES, Del. – Another holiday has come and gone, and with it another Slam Dunk to the Beach Tournament. 33 teams competed in 46 games, with blowouts and great finishes mixed in along the way. Attendance on […]

Big West Notebook

Big West Conference Notebook by Marcus Vanderberg Missing… the real Long Beach State 49ers Ok, where are the hidden cameras? When did Candid Camera cross over to college basketball? Someone obviously played a prank on UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly this past weekend. The Gauchos, up by 21 in […]