Month: January 2004

Big Sky Notebook

Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Bengals Bounce Back Sports are unpredictable. One day you’ll think you have everything figured out, and the next day the Carolina Panthers are in the Super Bowl. The Big Sky Conference is no exception. When the preseason came to a close, the Idaho […]

Metro Atlantic Notebook

Metro Atlantic Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette This season, we’ve seen the two opposite ends of the spectrum as far as teams go. At the top, we have Manhattan who is 6-0 in conference and 11-3 overall. Their three losses have come to the hands of Syracuse, Penn and Wichita […]

Tuesday Morning Point Guard

Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Greetings and salutations gentle readers on another crazy week of basketball where anyone can and will beat anyone else. The funny thing is that when all is said and done Connecticut could be a pre season No. 1 that wins it all and […]

Touring the Northeast

Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Split, Learn Lesson From Midweek Loss Last Wednesday, Boston College struggled at the defensive end for much of the second half as Villanova broke open a close game before hanging on for a 92-89 win. The Eagles allowed the Wildcats to shoot […]

Pac-10 Notebook

Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Stanford remained perfect with a win over rival Cal and the Cardinal moved into sole possession of first place in the conference as Ben Howland and UCLA lost at home on Saturday. Oregon’s moving on up fresh off a pair of wins and Arizona […]

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey The Western Athletic Conference season is well under way with many surprises. The biggest shock of this young conference season would have to be in El Paso. Currently the UTEP (12-3, 3-2) hoops squad is 10-1 at home and turning heads in the WAC as […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Panthers feast on Bluejays Creighton was one of seven top 25 teams to fall off its perch last Wednesday as it lost to Northern Iowa, 82-73. For the second time in just over a month, a ranked team walked into the UNI-Dome at […]

Mid-American Notebook

Mid-American Conference Notebook by Jeremy Speer Forget Wally’s Miami team. Forget Earl’s Eastern squad. Forget Kaman’s Central Michigan group. This season’s Western Michigan team could possibly be the MAC’s best ever. With the Broncos 72-63 victory at Eastern Michigan Saturday, Western won its 11th straight game overall and seventh consecutive […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 22th Fourteen straight for Louisville: Louisville had already beaten then Hoopville #1 Florida as well as once undefeated Kentucky, and they were looking for their fourteenth win in row against an undefeated Cincinnati squad. At the half, it looked to be a nail biter, […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 21st Marquette’s Diener injured in loss: In an instant, college basketball can become so meaningless. That was the feeling Tuesday night when Marquette’s star guard Travis Diener layed virtually motionless on the floor for more than eight minutes. Diener sufferred a neck injury when […]