Month: January 2004

Horizon Notebook

Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann The conference schedule is in full swing in the Horizon League. Already there are some surprises. The biggest comes from the most-northern team, UW-Green Bay. The Phoenix, led by second-year head coach Tod Kowalczyk, has already eclipsed last year’s win total both overall and […]

SWAC Notebook

Southwestern Athletic Conference Notebook by Joaquin Mesa Hallelujah! Hallelujah! HalleBerry! Life couldn’t get much better then this! It looks like there is a legitimate tournament team in the SWAC. I know, I know, it’s a miracle! I’ve been wishing and hoping and praying every night for success in one of […]

Northeast Conference Notebook

Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette Conference games and blowouts at the hands of BCS schools marked this past week’s action. Mount Saint Mary, St. Francis PA and Long Island all got trounced this past week and look to recover in conference. As of now, every team has played a […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 14th Kentucky squeaks past Mississippi State: It looked early on as if Mississippi State’s undefeated record was merely the result of a soft schedule. Kentucky, playing on the road, dominated the Bulldogs early in its Tuesday night contest, jumping to an 18-point lead. But […]

Tuesday Morning Point Guard 9

Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Some rather juicy match ups this week. Wake Forest in particular will play Texas, Duke and Georgia Tech in an eight day span which should define the program this season. Ten College Basketball Thoughts 1. Finally a performance from Connecticut that was worthy […]

Syracuse at Missouri

Warrick leads Syracuse to win over Tigers by Zach Ewing COLUMBIA, Mo. — Immediately after his team had recorded an 82-68 road victory over Missouri on Monday night at the Hearnes Center, a Syracuse assistant coach shouted words of encouragement at his team. “That’s how you win on the road, […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Familiar territory for the birds The departure of its top two scorers from last season hasn’t stopped the Creighton Bluejays from rolling through the first half of the schedule. At 12-0, Creighton is off to its best start since beginning with 16 consecutive […]

Big South Notebook

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap On Fire The Flames of Liberty University had a tough schedule to open the season, but even then, they were shaky at best heading into their conference slate with a 3-9 record. However, after losing the conference opener at Coastal Carolina on a […]

Conference USA Notebook

Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart The pulse of UAB Three players are averaging double figures for the Blazers – guards Ronell Taylor and Morris Finley and forward Gabe Kennedy. Donell Taylor is not averaging double figures and is only fourth on team in scoring, averaging 9.5 points per […]

MEAC Notebook

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook by Joaquin Mesa The beginning of conference play is now behind us, and I am already longing for the days before the season when I could legitimately say that there was a MEAC team with at least a five hundred record. It seems that MEAC teams […]