Month: October 2004

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, October 26th Boo Gone for Halloween: Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan has announced that junior guard Boo Wade has taken an indefinite leave from the Badger basketball program, citing personal reasons. Wade has had some trouble in the past, and was suspended for two games […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, October 20th Price Released from Hospital: UConn freshman point guard A.J. Price, who has been in Hartford Hospital since October 4th for a brain hemorrhage, was released from the hospital yesterday. Price was in critical condition for 10 days in the hospital’s neurological intensive care […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, October 19th Nicholls State Coach Resigns: Nicholls State head coach Ricky Blanton resigned unexpectedly yesterday, a few days after the start of practice for his third season. In a statement through the university, Blanton cited family issues as the reason for his departure. Blanton’s record […]

Providence Midnight Madness

Midnight Madness at Providence by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, RI – College basketball fever is alive and well in the capital city of the smallest state in the country. Friday night, Major League Baseball’s biggest rivalry was the big game about 50 miles north in Boston, before rain cancelled it. Professional […]

Kentucky Midnight Madness

Live from Lexington – Big Blue Madness by Thomas Beisner The Kentucky Wildcats kicked off their 101st basketball season Friday at midnight in a packed Memorial Coliseum with their appropriately named Big Blue Madness. Ashley Judd and former players Sam Bowie and Larry Conley emceed the festivities but it seemed […]

Oklahoma State Midnight Madness

Cowboy basketball begins practices with Bash By Kylee Glover – Daily O’Collegian STILLWATER, Okla. (U-WIRE) — The Oklahoma State Cowboy basketball team kicked off the first day of practice Saturday with their annual Basketball Bash. After last year’s trip to the Final Four, 12,000 fans came out to support the […]

New Mexico Midnight Madness

UNM basketball teams give fans something to howl about By Riley Bauling – Daily Lobo ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (U-WIRE) — Howls and booms could be heard from within the confines of the Pit on Saturday. The howls hyped up the UNM men’s and women’s basketball teams and the booms showed 6-foot-7 […]

USF Midnight Madness

Practice, cross-dressing kick off South Florida basketball season By Mark Lennox – The Oracle TAMPA, Fla. (U-WIRE) — As if homecoming weekend couldn’t get any wilder, the University of South Florida basketball program had to join the mix. The hoops season officially kicked off at the Sun Dome on Friday […]

WAC Season Recap

Western Athletic Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Joaquin Mesa When Kirk Snyder was taken in the draft by the Utah Jazz, everyone who supports the WAC conference jumped in joy. A first-rounder! An actual first-rounder! The WAC Player of the Year was probably just as surprised as most of the […]

Metro Atlantic Season Recap

Metro Atlantic Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Jesse Ullmann The Manhattan Jaspers for the second straight year finished atop the leader board with a 16-2 (25-6) record with the two conference losses coming on the road to Iona and Rider. Iona and Rider meanwhile had their fare share of problems […]