Author: Jon Gonzalez

SoCon Tournament Preview

Southern Conference Tournament Preview by Jonathan Gonzalez The first stop to March Mania. That is the tagline for the 84th edition of the Kyocera Southern Conference Basketball Championship, which kicks off today at noon in Chattanooga, Tenn. For Davidson, it is a stop that the Wildcats hope is indeed the […]

SoCon Notebook

Southern Conference Notebook by Jonathan Gonzalez So what did we learn about the Southern Conference this week? For starters, we learned that Davidson doesn’t seem too fond of losing games. We also learned that Appalachian State is pretty good, while UNC-Greensboro is slipping. East Tennessee State’s Tim Smith can really […]

SoCon Notebook

Southern Conference Notebook by Jonathan Gonzalez In the spirit of Valentines Day, Davidson continued to show no love to the rest of the Southern Conference as the Wildcats ran their winning streak to 12 games. Davidson enjoyed another strong week from Brendan Winters, who is having a SoCon MVP-type season. […]

Southern Conference Notebook

Southern Conference Notebook by Jon Gonzalez It’s Feb. 1, and you are a member of the Southern Conference. You look at the calendar, count the weeks, and find that in a little more than five weeks, the NCAA will select 64 teams for their tournament. You wonder if your team […]

SoCon Notebook

Southern Conference Notebook by Jonathan Gonzalez After three consecutive close-but-no-cigar losses to Massachusetts, Seton Hall and Princeton, the Davidson Wildcats have run off six straight conference victories and are sitting pretty atop the Southern Conference’s Southern Division. Leading the charge for the Wildcats (11-7, 7-0) is Brendan Winters. The junior […]

Mama’s Picks

Mama’s Picks by Jon Gonzalez (and Mama) Armed with only school names, records, seeds, coaches’ names, geographic locations, team colors and a miniscule amount of college basketball knowledge, my ninety year-old grandmother, Angela Lebron, is on a mission. Her goal: to predict every game in the NCAA Tournament. Starting with […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, March 14th, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez Steve Lavin’s hair displayed a shine seldom seen this season as his Bruins, along with a few other underdogs, pulled off some major upsets Thursday. If the season was any indication of how the Arizona-UCLA Pac-10 Quarterfinal was going […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, March 7th, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez Well the latest twist is that the Atlantic 10 may discuss dumping St. Bonaventure because the program embarrassed the league by refusing to play its final two games of the season. A-10 school presidents were livid with the Bonnies’ […]

Harrick’s Lights out in Georgia

Say Hello to the Bad Guys by Jon Gonzalez Peanut butter and jelly, peaches and cream, Jim Harrick and NCAA violations; some things were just meant to go together. Coach Harrick is at it again. As we all remember, the Georgia head coach first soiled his name at UCLA. Harrick […]

MEAC Notebook

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook by Jon Gonzalez The Art of Losing One year. That’s how long its been since North Carolina A&T has won a basketball game. During that one year span, A&T has lost 26 straight games, including 23 straight this season. The closest that the Aggies have come […]