The Morning Dish – Saturday, January 4, 2003 by Brian Strong Charles “Lefty†Driesell spent 40 full seasons as a college head basketball coach. On Friday, in his 41st, the Ol’ Left-Hander figured the time was right to step away. “I woke up New Year’s Day and I told [my […]
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MEAC Notebook
Mid-Eastern Athletic Notebook by Amanda Breedlove Bethune-Cookman: The Tigers of Bethune-Cookman have been busy playing some top-ranked teams as they prepare for the impending conference season. In the past week, the Tigers have had tough match-ups against No. 13 Florida and No. 23 Wake Forest. Bethune-Cookman visited Florida on December […]
Atlantic Sun Notebook
Atlantic Sun Notebook by Amanda Breedlove Jacksonville State: Though suffering back-to-back losses over the past two weeks, the Jacksonville State Gamecocks have been able to maintain a firm standing at the top of the Atlantic Sun conference standings with a 6-2 record (1-0 A-Sun) this season. In their last game, […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos North Carolina’s New Year resolution: Win Without Sean May No. 21 North Carolina prepared to take on Iona Friday night without starting sophomore forward Jawad Williams, who missed the game with a stomach virus, and sophomore sixth-man Melvin Scott, who sat out the […]
Pac 10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa State of the Union The last week of non-conference games for the Pac-10 played out how Madam Sasha predicted when reading the tea leaves for me the other day. Oregon and Arizona killed UC Riverside and Davidson, respectively. Washington and Washington State eeked by CS […]
In Memoriam 2002
In Memoriam, 2002 by Jed Tai As we say hello to 2003, we should also take this time to remember, reflect, and pay homage to those who died in 2002. A number of former coaches and players with ties to college basketball passed away in 2002, some of them even […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Fountain of Youth Much of the early success of the Big East conference can be attributed to an abundance of talent in its freshman class. Obviously, Carmelo Anthony was the big name in the recruiting wars last year. He has not disappointed Syracuse fans. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 2nd, 2003 by Brian Seymour That breath on the back of Dean Smith’s neck is The General and it may not be long before he’s caught. Bobby Knight’s Texas Tech Red Raiders posted a 62-48 nonconference victory over Houston to highlight a very light […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook by Beth Iskoe Stars The Delaware tandem of junior guard Mike Ames and sophomore guard Mike Slattery has put together some pretty impressive games this season. That trend continued this past week at the Oneida Bingo & Casino Classic Championship. In the Hens’ 66-56 first round win over […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart America, say hello to Conference USA Those critics who questioned C-USA as a major conference took a huge hit Saturday, as two top 15 teams fell by the way side. Kentucky became the first to fall, as the traveled west to face intra-state […]
