Georgia on my Mind – the Peach Bowl Classic by Phil Kasiecki On Sunday, the Second Annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic for Kids was held at Philips Arena in Atlanta. While known more for the football game played on New Year’s Day, the basketball event was a nice doubleheader featuring […]
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Not all about LeBron
It’s Not All About LeBron by Jed Tai Admit it, you watched. If you’re a fan of basketball, you likely tuned in last Thursday night to ESPN2’s broadcast of the St. Vincent-St. Mary’s versus Oak Hill Academy contest to catch a glimpse of LeBron James, who if you buy all […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan Completely disregard my last column. I went out of my way to make it perfectly clear that Utah State was clearly the best team in the league. I went on and on about forward Desmond Penigar and the Aggies’ defense and ball control. […]
SWAC Notebook
Southwestern Conference Notebook by Nik Bannister ‘Tis the season to be… .500 – or below Last week, the football teams of Alabama A&M and Grambling State met up in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships. Oddly enough this could this be a preview of what’s to come in March. After all, […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A Quiet, Yet Successful Week It was fairly quiet this past week in college hoops compared to previous weeks, and the Mountain West was no different. However, it was the most successful week of the season for the conference, as they won twelve of […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook by Rainer Sabin For Mississippi State center Mario Austin, the season was almost over before it even began. But that changed last Tuesday when the NCAA declared him eligible to play after its investigators determined that he completed the requisite amount of core class hours at his high […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook by Beth Iskoe Business as usual There were almost no upsets this week, as every game but one went according to plan. The CAA teams feasted on lesser competition or and were completely overmatched by more dominant squads. UNC Wilmington crushed Campbell 68-36 Wednesday night, while Towson destroyed […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa Congratulations Pac-10, you had a great week beating up on some skilled and talented nobodies. Only two Washington losses spoiled your perfect week. You can thank Lorenzo Romar and Paul Graham for their schools inability to recruit for multiple sports. Teams were given the opportunity […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble The week in the Mid-American Conference saw conference action kick-off, with Miami coming back to defeat Western Michigan, 44-39, while East Division favored Ohio fell at Toledo, 78-71. Also, Bowling Green knocked off East Division opponent Buffalo 76-59 and in the other MAC game […]
Mid-Continent Notebook
Mid-Continent Notebook by Matt Amis Oral Roberts (6-1) It was one of those good news/bad news kind of weeks for the Golden Eagles. After jumping off to its best start in school history, ORU earned a vote in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls. It was […]
