Colonial Notebook by Beth Iskoe Overall, the Colonial Athletic Association got off to a rough start this weekend, going 1-10 against some of the toughest competition in the country. However, while the league may have lost most of its games, its teams were generally not embarrassed, as eight of the […]
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MAC Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble The Ball State Cardinals opened the season with a third-place finish at the Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska. BSU opened the tourney with a 72-64 win over Jacksonville State, led by Chris Williams’ 33 points. In the semifinal game, Williams scored […]
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 26, 2002
By Adam Shandler Almost Every D-I team has played a game. Uh, UCLA, we’re waiting. Luaus aren’t big in Lexington, so the Wildcats shipped out to Maui where they logged their first game (and win) against Arizona State in the Maui Invitational. Keith Bogans exorcised his junior year demons with […]
New Coaches and Hopes in Oregon
Bringing Back Tradition in Oregon by Jed Tai In the off-season, 43 Division I schools decided to make a coaching change. Whether the reason was retirement, resignation, or simply wanting to start afresh, these basketball programs felt it was time for someone new to take over. Some of the higher-profile […]
War on the Shore
War on the Shore by Phil Kasiecki The first annual War on the Shore Tournament was held this past weekend at Milford Senior High School in Milford, DE. Bob Jacobs, Executive Director of Slam Dunk to the Beach, has once again put together an excellent tournament loaded with talent, this […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Everyone Tips Off All the teams in the Mountain West tipped off their season this past week. All in all, the conference started off fairly well going 8-3 against decent competition. Colorado State got the conference going last weekend by sweeping IPFW, Florida Atlantic […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Notebook by Mitch Schneider Colorado’s Mountain in the Middle Memo to all Big 12 basketball teams: Colorado center David Harrison has officially arrived. The sophomore seven-footer notched his first-ever triple double – second in CU history -as the Buffs cruised to a 107-74 win over Stetson (Fla.) University […]
West Coast Notebook
West Coast Notebook by James Burns Pepperdine and Gonzaga Stumble Out of the Gates Picked to finish atop the West Coast Conference this season, both Gonzaga and Pepperdine didn’t look the part in their season-openers. No. 22 Gonzaga used a 16-6 run in the first half to stave off Hofstra, […]
Pac 10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa Now that Stanford has handed Xavier its hat and Arizona has decimated Western Kentucky, the Pac-10 will take its place in the upper echelons of college basketball lore. Now, my friends will tell you that I say the same thing every year, and then UCLA […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook by Rainer Sabin The Southeastern Conference has picked up where it left off last season, as the 12 schools seem to be conspiring to recreate the 2001-2002 storyline. In a matter of weeks, eerie similarities are surfacing. Alabama and Florida already look formidable. Kentucky is a mess so […]
