West Coast Conference Recap by James Burns The Tournament There were no surprises during the 2002 West Coast Conference tournament, held at the Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego. The tournaments top two seeds, No. 1 Pepperdine and No. 2 Gonzaga, did just what they were supposed to do – […]
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Big West Recap
Big West Recap by Shaan Hassan Last season, seven of the ten teams in the Big West Conference finished with a .500 record or better (just Idaho, UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton had a losing record) and that strong competition opened the door for a wide open conference tournament […]
Sac State Hoop-la
Hoop-la a Substitute for Madness by Nicholas Lozito While their was no madness in Sacramento this October, there was hoop-la. Sacramento State’s Midnight Madness was cancelled when two of the slam dunk participants — Jameel Pugh and Joel Jones — were unable to participate. Pugh, a University of Massachusetts transfer, […]
SEC Recap
SEC Offseason Recap by Rainer Sabin Scandal, controversy, and an overall poor performance in the Big Dance and NIT made the 2001-2002 campaign one to forget for the Southeastern Conference. While nine of the 12 teams in the SEC made the postseason, their lack of success in the season-ending tournaments […]
WAC Recap
WAC Offseason Recap by Phil Dailey Boise State Broncos The Broncos are coming off a disappointing year. Beating tournament-bound Wyoming early in the season at home was their only bright spot. The Broncos went 6-12 in their first season as a member of the WAC. Out is Rod Jensen; in […]
Atlantic Sun Recap
Atlantic Sun Offseason Recap by Amanda Breedlove On March 2, 2002, No. 3-seeded Florida Atlantic upset No. 1-seeded Georgia State, 76-75, in the championship game of the Atlantic Sun Conference men’s basketball tournament. The single elimination tournament was played in the UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida, from February 28th to […]
D-I Independent Recap
D-1 Independents Recap by Stephen Murphy A lot has transpired in the off-season for Division 1 independents. Gardner Webb has departed and is now a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. Birmingham South is in their last year of Independent basketball before entering the Big South Conference. David Lipscomb will […]
WNBA Move Helps Fans
Can a WNBA Move Entice Women’s Hoops Fans? by Shannon Shelton Although this is not a professional basketball website, news of the WNBA is often received with interest by women’s college basketball fans and players, since many see the health of the league as a general statement about national interest […]
It’s Chris Duhon’s Turn
It’s His Turn by James Burns When you think of the mystique Duke basketball emanates, you think of a perennial Top-5 program, championship-caliber seasons and Christian Laettner’s turn-around jumper against Kentucky. Images of Bobby Hurley dribbling the ball up court or Grant Hill on the receiving end of an alley-oop […]
The In Fashion Awards
In Fashion Awards by Bill Thayer No, I’m not in fashion, but if you take a good look around, you’ll find what is. You see from year to year you can pick up a variety of college basketball previews and find, well, no variety at all. So, to save you […]
