Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Eagles take third place at NABC Classic The media poll and coaches’ poll selected Eastern Washington to win the Big Sky Conference on Wednesday. Two days later the Eagles were blasted, 81-55, in the first round of the NABC Classic in Madison, against […]
Month: November 2002
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Don’t Look Over Nova The Villanova Wildcats will certainly be an interesting team to follow this winter. How far Coach Jay Wright’s squad will go remains to be seen but the future in Philly is so bright they may be wearing shades inside the […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble Exhibition, exhibition and more exhibition. The Mid-American Conference men’s basketball season officially kicks off Friday night when Northern Illinois takes on Winthrop at the NARC Classic in Madison, Wisconsin. All the other teams wind up their exhibition games this weekend before MAC West favorite […]
Crowd Control
Crowd Control by Adam Shandler Indulge me as I recite this anecdote. I posed on the sidelines like a track star, shoulder-to-shoulder with all the other co-eds, counting down the seconds to Hofstra’s America East Championship win over Delaware in 2001. When the timer read 0:00, I ran like a […]
Notes on Coaches vs. Cancer
Notes on the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic by Bill Thayer I had the opportunity to go to Madison Square Garden for the opening of the college hoops season last night at the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. My thoughts from the night: • Carmelo Anthony was impressive, but until Syracuse finds […]
Season Tip-off Thoughts
Are You Excited Yet? by Phil Kasiecki College basketball fans, it’s that time of the year again. Midnight Madness has come and gone as teams have begun preparing for the 2002-03 college basketball season. The Road to the Final Four™ leads to New Orleans this time around, and it is […]
Missouri Valley Preview
Missouri Valley Conference Preview by Adam Reich Everybody who correctly had Southern Illinois in the Sweet 16 of last year’s NCAA Tournament please stand up. Now tell me, why am I the only one standing? I’ll tell you why. It’s because the Missouri Valley Conference, like Rodney Dangerfield, “Gets no […]
Ohio Valley Preview
Ohio Valley Conference Preview by David Smotherman Racers try to run away with it…again? This season the Ohio Valley Conference seems be split into three levels. There are the two serious favorites (Murray and Tech), three more knocking at the door (Morehead, Peay and Eastern Ill.) and four teams looking […]
Big East Preview
Big East Conference Preview by Phil Kasiecki The Big East Conference saw another very competitive season of basketball last season, as the outcome of few games could be accurately predicted with the teams being relatively even. Five Big East teams made the NCAA Tournament, with Connecticut getting as far as […]
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by David Mosse In arguably the most anticlimactic event since the divorce of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie, the proverbial shoe finally dropped on the University of Michigan’s basketball program, courtesy of its own administration. The powers that be in Ann Arbor opted for a proactive approach […]
