Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Bragging Rights The Big East conference picked up two big victories this past week against some top- notch competition. Villanova headed north to Alaska last weekend and upended No. 10 Michigan State, 81-73, while Notre Dame mauled No. 12 Marquette, 92-71. Now, I know […]
Month: December 2002
D-1 Independents Notebook
D-1 Independents Notebook by Stephen Murphy Centenary The season got off to a sluggish start for the Gents, as Kevin Johnson’s team dropped their first three games. Centenary lost at Nebraska 68-45, at Wisconsin-Green Gay (68-48), and at UC Santa Barbara (69-84). The Gents picked things up as of late […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Ready for the challenge? There appears to be a pretty solid line already being drawn between the top and bottom teams in the Big Ten conference. Indiana has looked as good as advertised. No Jared Jefferies? No problem. The Hoosiers went down to Maui […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook by Rainer Sabin As the college football season slowly draws to a close, the 2002-2003 basketball season is heating up. Several SEC teams showcased their talent over the Thanksgiving weekend while participating in early season tournaments. Kentucky and Florida competed in the Maui Invitational and Preseason NIT, respectively, […]
Patriot Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva Holy Cross (3-1) Think the Crusaders are a fluke this season? Tell that to Ryan Sidney and Troy Bell, Boston College’s heralded guard tandem who desperately flailed on consecutive shots in the final 20 seconds of Holy Cross’ 71-70 win over the Eagles on […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos ACC lights the 2002-03 season on fire The 2002-03 campaign is now a little over one week old. That’s equivalent to twenty games. And the ACC is 19-1 in those games. That’s a 95 percent winning rate. The entire conference deserves its props. […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Notebook by Mitch Schneider Terrible Twos The Kansas Jayhawks aren’t too fond of the number two. KU, once ranked No. 2, has dropped two in a row, after starting the season 2-0. Both losses (67-56 to North Carolina and 83-73 to Florida) were by double-digit scores, and both […]
Pac 10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa UCLA Having given up its star recruit Evan Burns to San Diego St., and having to travel to San Diego in order to watch good local football games (since true UCLA fans would never be caught dead in red and gold at the Coliseum), UCLA […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference-USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Atlantic-10: 2, Conference USA: 1 Three games Saturday pitted teams from Conference USA against teams from the Atlantic 10, with Conference USA falling two out of three times. Saint Louis claimed the conference’s lone win, 56-54 over Saint Bonaventure, doing so in last-second fashion. […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook by Beth Iskoe Delaware (1-1) The Hens opened their 2002-2003 home campaign on a positive note Sunday afternoon and improved to .500 by virtue of their 87-58 victory over Long Island. Senior guard Ryan Iversen collected the second triple-double in Delaware history by grabbing seventeen rebounds, scoring twelve […]
