Month: February 2003

McDonald’s All-Americans

Presenting the McDonald’s All-Americans by Jed Tai Sigh. The national press is at it again. The McDonald’s All-American team has been announced, as 24 of the nation’s top high school basketball players receive what is considered the top honor today in prep basketball – to be named a Mickey-D All-American. […]

Checking the Calendar

You Know What Month It Is… by Bill Thayer Saturday is the first of the month. No, wait, that doesn’t sound quite right, let me try again. Saturday is the first of THE month. That’s better. While the Bracket Buster Saturday was not quite what many associated it had hoped, […]

SWAC Notebook

Southwestern Athletic Notebook by Kendrick Marshall It’s funny how things change One week ago the bottom feeders of the conference were in battle to stay afloat, while the kings of the hill were basking in the glory of cruising into the SWAC tourney. This week the underdogs have stepped to […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, February 28th, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez Just a few short weeks ago, Louisville seemed destined to earn a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament. Now, if doesn’t look as if the Cardinals will be the top seed in the C-USA Tournament. Behind Dwyane Wade’s […]

Ivy League Notebook

Ivy League Notebook by Jason Haslam The Penn-Brown Rematch: Win and In? The Quakers (17-5, 9-0) have hit full stride at just the right time. The Quakers followed up their win over Princeton by dispatching Yale and Brown at the Palestra last weekend. Going into the Brown contest, both squads […]

MEAC Notebook

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook by Jon Gonzalez The Art of Losing One year. That’s how long its been since North Carolina A&T has won a basketball game. During that one year span, A&T has lost 26 straight games, including 23 straight this season. The closest that the Aggies have come […]

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey “Bracket Buster” not so kind to the WAC Last Saturday four Western Athletic Conference teams were thrust to the front of “mid-major” hoops with an attempt to improve their RPI giving the winner an added boost come NCAA tourney selection time. Fresno State (19-6, 12-3 […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 27th, 2003 by Brian Seymour Wednesday was a good night to be in Hoopville’s Top 25. Well, unless your school’s name rhymes with Chokelahoma. Yes, the No. 3 Sooners were the lone casualty among the thirteen Top 25 teams in action last evening, a […]

Roddy’s Rant 5

Roddy’s Rant: Guide To Surviving A Crappy Day On The Court by Chris Roddy With March Madness nearly upon us or at least March — supposedly the official kickoff according to my TV is March 20th, can we say APRIL MADNESS? — we must begin to think about how our […]

Big Sky Notebook

Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Much to be determined in final weekend As we head into the final weekend of conference play, two things are for sure: Weber State (22-5 overall, 12-0 in Big Sky) will be the No. 1 seed and Eastern Washington (17-9, 9-3) the No. 2 […]