Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine Neck-and-Neck The top seed for the conference tournament has been up for grabs nearly all season, so it comes as no surprise that with just one week left in the regular season, we have a new first place […]
Month: March 2003
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble The Bracket Buster Weekend continued on to be a Bracket Buster week for the Mid-American Conference as all the teams continued to beat up on each other, ruining all chances for two teams to make the NCAA Tournament. In the East Division, the race […]
Mid-Continent Notebook
Mid-Continent Conference Notebook by Matt Amis It’s tourney time in Mid-Con land – Valpo leads the way, but Oral Roberts, IUPUI, Oakland and, yes, even the Kangaroos have something to say about it. In a final attempt to gain ground on Valpo, pesky IUPUI did all it could and beat […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Team Rankings Almost Set in Stone The table is set for post-season play for the Northeast Conference. All eight teams have clinched playoff berths with first place to be decided by week’s end. The tournament will take place at Wagner College in Staten Island, […]
Ohio Valley Notebook
Ohio Valley Conference Notebook by Zach Van Hart The tango for the title It all came down to the regular season finale between Austin Peay and Morehead State to decide the OVC regular season championship and the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament. Playing on their home court, the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 4, 2003 by Adam Shandler Today, the Hoopville Morning Dish becomes the Hoopville Enquirer, and what would normally be the stuff of side dishes is now the main course. Sorry, the kitchen is closed. Dont like the meal, you cant send it back. We […]
Attendance and Fan Interest
Touring Around New England by Phil Kasiecki A couple of months ago, my colleague Adam Shandler recounted his experience several years ago at the Jimmy V Classic. As I read him describing the rather empty Continental Airlines Arena, I found myself identifying with much of it. Earlier this season at […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Big South Regular Season Coronation The Big South conference’s regular season concluded Saturday with the Winthrop Eagles finishing at the top. Again. The Eagles won their third regular season conference title in five years. And it really wasn’t a close contest this season […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Jason Haslam Ivy Round-Up The Quakers maintained supremacy in the Ivy League and have all but locked up their fourth conference title in five years with wins at Brown 69-65 and Yale 80-75 this past weekend. Coach Fran Dunphy, the all-time winningest coach in Penn history […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Brian Seymour What’s the difference between Butler and Wisconsin-Milwaukee? Apparently about zero seconds and a 3-pointer. Butler won its third regular-season league title in four years and delighted a sellout home crowd of more than 11,000 with an Avery Sheets 3-pointer at the buzzer, giving the […]
