Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos King Terrapin With the suspense of a Stephen King thriller, No. 15 Maryland’s coach Gary Williams earned his 500th career coaching victory Sunday. The Terps rallied from 11 points down in the final nine minutes of play to win 68-65 over NC State. […]
Month: March 2003
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Two Steps Forward, One Step Back League leading Utah had the conference title within its reach, but ran into the country’s hottest player and now needs to hold serve in the final week of the season. On Monday, archrival and second place BYU came […]
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic Ten Notebook by David Francis Xavier’s Wild Week The Xavier Musketeers started out the week with a 10-game winning streak. They anticipated a tough game last Saturday against Dayton, but the rest of the week looked easy. Games at Duquesne and George Washington should have been cakewalks. There is […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Schneider misfires: “My bad,” he says. Before I delve into news and notes around the Big 12, please accept my apology for naming Ralph Sampson the head coach of Oklahoma in last week’s notebook. Kelvin Sampson, not Ralph, is the head coach at […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly … And Down the Stretch They Come We have finally reached the last week of the regular season and still many issues remain unsettled. There is congestion at both the top and bottom of the standings of each division. Who will get the top […]
C-USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Dropping like flies Louisville did lose their third straight game this week, 78-73 to Marquette Thursday, but the loss was the least of their concerns. They not only lost their power forward for the remainder of the season, but their starting center is […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook by Beth Iskoe With only one game remaining in regular season action, the CAA men’s tournament pairings are all set except for the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds. UNC Wilmington (20-6, 14-3) secured the top spot Saturday afternoon when it handily defeated second-place Virginia Commonwealth 80-63 for […]
Atlantic Sun Notebook
Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Kristy Shonka Bears, Trojans Stick To Plans The final week of the Atlantic Sun Conference’s regular season finished without a hitch, as no upsets happened. Mercer and Troy State both beat Jacksonville and Stetson to finish as the A-Sun regular season co-champions. Mercer will be […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 3rd, 2003 by Andrew Flynn Good Monday morning folks. It seems that, with the NCAA Tournament selection day a mere thirteen days away, that somebody — anybody, really, would be interested in moving up the polls to potentially stake a claim on a No. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 2nd, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki Last Saturday was supposed to be the day for mid-majors to have their moment in the spotlight, but instead, this one would prove to be it. On a day that had few marquee matchups among the major conferences, four […]
