Month: October 2003

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, October 29th Dotson in Texas: Former Baylor player Carlton Dotson is now back in Texas to face charges of murdering his teammate Patrick Dennehy. Dotson, who was arrested July 21st in Chestertown, Maryland, was extradited from Maryland to Waco earlier this week, ten days after […]

SEC Offseason News Update

Southeast Conference Offseason News Update by Phil Kasiecki East Division Florida The Gators welcome a good recruiting class, though not quite on the same level as some previous efforts that yielded multiple elite prospects. They get better in the frontcourt with forwards Mohamed Abukar (a former Georgia signee) and Chris […]

America East Offseason News

America East Offseason News Update by Adam Reich Albany Albany announced that Brian Barnes has been hired as director of basketball operations. Barnes will handle administrative duties, videotape exchange, travel and coordinate summer basketball camps. He was a tri-captain on last year’s Great Danes squad, after making the team as […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, October 28th Melvin Crash: NC State senior forward Marcus Melvin can consider himself lucky, as he was not injured when his vehicle went down an embankment. Apparently Melvin pulled into traffic, hit a slick spot, and ended up jumping a curb, vaulting his SUV down […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, October 27th Big Ten in Hoosierland: No, it’s not an announcement that Notre Dame is joining the Big Ten. The Big Ten has announced that it has selected Indianapolis to host the 2006 Big Ten Tournament, which takes place three weeks before the NCAA Final […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, October 23rd Montgomery Apologizes: Stanford coach Mike Montgomery apologized to Florida head coach Billy Donovan for making a statement that implied that Montgomery believed Donovan cheated at recruiting. In a Washington Post interview last week, Montgomery obliquely referred to a cheating coach that had gone […]

Hidden Gems

Hidden Gems – The Best Players You’ve Never Heard Of by Phil Kasiecki Now that we’ve revealed the Hoopville pre-season All-Americans, it’s only fitting that we look at some of the best players no one knows about. Every season, there are players who start to emerge seemingly out of nowhere, […]

Big 12 Offseason News Update

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Where to begin? It’s been an interesting off-season, to say the least, for the Big 12. From the troubles at Baylor and Iowa State to the new faces at Kansas and K-State, the Big 12 has experienced more plot twists than “The OC.” […]

Colonial Offseason News Update

Colonial Offseason News Update by Matt Amis Delaware No news is good news for the Hens, who are looking at the addition-by-subtraction approach, and returning four starters from last year’s squad. Picked to finish fourth in the conference by CAA coaches, Delaware will reunite the up tempo backcourt of Mike […]