Month: October 2003

ACC Offseason Update

ACC Offseason News Update by Michael Protos The ACC seems to find a way to remain in headlines regardless of whether or not it’s basketball season. Duke lost a recruit through circumstances that question the sanctity of the national letter of intent. The earth-shaking coaching change at North Carolina created […]

Big West Offseason Update

Big West Offseason News Update by Dean Austin You know, when one of the biggest pieces of news during the off season is one school putting in a new scoreboard, it might be time for a little more excitement in your conference. Certainly no conference wishes to go through the […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, October 14th Today’s Morning Dish is an All-Big East edition. Slighted: Syracuse athletic director Jake Crouthamel yesterday pouted yesterday, ripping Boston College for leaving the Big East for the ACC. According to the Associated Press, Crouthamel said, “Three months ago, [we] sat face to face […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, October 13th And BC Makes 12: The other shoe dropped yesterday, as the ACC formally invited Boston College to leave the Big East and join the ACC, which the school quickly accepted. The move, which had been speculated upon since the NCAA vetoed the ACC’s […]

Conversation with Kevin Stallings

A Conversation with Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings by Adam Shandler Have you heard the news? The media loves the Commodores! (Personally I thought they were better with Lionel Richie.) Okay, no more Shecky Green impressions. Different Commodores. Many preseason college hoops pundits are picking Vandy to win not only the […]

Pac-10 Offseason Update

Pac-10 Offseason Update by Scott Allen Arizona Chris Dunn, who redshirted last year, is no longer enrolled at the school and will not compete in the 2003-04 season. Junior center Channing Frye and junior guard Salim Stoudamire were named to the Wooden Award Preseason Team. The Wildcats will be celebrating […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, October 11th Case Dismissed, Mostly: The Big East has dropped the ACC from its lawsuit over conference expansion. Connecticut judge Samuel Sferrazza dropped the conference from consideration in the suit, which now has Miami as the sole defendant in an alleged plot to weaken the […]

College Football vs. Hoops

College Football is Nice, but . . . by Michael Ermitage It was early September and a fresh college football season was born anew. Chris Fowler was back again playing his referee role to the sparring Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit. I was planted firmly on the couch, shorts and […]

Metro Atlantic Offseason News

Metro Atlantic Offseason Update by Adam Shandler Conference Racks Up: The MAAC needed a Mack truck to take home all the hardware it collected at the NIT/Met Basketball Writers Association’s 70th annual Haggerty Awards held in May. At the ceremony, staged at the New Jersey Meadowlands, Manhattan’s Luis Flores received […]