Month: November 2003

Mountain West Preview

Mountain West Conference Preview by Bob Thurman For the second season in a row, a trio of Mountain West teams earned bids to the NCAA Tournament. Though Utah, BYU and Colorado State didn’t make much of a splash once they got there, it still shows how strong this conference has […]

WAC Conference Preview

WAC Conference Preview by Phil Dailey Move over Tulsa, step aside Hawai’i; this is the year for the lesser-known WAC teams to emerge to the top. In years past, it was fairly clear who the top teams were and who was going to earn the automatic birth to the “big […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 4th Today is the Day: The Big East today will announce its full expansion plans, with Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, South Florida to be added (DePaul and Marquette will be basketball only). Cincinnati, Louisville, and USF will take the place of Miami, Virginia Tech, […]

NEC Offseason News Update

Northeast Conference Offseason News Update by Keith Burdette The conference shrank from 12 to 11 teams as the University of Maryland Baltimore-County bolted for the America East. Power ratings for the league might actually improve though as UMBC finished last in the league with a 5-13 record and only two […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, November 3rd Michigan State Generals?: Michigan State had their long-awaited exhibition with the Magic Johnson-led Harlem Globetrotters, and it made the Spartans look like the Washington Generals. Michigan State, who snapped the Globetrotters’ 1,270-game win streak three years ago, got payback as they 97-83 to […]