Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki When the Going Gets Tough, These Eagles Get Going Boston College may be young, but the Eagles are playing like a veteran team when it comes to pulling out close games. Saturday was the latest example, as they pulled out a 58-54 overtime […]
Month: December 2003
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Could You Ask for More? The ACC started its conference schedule this past week when No. 15 Wake Forest visited No. 2 North Carolina. With half a dozen teams looking to compete for the ACC championship, every conference game has the potential to […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Minnesota’s Kris Humphries is trying to become the first freshman since 1959 to lead the Big Ten in scoring and rebounding. The 6-foot-8 freshman has posted averages of 24.4 points and 11.4 rebounds through seven games. Jerry Lucas of Ohio State was the last […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey It’s been a crazy start to the Western Athletic Conference hoops season. Not only are there a few teams making some surprising starts, but also many of the former conference title contenders are still continuing to struggle. Boise State (8-1) and Texas-El Paso (6-1) appear […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 22nd How the Mighty Have Fallen: No. 6 Kansas, one of the former No. 1 ranked teams, walked into a mountain ambush against Nevada in the Wolf Pack Holiday Classic last night. Nevada junior guard Kirk Snyder was unstoppable, scoring 29 points to carry […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 21st Top Spot A Jinx You Say?: No. 1 Kentucky may have broken the curse on holding the top ranking, as the Wildcats were never seriously threatened in blowing out Indiana, 80-41 in Indianapolis. Chuck Hayes led the Wildcats (6-0) with 22 points and […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 20th Jarvis No Longer King Of Queens: St. John’s said goodbye to head coach Mike Jarvis. According to Red Storm athletic director Dave Wegrzyn, there was no single event that led to the pink slip, but after a 2-4 start, with losses to struggling […]
Mike Jarvis Fired
Mike Jarvis Out at St. John’s by Phil Kasiecki St. John’s fired head coach Mike Jarvis on Friday, news that comes as little surprise to anyone familiar with the program in recent times. Jarvis had plenty of success prior to St. John’s and in his early days there, but the […]
Thursday Morning Power Poll
TMPG Thursday Power Poll by Dean Austin I got some great feedback this week taking me to task over various items of the Poll. I’m more than happy to receive it, especially from the impassioned Wake Forest fans. I also got some negative comments that attacked me personally. Now you […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Not Much Action With semester exams taking up the schedules of most of the Big South schools last week, there were only ten games played in the conference last week. With the holidays quickly approaching, there will be a few more breaks in […]
