Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Put A Positive Spin On This One For the Big Sky Conference, preseason basketball has not been fun. In fact, it has flat out sucked. I know, as a “professional journalist,” I should probably open up a thesaurus or dictionary and come up with […]
Month: December 2003
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Big Win For Providence The Big East lost another undefeated team on Tuesday when Boston College fell to St. Joseph’s, but later that evening, Providence scored a big upset, knocking off Illinois 70-51. The Friars got off to a slow start, but then […]
Southern Conference Notebook
Southern Conference Notebook by Robby Trail Southern Conference teams must start winning non-conference games if they want to gain any respect. Last week as a conference, the teams went 7-7 in non-conference games. This isn’t bad by itself for a mid-major conference, but when you realize that most of those […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Offseason News Update by Matt Amis What’s that? Ouch. You didn’t listen to my ‘heads up’ last week, did you? That’s right folks, the CAA means business this season and is quickly making its mark as one of the toughest mid-majors in the country. Despite playing nearly two-thirds of […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Conference Notebook by Zach Van Hart Slow start From the untrained eye, it would appear that Western Kentucky’s 0-5 start is cause for concern. It may be, but the fact their early-season schedule is brutal may have something to do with it. The Hilltoppers most recent loss came […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 12th Sooners Beat Buzzer: Freshman Drew Lavender hit a leaning shot in the lane with 1.1 seconds to go to give the No. 10 Oklahoma Sooners a thrilling 47-45 win over the No. 17 Purdue Boilermakers in Norman. Lavender scored 12 of his 14 […]
Thursday Power Poll
TMPG Thursday Power Poll by Dean Austin Good Morning. I hope the loss of Illinois to Providence has brought an understanding to the value of the Power Poll. As much as I would like to imply this was some kind of wondrous and more accurate Top 25, it isn’t. The […]
Billy Packer
Billy Packer – A Nattering Nabob of Negativism? by Matt Jones Well it has to be said. There should be no more whispers, no more waking up in the middle of the night shivering and thinking you are alone in your feelings, no more soft cries for help. Yes it […]
Bah Humbug, Number One
Who Needs a Number 1? by Adam Shandler It happened to UConn. It happened to Kansas. And it just happened to Florida. In a year where parity among the upper echelon teams seems to be a theme, being number one just ain’t what it used to be. So why have […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Historic Victory In eleven tries during the 26-year history of the Winthrop men’s basketball program, the Eagles had never defeated a team from the Southeastern Conference. In fact, Winthrop opened the year with a 65-44 loss to Kentucky, the defending SEC champions. But […]
