Big Ten Conference Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Big Ten Loses Legend The Big Ten lost one of its all time greats when former Michigan and Wisconsin All-American and Badger Athletic Director Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch passed away in a Madison nursing home at the age of 80. Hirsch grew up […]
Month: February 2004
Metro Atlantic Notebook
Metro Atlantic Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann Hallelujah! On the verge of setting a new school record for most losses in school history, Loyola (1-10, 1-19) snapped a 31-game losing spell last Thursday night defeating Marist (3-7, 5-14) 63-57. The Greyhounds have gone 375 days without a victory but the […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Another one bites the dust The question anymore is not, “Who is leaving?” but instead “Who is staying?” Mathematically speaking this is the case as TCU became the eighth current C-USA school to announce its departure for another conference, effective for the 2005-06 […]
Tom Crotty Memorial
Recapping the Tom Crotty Memorial Boy’s Classic by Keith Irizarry On Saturday, January 31st, St. John’s University played host to a momentous tournament, the inaugural Tom Crotty Memorial Boy’s Classic. The event featured 12 of the nation’s top boys’ high school basketball programs in the tri-state area. The games were […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Idolizing Duke In the national fervor for talent searches like American Idol, the best and worst singers entertain all of America, and the people seemingly can’t get enough. In the world of college basketball, the nationwide search for a squad talented enough to […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap No Chance for the Dance The NCAA is known for having some quirky rules that nobody seems to understand, but Birmingham-Southern must be wondering why the team will be sitting around in March while the rest of the conference will be competing for […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Adam Reich Breaking Down the America East Halfway through the conference schedule a few things have become quite clear: Taylor Coppenrath is by far and away the conference’s best player, Chaz Carr has emerged as BU’s go-to-guy, and Marcus Barnes and Jose Juan Barea can light […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Jeremy Speer The top teams in the Mid-American Conference are beginning to surface, as a pair of two-team races is developing. Western Michigan maintains a one-game lead over Toledo in the West Division while Kent State enjoys a game and half advantage over Miami in the […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Marcus Vanderberg 12 wins and slowly creeping towards the Top 25 Utah State is proving to the Big West that they are head and shoulders above the rest of the teams in the conference. The Aggies are on a remarkable winning streak which is currently […]
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic-10 Conference Notebook by Jonathan Scherner Upset for the ages Richmond suddenly made themselves a candidate for the NCAA Tournament with their upset victory over 12th ranked Kansas. Tony Dobbins hit a fade-away jumper with one second left to give the Spiders an improbable 69-68 victory at Allen Fieldhouse. It […]
