Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette What a difference a couple weeks makes. At last check, St. Francis NY seemed to be running away with the regular season title, with a cool game and a half lead. But two straight losses have drawn them back to the pack, and they […]
Month: February 2004
Bracket Buster Preview
Previewing the Horizon Bracket Buster Games by Nick Dettmann With two weeks to go in the season, it is now time where teams really begin to look at building up their NCAA tournament resumes. Eight Horizon League teams will take part in the ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday event, giving the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 21st Princeton Stays On Top: Princeton overcame an 14-point first half deficit in their 70-58 win over Yale in Princeton. The Tigers got 29 points from Judson Wallace (11-12 shooting), who has come back to life after scoring just 20 points in the team’s […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 20th Stanford stays perfect: Josh Childress had a career-high 36 points and 11 rebounds and the Cardinals rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit to beat Southern California 76-67 Thursday night for their school-record 22nd consecutive victory to remain perfect. Stanford clinched a share of […]
Bubble Me Not
Bubble Me Not by Michael Ermitage Being a fan of a team “on the bubble” sucks. I would wager that a vast majority of college basketball fans are in this situation since most of the schools “on the bubble” are middle of the road power conference teams with huge student […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 19th The Upsets There were a few too many upsets yesterday, six to be exact. The ACC had some problems, as did Conference USA (if you were to count Louisville’s recent loss). Here is the breakdown on each excruciating, or joyous occasion, depending on […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Within one game of their first regular season league championship in school history, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee traveled to Youngstown State to play the Penguins. UWM head coach Bruce Pearl knew that YSU is no push over team and he was right. The Penguins […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Several teams in the Pac-10 worked overtime last weekend making for two days worth of exciting basketball. The results, however, did little to clear up the conference picture with the Pac-10 tournament on the horizon and Selection Sunday shortly thereafter. Here’s a look back […]
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan As the season begins to wind down, the teams are shuffling for position for the upcoming Patriot League Tournament. In the past two weeks, we have seen Lafayette finally lose a game, Bucknell really turn on the jets, and some other teams start to […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Game of the Week: Illinois 76 Michigan State 51 Illinois took a step forward in their quest for a third Big Ten title in four seasons. A dominant 76-51 victory over Michigan State placed the Illini into a second place tie with the […]
