West Coast First Round Preview Preview by Mitch Schneider The 2004 West Coast Conference Tournament looks more like a reality dating show than a major athletic event, as seven hopefuls will look to scratch and claw their way for the right to meet up with conference-darling Gonzaga in the finale […]
Month: March 2004
Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals Recap
Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals Recap Recap by Michael Protos No. 1 Troy State 85, No. 8 Florida Atlantic 82 Top seed Troy State probably did not want a close game in the first round of the Atlantic Sun tournament, but the result is a win and the Trojans cannot complain about […]
Big South Semifinals Recap
Big South Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Jeremy Dunlap (1) Liberty 88, (4) Coastal Carolina 73 Liberty broke open a close game late and withstood a 28-point effort by Coastal’s Brandon Newby to win 88-73 and advance to their first Big South Championship game since 1997. The top-seeded Flames were […]
SoCon Quarterfinals Recap
Southern Conference Quarterfinals Recap Recap by Paul Oren #1N East Tennessee State 94 #4S Furman 84 Tim Smith picked up right where he left off from last season’s SoCon Tournament. The 2003 MVP scored a team-high 24 points and had 4 steals to lead ETSU to a 94-84 victory over […]
Life on the Bubble
Life on the Bubble by Jim Woods Most fans of college basketball, like myself, consider March to be the best time of the year. How can you not? Conference tournaments are getting under way and other leagues are winding down the regular season. ESPN likes to refer to this time […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann March Madness has arrived and that means that the regular season has concluded. The games really count now. The 2003-’04 season in the Horizon League had a few teams met expectations, some that did not and others that exceeded expectations. Among those that met […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Salukis fall one short Southern Illinois traveled to Northern Iowa on Monday with a chance to make Missouri Valley Conference history. Unfortunately for the Salukis, they faced the challenge of playing the Panthers on Senior Night while Northern Iowa was also still playing […]
Southern Conference Notebook
Southern Conference Notebook by Paul Oren SoCon Game of the Year In a simply amazing finish to a game featuring two of the best that the Southern Conference has to offer, College of Charleston held on to defeat East Tennessee State 91-89 in Charleston. Mike Benton tipped in an errant […]
D-1 Independents Notebook
D-1 Independents Notebook by Matthew Moll With no automatic bids for Independents and at large bids needing a high profile rep these schools will play for next year hoping to sign onto a conference or push for a better regular season. IPFW (4-23) Building a tough schedule in hopes of […]
Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals Preview
Atlantic Sun Conference Quarterfinals Preview Preview by Michael Protos The Atlantic Sun conference tournament starts Thursday and concludes Saturday with the championship game at 4 p.m. on ESPN2. Each game will be played in Nashville, Tenn. Belmont is the host of the tournament. The conference tournament takes the top eight […]
