Rams Are as Ready as They’ll Ever Be by Phil Kasiecki KINGSTON, R.I. – It often goes unsaid when looking at a team’s potential before the season, but sometimes it gets plenty of mention after a season if a team fails to meet its potential. About the only time it […]
Month: December 2004
UNH Preview
Wildcats Poised To Take the Next Step With Young Blood by Phil Kasiecki DURHAM, N.H. – It’s been a while since New Hampshire was a contender in America East. In fact, save for their fifth-place finish in 2001-02, the Wildcats have been in the second division every season since the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 20th A Star is Back: Sophomore Sean Banks has been reinstated by the Memphis Tigers and will return to action tonight when the Tigers take on Louisiana Tech. He was suspended Dec. 14 for violating multiple team rules. He missed several practices and Saturday’s […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 19th Majerus Won’t Become USC Head Coach: Rick Majerus is set to resign as USC head coach on Monday, ESPN reported on Saturday, and he will return to the network to resume working as an analyst. Majerus had accepted an offer earlier in the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 18th The Walking Wounded: As the season begins to approach conference play, teams are starting to suffer a variety of injuries. It is cliche, but it is often the teams that can withstand these injuries, or avoid them all together, that end up being […]
Four-week Checkup
Four Week Checkup by Matt Jones We are now four weeks into the season. When I played tennis in high school (it was extremely cool at my school… I promise), our coach used to say in a thick Italian accent, “Guys the volleys should be crisp after the first month.” […]
Coaching Changes
There’s a New Sheriff in Town by Jim Woods So you thought you had gotten rid of me. I think the editor of Hoopville thought I was gone. In fact this article is so far overdue I think he was thinking of firing me. And he should have. You probably […]
Previewing Providence
Gomes Keeps On Learning by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE – Many basketball fans, especially younger ones, have their beliefs about whether a college player belongs in the NBA. The fact that the college game and the NBA are very different doesn’t come to mind right away, and some examples of how […]
Mountain West Conference Preview
Mountain West Conference Preview by John Eisel When the results came out from the coaches and media preseason poll and the top three teams all have new coaches this season, things had to be taken with a grain of salt. UNLV, Utah and reigning regular season champion Air Force all […]
Sun Belt Preview
Sun Belt Conference Season Preview by Zach Van Hart The entire Sun Belt Conference rejoiced during the 2003-04 season as Western Kentucky, who had dominated during the first few seasons of the millennium, finally returned back to earth. With the fall of the Hilltoppers to a fifth-place finish and quarterfinal […]
