Month: January 2005

Indiana Basketball

Not Indiana Basketball As We Knew It by Matt Jones Stretch your mind back for a second to 1987. The Cosby Show was ruling the television roost (pre-Pam days), Ronald Reagan was in the last days of his cowboy presidency (enjoying his post Iran-Contra bounce) and the Twins were doing […]

C-USA Notebook

Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart New and old stepping up We all know the likes of Louisville’s Francisco Garcia and Marquette’s Travis Diener are going to star nearly every game. We knew it before the season started. However, several players we have known for the past few seasons […]

Haith Turning Around Miami

Haith Has Hurricanes Ready For the ACC by Phil Kasiecki MIAMI – Frank Haith knew his new job would take some work. “I know that there’s a lot of things that are involved with this program, with this job, that’s more than just coaching your team,” the new head coach […]

Big South Notebook

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Time to Get Down to Business The fun and games are now over. For the most part, non-conference season has passed and now the serious part of the schedule presents itself as every team in the Big South will tip off their conference […]

Patriot League Notebook

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Out With The Old Year, In With The New 2004 is in the books and 2005 is now upon us. Some teams, such as Bucknell, didn’t want to see the calendar turn, while some other squads, such as Navy and Lafayette, will be making […]

Big East Notebook

Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann Whistle Blower Big East officials will play a major role in this year’s test run with the latest state-of-the-art precision clock management system. In every game featuring a Big East Conference team, all three officials will flaunt a beeper-sized device strapped to their […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 5th Maryland Tunes Up for ACC Play: The Maryland Terrapins were the only ranked team in action last night as most college basketball teams watched the national college football championship game between Oklahoma and USC. Congratulations to USC for slaughtering Oklahoma and earning the […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 4th Love Hurts: Duke senior forward Randy Love will undergo surgery today to repair a broken bone in his right foot. Love suffered the injury in the first half of Duke’s 62-54 victory against Clemson Sunday, which happened to be his first career start. […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, January 3rd Wake handles Virginia: Chris Paul led all scores with 21 points as Wake Forest beat Virginia 89-70 for its first ACC win of the season. Leading by only five at halftime, Wake Forest used a 13-0 run early in the second half to […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, January 2nd Jayhawks Exact Some Revenge: It won’t make up for losing in the NCAA Tournament, but Kansas scored a little measure of revenge on Saturday after Keith Langford’s shot in the lane with three seconds left in overtime gave them a 70-68 win over […]