The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 13th Illini Keep Rolling: Illinois got 26 points from Luther Head and 21 from Deron Williams, both of whom led a decisive run, en route to a 70-59 win over visiting Wisconsin. The Badgers (16-6, 7-4 Big Ten) tied the game at 27 early […]
Month: February 2005
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 12th Horton Has History of Abuse: Michigan guard Daniel Horton has been suspended from the Wolverine basketball team for an incident stemming from a domestic abuse charge. Now it has been revealed that the woman involved in the incident, Horton’s girlfriend Deborah Johnson, had […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Dissecting the Middle of the Pack At first glance, it’s hard to differentiate Maryland, Georgia Tech, Miami and Virginia Tech because each team is 5-5. Three of them have 14-7 records. The most apparent differences are that the Terrapins and Yellow Jackets had […]
NCAA Crystal Ball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Michael Protos Changes abound in this week’s Crystal Ball, with a new prediction for the championship and a shakeup among the top seeds. By virtue of Duke slipping past North Carolina, the Blue Devils proved they belong as a No. 1 seed and are a […]
SoCon Notebook
Southern Conference Notebook by Jonathan Gonzalez In the spirit of Valentines Day, Davidson continued to show no love to the rest of the Southern Conference as the Wildcats ran their winning streak to 12 games. Davidson enjoyed another strong week from Brendan Winters, who is having a SoCon MVP-type season. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 11th Wake Forest Moves into First-Place Tie with Duke and UNC: Justin Gray’s 18 points led five Demon Deacons in double figures and Wake Forest overcame a 27-point outburst by Julius Hodge as Wake defeated NC State 86-75. The Demon Deacons raced to a […]
Boston College’s First Loss
Let’s Not Start the Nonsense Now by Phil Kasiecki Boston College lost for the first time this season on Tuesday night, as host Notre Dame handed them a 68-65 loss. With it are sure to come many claims along the lines of “overrated” or how this proves that the Eagles […]
College Basketball Announcers
Live, Coming to You Courtside by Matt Jones With the football season having now come to an end and the Tom Brady-worship on a bit less of a fevered pitch, it is time for the nation to do what it always does in February, take sides on the new American […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 9th And Then There Was One: Digger Phelps must have known what he was talking about. The ESPN analyst predicted this past weekend that Boston College would lose to Notre Dame tonight, leaving Illinois as the only undefeated team in the nation. Less than […]
Norm Roberts
They Found the Right Man to Lead Them by Phil Kasiecki NEW YORK – A year ago at this time, there was plenty of talk about who would be the next St. John’s head coach after the December firing of Mike Jarvis. There was plenty of mention of Manhattan head […]
