Prep School Season Starts in Rhode Island by Phil Kasiecki BARRINGTON, R.I. – St. Andrew’s School played host to the 2005 National Prep Tip-Off Showcase, which saw prep schools together in an excellent weekend event. It marked the unofficial beginning of the high school and prep basketball season, and college […]
Month: November 2005
Duke: Nelson Injured in Win
Nelson Injured in Win: Duke advanced to the finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off with a 78-68 win over Drexel, but they may be without a key guard for the finals on Friday and beyond. Sophomore guard DeMarcus Nelson started the game and played eight minutes before coming out with […]
Coaches vs. Cancer Notes
Finalists, Identify Yourselves by Matthew Moll The 2K Sports Hoops Classic (Coaches vs. Cancer) featured choppy play (thanks to reemphasis on palming and a high number of unforced turnovers) and four teams looking to identify themselves after a season of change. Here is a breakdown of each team from bad […]
Scouting Opponents/CVC Notes
The Intricacies of Scouting in the NCAA by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – A great deal of scouting today is done by exchanging tapes. Teams will get a few game tapes of upcoming opponents to try to read or get a breakdown of team and individual tendencies from more than […]
Hofstra: Hofstra Guard Ready to Work
Hofstra Guard Ready to Work: Hofstra senior guard Gibran Washington has left the Pride because of a chronic injury. He will graduate early in December with a degree in management and start working at Pengeo Inc. in Florida. Washington averaged about four points per game in his career and emerged […]
Minnesota: Gophers Already in the Hole
Gophers Already in the Hole: Minnesota learned that senior guard Vincent Grier, the team’s best player, will miss four to six weeks with a broken finger on his left hand. The injury sidelines another Gopher guard — the team is missing three of its top five guards because Rico Tucker […]
Bradley: Braves Out of Work
Braves Out of Work: Bradley must play without sophomore center Patrick O’Bryant and junior guard Will Franklin until late December after the NCAA suspended them for accepting money for work they did not do. O’Bryant and Franklin received eight-game and six-game suspensions, respectively, and two other Braves were ordered to […]
Big South Preview
Big South Conference 2005-06 Preview by Jeremy Dunlap Change is inevitable, especially in college basketball. In the Big South, there were plenty of changes during the off-season. Three schools underwent head coaching changes while another three schools are replacing more than half of their roster from a year ago. However, […]
Missouri Valley Preview
Missouri Valley Conference 2005-06 Preview by Neal Heston During the past few years, it seems as if the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) enters a new season following its best year ever. Well, the 2005-06 campaign will have a lot of expectations to live up to. Three teams (Southern Illinois, Creighton […]
Northeast Conference Preview
Northeast Conference 2005-06 Preview by Zach Smart It isn’t top notch college basketball – there’s no question about that. It’s low-Division I teams. But nonetheless, the Northeast Conference provides exciting games that often go down to the wire night in, night out. This, of course, is in a conference where […]
