Author: Mitch Schneider

West Coast Notebook

West Coast Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider With a third of the West Coast Conference season already in the books, we can deduce the following: Gonzaga is good; San Diego is bad; and the rest of the league is playing for second-to-seventh place. Okay, I may be generalizing a bit. […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 11th Clemons Implicates Mizzou: The Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune has released transcripts of prison tapes from former Missouri guard Ricky Clemon’s conversations while incarcerated on assault charges this past summer. The tapes have Clemons stating that he had received money from two assistant coaches […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 4th Fox Won’t Hunt: Arizona forward Isaiah Fox is likely done for the season after undergoing knee surgery on Tuesday. Fox, a 6-9 forward, tore his left meniscus in the ‘Cats loss to Florida last Friday. The junior showed early promise by recording his […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 29th Florida wins Tipoff: No. 9 Florida nailed a layup with 7 seconds left to defeat No. 3 Arizona 78-77 in the Tipoff Classic last night from Springfield, Massachusetts. Senior Gator center Bonell Colas scored his only points of the game by laying up […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, November 27th Happy Thanksgiving, All! Edwards Dies: Central Michigan announced yesterday that junior Brent Edwards has died from injuries sustained in a car accident. Edwards, a 21-year old walk-on, was critically injured just outside of St. Louis on Monday and was pronounced dead the following […]

And They’re Off

Mitch’s National Notebook: And They’re Off! by Mitch Schneider Though the 2003-04 college basketball season is still in its infancy, numerous storylines are quickly taking shape. From Connecticut’s dominant start out the gate to California’s embarrassing trip out the door, our b-ball nation has already given us plenty of points […]

Big 12 Preview

Big 12 Conference Preview by Mitch Schneider After enduring an off-season full of accusations, complications and migrations, not many may remember the fact that the Big 12 conference had two participants in last year’s Final Four. Clearly, the Big 12 was top dog last season, and even though Syracuse and […]

Big 12 Offseason News Update

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Where to begin? It’s been an interesting off-season, to say the least, for the Big 12. From the troubles at Baylor and Iowa State to the new faces at Kansas and K-State, the Big 12 has experienced more plot twists than “The OC.” […]

Missouri Valley Conference 2002-03 Season Recap

Missouri Valley Conference 2002-03 Season Recap by Mitch Schneider One season removed from first round victories in the 2002 NCAA Tournament, Southern Illinois and Creighton once again dominated the MVC landscape, earning dance cards for the second straight season. Unfortunately, those cards warranted only one spin for both the Salukis […]

Big 12 2002-03 Recap

Big 12 Conference – 2002-03 Recap by Mitch Schneider The Big 12’s regular season played out just as most people expected (with a few surprises). The conference’s Big Three of Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma finished in exactly that manner at the top of the standings, with O-kie State and Missouri […]