Missouri Valley Notebook by Adam Shandler Creighton, Come on Down! The Creighton Blue Jays have given hope to mid-majors teams all over the country. With a 6-0 record and wins over Notre Dame and BYU, the Jays have captured a Number 24 ranking in this week’s Hoopville Top 25 poll. […]
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NYC Point Guards
Great Expectations for the NYC Point Guards by Bill Thayer It wasn’t supposed to be like this two years ago. By the time the 2002-03 season rolled around, the point guards in the Big East that people were talking about weren’t supposed to be named Knight, Bell and Thomas. It […]
Northeast Roundup
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Commonwealth Classic Matches Two Struggling Teams Boston College beat Massachusetts Saturday in a game between two struggling teams. The Eagles improved to 3-2 with the win, but their struggles are well-documented and especially with Uka Agbai lost for the season with a neck […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa With Stanford and Oregon beating up on ranked opponents, and Arizona poised for big games against Texas and Kansas, the Pac-10 might not be so bad off after all. Well, look again. If it weren’t for the success of those three teams, the Pac-10 would […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Not quite yet for Conference USA Three Conference USA teams had the chance to knock off a Top 25 team last week. None of the three were able to pull off the upset. The most far-fetched upset attempt came Tuesday when the Saint […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook by Beth Iskoe Delaware (1-2) The Hens got a big confidence builder Tuesday night when they defeated visiting Penn 60-59. Delaware went ahead for good when senior forward David Hindenlang put back a rebound with 45 seconds remaining to give the Hens a two-point lead. Senior guard Ryan […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Welcome back to Earth – the ACC’s fast start finally slowed After torching the college hoops nation from coast to coast, the ACC finally ran into a wall of competition, yielding seven losses this past week. But six of those seven losses came […]
Moutain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A Compelling Week The Mountain West endured its toughest week of the season so far, and came out of it okay. The league’s top two teams, UNLV and BYU, both had a pair of challenging road games this week. UNLV first had to travel […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Husker uprising Will the real Cornhuskers please stand up…? Please stand up…? Sorry for the Eminem reference, but we start out this week’s Big 12 notebook rappin’ about the Nebraska Huskers. In a three-week span, NU (3-3) has ridden its Lincoln roller-coaster in […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke The Big Ten couldn’t get the job done in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, falling 5-4 overall. But the Big Ten did manage to win the big showdowns. Indiana took down Maryland in a tremendous overtime game. Michigan State slowed down a heating-up Virginia team. […]
