The Wooden Tradition by Michael Ermitage You have to love early season college basketball. The fouls, the errors, the bad shooting and the sloppy play all highlighted The Wooden Tradition games at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Saturday. In the first game, Duke absolutely dominated UCLA, 84-73. Never has the […]
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Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 3, 2002 by Adam Shandler Notre Dame really, really, really wants into the Top 25 and proved it with a trouncing of previously undefeated Marquette, 92-71. If this were one of those kookie video games, the Irish’s Chris Thomas would have burst into flames. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 2nd, 2002 by Andrew Flynn The big story from yesterday has to do with the College of Charleston. Wow. How often is that going to be the first sentence of this column? The Cougars won the Great Alaska Shootout this past weekend by defeating […]
New England State of Mind
New England State of Mind by Phil Kasiecki Boston College: New Season, Same Results? Boston College fans were surely hoping that the Eagles would be an important year older and have better results than last season’s inconsistent team that barely made the NCAA Tournament. It goes without saying that they […]
RiverCity Rivalry
RiverCity Rivalry by Jed Tai Portland State University and the University of Portland might share the name of the Rose City in their titles, but that’s about all they share in common. Portland State is a public school, filled with local commuter students, and is located in the heart of […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan It’s no secret that the Big West struggles to gain the national publicity that bigger conferences such as the Pacific 10, Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference receive. And with a chance to change some of that, two Big West teams recently […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Jason Haslam Cryin’ Lions For Colombia it has been more than just an inauspicious start. They dropped their season opener 60-36 to Rutgers, committing 27 turnovers, and no Lion was able to notch double-digits in scoring. “We took a whipping,” said Lion coach Armond Hill,”but it’s […]
Tip-Off Classic
Recapping the Tip-Off Classic by Phil Kasiecki Friday night, the 24th annual Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic was played at the Springfield Civic Center near the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA. It was a snowy night outside, which might have kept some fans away since the crowd had […]
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 1, 2002
A busy Saturday included a photo finish, more early tournament action, and a couple of blowouts in notable mid-major matchups
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 29, 2002
A Special Thanksgiving Note by Andrew Flynn Hoopville Managing Editor Greetings, everyone. While everyone is recovering from Thanksgiving and the effects of Tryptophan, I thought I’d pass along a letter of thanks we received recently that really touches home, especially in this time of giving thanks. It’s in regards […]
