Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap No Surprises Here Early season games in the Big South, especially the match-ups in the first week, typically come in two forms: The impossible games against the heavyweight contenders from the major conferences and the easy wins against non-Division I schools. Granted, there […]

Big South Conference Preview by Jeremy Dunlap There have been quite a few changes in the Big South as the 2003-2004 season gets ready to tip off. One team has joined the league (VMI) as another team has left (Elon). Along with that change, Birmingham-Southern will now have its games […]

Big South Offseason News Update by Jeremy Dunlap Swap Meet: The biggest off-season news in the Big South occurred on July 1, when VMI officially became a member of the conference and Elon officially left. VMI left the Southern Conference, of which they had been a member since 1925, and […]

Big South Conference 2002-03 Season Recap by Michael Protos For the third time in five years, the Winthrop Eagles captured the Big South regular season championship. The Eagles dominated conference opponents all season, finishing with a conference record of 11-3. Guard Pierre Wooten and forward Tyrone Walker formed a lethal […]

Big South Finals Recap by Michael Protos UNC-Asheville goes dancing for the first time ever 5th-seeded UNC-Asheville completed its miraculous post-season run by defeating 6th-seeded Radford Saturday in the Big South conference championship game. The Bulldogs used suffocating defensive pressure to build a double-digit first half lead, then simply outscored […]

Big South Semifinals Recap by Michael Protos And that’s why they play the games… No matter what logic may dictate in predicting winners in March collegiate basketball games, madness is the rule. Thou shalt not attempt to bring order to the chaos. The basketball gods will smite all who demand […]

Big South Quarterfinals Recap by Michael Protos Well, the Big South wasted no time indulging in March Madness. Four games filled the tournament slate last night. Three of the games were decided by three points or less. Two games went to overtime. Two games ended in upsets. And in the […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Big South Regular Season Coronation The Big South conference’s regular season concluded Saturday with the Winthrop Eagles finishing at the top. Again. The Eagles won their third regular season conference title in five years. And it really wasn’t a close contest this season […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Organized Chaos With the close of the regular season less than a week away for the Big South Conference, familiar patterns are forming. In each of the last four seasons, Winthrop captured the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament that rewards the […]

Big South Notebook by Michael Protos Rediscovering the Big South, and a team that wishes that its game actually counted When we left our Big South heroes, they prepared to take on the treacherous conference season. And by mid-February, several teams have vanquished the pretenders leaving a tight contest atop […]