Tag: SWAC

SWAC Championship Recap

Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship Recap by Neal Heston Alabama A&M cruises to NCAA Tournament Two games separated first-place Alabama A&M and sixth-place Southern when the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament began on Friday, so it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that four of the seven games this weekend were decided […]

SWAC Offseason News

Southwest Athletic Conference 2004 Offseason News Recap by Ryan Lyle Commings It’s been a long summer for the Southwestern Atlantic Conference. Some losses of good friends and some fresh new faces, the SWAC is prepping up to elevate the conference to one of the major, mid – majors in the […]

SWAC Season Recap

Southwest Athletic Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Steve Sheridan Everyone knows that preseason predictions are an inexact science. Sometimes, a team that is picked to finish high in the standings will inexplicably collapse and end up near the bottom. On other occasions, a team that nobody picked to do anything […]

SWAC Notebook

Southwestern Athletic Conference Notebook by Joaquin Mesa The Lead is Cut to None Mississippi Valley State has been caught by Jackson State in conference play, and things are getting heated with the top two teams in the conference with two losses and Texas Southern, Southern University and Alabama A&M trailing […]

SWAC Notebook

Southwestern Athletic Conference Notebook by Joaquin Mesa Hallelujah! Hallelujah! HalleBerry! Life couldn’t get much better then this! It looks like there is a legitimate tournament team in the SWAC. I know, I know, it’s a miracle! I’ve been wishing and hoping and praying every night for success in one of […]

SWAC Notebook

Southwestern Athletic Conference Notebook by Joaquin Mesa I began the season by taking pot-shots at the SWAC Conference, and I feel horrible about it. I have nothing against the conference other then its lack of creativity when choosing mascots for its teams. In fact, I’ve been proven wrong by the […]

SWAC Conference Preview

Southwestern Athletic Conference Preview by Joaquin Mesa Since moving from California and the luxury of watching Pac-10 basketball, I’ve gotten a chance to enjoy the Big Green at Dartmouth. Though they are not part of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, I mention it because I’ve played pick-up ball with the women’s […]

SWAC Notebook

Southwestern Athletic Conference Notebook by Kendrick Marshall The wild and wacky SWAC season has concluded in 2003 and it was a roller coaster ride to say the least. There were huge surprises and major disappointments along the way. Prairie View, who was picked to finish near the bottom of the […]

SWAC Notebook

Southwestern Athletic Notebook by Kendrick Marshall It’s funny how things change One week ago the bottom feeders of the conference were in battle to stay afloat, while the kings of the hill were basking in the glory of cruising into the SWAC tourney. This week the underdogs have stepped to […]

SWAC Notebook

Southwestern Athletic Notebook by Kendrick Marshall It was put up or shut up time in the SWAC conference this week as there were big games that would determine who would be a step closer to entering the conference tournament, or who will be one step away from watching the whole […]