Non-conference play is almost over, and we’ve learned something about a lot of teams and conferences although some are still a mystery. With that in mind, we take a look at how every conference in America looks as the new calendar year approaches.
Tag: West Coast
Updating the NBA Entry List and Honoring a Maryland Legend
The deadline for early entrants to decide whether they’re staying in the draft or heading back to school has passed. Meanwhile, in College Park, the Gary Williams era has officially come to a close.
Globetrotters’ Basketball Soul Outshines Rash of Rough News
There has been plenty of bad news around the college basketball nation this week. But the Harlem Globetrotters can show everyone a thing or two about having fun and enjoying the game for what it is.
Giving Thanks to Hoops!
After a little more than a week into the season, we’ve got plenty of results to chew through, just in time for the feast of holiday tournaments filled with great match ups.
Scary Good
Hoopville’s Halloween edition of our weekly roundup gets you ready for a Thriller of a weekend. The season is right around the corner, but don’t forget to enjoy other great action in American sports at this time of year.
Bracket Breakdown: Pac-10, Mid-Majors Show the Big East the Door
If last weekend taught us nothing else, it’s that we can’t count out any team, from any conference, this season. The Sweet 16 and Elite Eight could easily feature upsets as shocking as some of the ones we have witnessed thus far.
Willard Speaks on Siena-Holy Cross Game
Holy Cross head coach Ralph Willard was hoping to hear from Siena head coach Fran McCaffery to talk about what happened last week when the two teams met and had an ending that surprised just about everyone there. His preference was, understandably, to keep things in-house on the matter.
West Coast Conference: WCC Suspends 3 Officials
The West Coast Conference suspended officials Bruce Hicks, Alan Pierce and Thomas Wood for one game after they allowed improper substitutions at the end of Santa Clara’s 89-88 win against UTEP. Hicks, Pierce and Wood allowed the substitutions with 2.9 seconds remaining in overtime following an inadvertent whistle. According to […]
San Francisco Finally Comes Home
It’s not often a long flight is a relief. But for San Francisco, their flight home after two games in Massachusetts is exactly that, and not just because they came away with losses in both.
West Cost Preview
West Coast Conference 2008-09 Preview by Phil Kasiecki The 2007-08 season was a historic one for the West Coast Conference, as three teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in its 56-year history. On nine other occasions, two teams from the conference received bids, four of them […]
