2001-02 Big 12 Conference Preview by Craig Stanek From top to bottom, this is one of the strongest conferences in the country. Let’s start with the teams. As most campuses across the country have finished up semester finals, the Big 12 schools have to receive high marks for their non-conference […]
Month: December 2001
Patriot League Preview
2001-02 Patriot League Preview by Dave Sheridan If you’re looking for McDonald’s High School All-Americans, players with entourages, coaches with seven figure sneaker deals and the Memphis Show Girls this is not your conference. If you’re searching for one of the last outposts true to the ideal of college athletics, […]
The Tamir Goodman Story
Goodman In Search of a Good Home by Dan Hauptman The Jewish Jordan. Maybe the “Jordan” in the moniker was referring to Reggie Jordan. Or Charles Jordan. Because Tamir Goodman surely is not in the same name, sentence, paragraph, or article as the one and only Michael Jordan. Although Goodman […]
Early Season Surprises
So, Who’s Next? by Jason Drucker Although college hoops experts constantly update their rankings to keep up with all the action, NCAA teams seem to do their best to make those experts’ jobs that much harder. Each year a few long-forgotten teams emerge from the woodwork in an attempt to […]
ACC Notebook
ACC Notebook The three teams that sit atop the ACC standings have 1-0 conference records. They also are located in the state of North Carolina. That is where the similarities between Duke, Wake Forest and North Carolina end. Duke, the No. 1 team in the nation, is undefeated with a […]
Northeast Conference Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook “From Hamden, Connecticut, we present the Quinnipiac…..” In its third season of Division-I basketball (previously in D-II) Quinnipiac has gone the politically correct route and dropped the Braves team name. As of this moment they are just ‘Quinnipiac’, which is a mouthful in its own right. In […]
For the Love of the Game
For the Love of the Game . . . by Andrew Flynn While talking to several friends this past week, they reminded me of the concept of final exams. Wow. It seemed so long ago, and yet, how could I have forgotten? The stressful yet tranquil period in a student’s […]
College Quotebook for December 9th
Quotebook: December 3 – December 9 “We’re all about mental toughness,” he said. “We’re trying to be the toughest team in America. And the smartest. So far, we’ve proved that this year.” – Butler coach Darnell Archey “They didn’t take us lightly in the least. I’m really sorry we couldn’t […]
Ohio Valley Preview
2001-02 Ohio Valley Conference Preview by Dan Hauptman The nation’s eighth oldest conference enters its 54th year of existence. The nine-team Ohio Valley Conference looks to be very competitive in the 2001-2002 season. For the first time in almost a decade, Murray State is not the clear-cut favorite to earn […]
UNC Freshmen Stepping Up
The Flexible Freshmen by Dan Hauptman They used to not be able to play on the team. Up until 1972, freshmen were not allowed to play varsity basketball. The highest level they could play college basketball was junior varsity. That is not the case today, and nowhere is that trend […]
