Pepperdine and Gonzaga Love the New Format by James Burns I would like to say that this year’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament from the West Coast Conference is up for grabs. Especially with the departure of Dan Dickau, Gonzaga’s All-World guard, and a revamped WCC tournament format. But […]
Month: October 2002
Mid-American Recap
Mid-American Recap by Adam Trumble Conference Tournament Held at nearby Gund Arena in Cleveland, Kent State ran through the tournament earning their second consecutive MAC Tournament title. The biggest upset of the tournament was Central Michigan beating Ohio. The Chippewas won their second road contest of the season by shutting […]
SWAC Recap
Back in the SWAC by Nik Bannister At a certain arena in Birmingham, Alabama, by the name of Fair Park, and on an unseasonably warm day on the second Saturday of the third month of the year 2002, the Southwestern Athletic Conference welcomed both pomp and circumstance. The “pomp” of […]
ACC Recap
Atlantic Coast Conference Recap by Michael Protos When last we visited the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Maryland Terrapins had just cut down the nets in Atlanta, and “Fear the Turtle” had entered the national lexicon. The ever-invincible Duke had wounds to heal from its Sweet Sixteen loss to eventual finalist […]
Colonial Recap
Colonial Recap by Beth Iskoe Conference Tournament While top-seed UNC Wilmington winning the CAA Tournament at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA was expected, the strong play of last-seed Hofstra was not. The Pride destroyed No. 7 Towson 72-52 and upset No. 2 George Mason 82-76 before their luck finally […]
West Coast Recap
West Coast Conference Recap by James Burns The Tournament There were no surprises during the 2002 West Coast Conference tournament, held at the Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego. The tournaments top two seeds, No. 1 Pepperdine and No. 2 Gonzaga, did just what they were supposed to do – […]
Big West Recap
Big West Recap by Shaan Hassan Last season, seven of the ten teams in the Big West Conference finished with a .500 record or better (just Idaho, UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton had a losing record) and that strong competition opened the door for a wide open conference tournament […]
Sac State Hoop-la
Hoop-la a Substitute for Madness by Nicholas Lozito While their was no madness in Sacramento this October, there was hoop-la. Sacramento State’s Midnight Madness was cancelled when two of the slam dunk participants — Jameel Pugh and Joel Jones — were unable to participate. Pugh, a University of Massachusetts transfer, […]
SEC Recap
SEC Offseason Recap by Rainer Sabin Scandal, controversy, and an overall poor performance in the Big Dance and NIT made the 2001-2002 campaign one to forget for the Southeastern Conference. While nine of the 12 teams in the SEC made the postseason, their lack of success in the season-ending tournaments […]
WAC Recap
WAC Offseason Recap by Phil Dailey Boise State Broncos The Broncos are coming off a disappointing year. Beating tournament-bound Wyoming early in the season at home was their only bright spot. The Broncos went 6-12 in their first season as a member of the WAC. Out is Rod Jensen; in […]
