Tourneys, Tourneys, Oh My Stars! by Adam Shandler Seems like the college hoops season starts earlier and earlier every year. Pretty soon, you’re going to have to bring your kids back just a little earlier from trick or treating just to see that first game. This Thursday, November 14, the […]
Month: November 2002
Atlantic 10 Preview
Atlantic 10 Conference Preview by Chris Silva The only Atlantic-10 Conference off-season news that made headlines was the return of Xavier’s David West, the reigning conference player of the year on the lone A-10 team to make it to the Big Dance last season. Throw in the minute coaching carousel […]
Big Ten Preview
Big Ten Conference Preview by David Mosse Parity marked the Big Ten last season as four schools (Ohio State, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin) claimed a share of the conference crown and it seemed on any given night anything could happen. While Illinois was expected to carry the mantle nationally for […]
Southern Conference Preview
Southern Conference Preview by David Smotherman After a banner year in 2001-02 that saw the Southern Conference finish the season ranked in the RPI’s top 15, the teams of the SoCon are out to prove that last year’s strong overall effort was not a fluke. The road is always rugged […]
Atlantic Sun Preview
Atlantic Sun Conference Preview by Amanda Breedlove The 2002-2003 men’s basketball season is less than two weeks away and the 12 teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference are getting ready for another exciting five-month stretch of competitive college basketball. Many teams are getting revved-up for regular-season play with preseason exhibitions […]
Preseason Tutorial
A Tutorial to Preseason Basketball by Michael Ermitage You’ve done it. I know you have. There you are hunkered in front of your computer, one window open to the live stats, one window tuned to Yahoo radio. You may even have one open to a message board. On the computer […]
Horizon Preview
Horizon League Preview by John Casper, Jr. The Horizon League has done everything it can to be recognized as a premiere mid-major conference. Over the past several season, this oft-overlooked conference has done anything and everything to make a name for itself. It changed its name from the Midwestern Collegiate […]
Metro Atlantic Preview
Metro Atlantic Conference Preview by Michael DiPiazza When Manhattan College basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez took over the Jaspers program four years ago, it was a team in shambles. Constantly tabbed as the league’s cellar dwellers, Gonzalez knew he had to turn things around. While Siena and Iona were and still […]
SEC Conference Preview
SEC Conference Preview by Rainer Sabin It should be another fun and exciting year in the SEC, as a balance between the East and West divisions has finally been established. Alabama, Mississippi State, Florida, Georgia, and Kentucky should be locks for the NCAA Tournament, but look for LSU to make […]
Patriot League Preview
Patriot League Preview by Matt DaSilva Mid-major is such an ugly term in college basketball. You’ll hear the euphemisms like “true student-athletes” to justify the limited resources allotted the mid-major conferences and squads. That being said, the Patriot League is a true mid-major conference, an automatic No. 16 seed in […]
