Southeastern Conference Notebook by Rainer Sabin A week after beating Indiana and witnessing the Mike Davis tirade in Freedom Hall, Kentucky returned to Louisville to face its in-state rival, the Cardinals, last Saturday. It didn’t take long for the joy reaped from the victory over the Hoosiers to be replaced […]
Month: December 2002
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 30th, 2002 by Andrew Flynn It’s not all about the Slam Dunk to the Beach around here, the four most recent articles notwithstanding. However, the beach is something that definitely comes to mind when the Rainbow Classic gets mentioned. Now this season’s edition of […]
Slam Dunk to the Beach 4
Slam Dunk to the Beach – Day 4 Recap by Phil Kasiecki With A Little Help From My Friends Even the nation’s best point guard can’t do it alone. In the Mayor’s Cup consolation game, Arizona signee Mustafa Shakur finally got some help from teammates. His frontline teammates, London Houston […]
Slam Dunk to the Beach 3
Slam Dunk to the Beach – Day 3 Recap by Phil Kasiecki The third day of action at the Slam Dunk to the Beach Tournament featured high-scoring performances, as the single-game individual high point total was topped several times during the day, matchups between big men, and a great game […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 29th, 2002 by Phil Kasiecki It was a day of upsets on the final Saturday of the calendar year, though a couple were more notable than others as one was a heated rivalry game and two top 25 teams matched up in another. Freedom […]
Slam Dunk to the Beach 2
Slam Dunk to the Beach – Day 2 Recap by Phil Kasiecki The second day of action at Slam Dunk to the Beach featured a team putting itself on the basketball map, an overtime thriller with two top big men, an ugly game between two teams from the Deep South, […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 28, 2002 by Brian Strong The depleted No. 22 North Carolina Tar Heels lost to the Iona Gaels last night at Madison Square Garden, marking the first time since February 21, 1980 that Iona defeated a nationally-ranked squad. That hurts in Chapel Hill. But […]
Slam Dunk to the Beach 1
Slam Dunk to the Beach – Day 1 Recap by Phil Kasiecki Thursday was the first day of the 13th annual Slam Dunk to the Beach Tournament in Lewes, DE. Several games were tightly-called and there was some sloppy play, but overall the play was very good, as can be […]
Richie Regan
The Attributes of Richie Regan by Adam Shandler On Tuesday, December 24, Richie Regan, a former Seton Hall player, coach, athletic director and fundraiser died at the age of 72. Mr. Regan isn’t just another old-school basketball name that laid low during retirement only to resurface decades later in the […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Welcome to the Lozito Psychic Hotline First and foremost, I would like to declare myself a college basketball guru. I am now three-for-three in predicting the winner of the Game of the Week in my Big Sky Notebooks. The past two weeks I have […]