Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Coal or the NBA? All I want for Christmas is . . . The lingering taste of cookies and cakes couldn’t sweeten the soured mouth of one despondent basketball fan. With no college hoops on, I had to turn to the NBA in order […]
Month: December 2002
Ohio Valley Notebook
Ohio Valley Conference Notebook by Stephen Murphy Austin Peay Governors Legislation has been to Coach Dave Loos’ fruition early on this season. This is of course considering the Governors do not have a marquee guard for the first time four seasons. Austin Peay got off to a 5-3 start, their […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Tigers and Deacons Earn Their Props As the ACC opens its conference season, three teams remain undefeated. Few would be shocked to see No. 4 Duke dominant at the top, especially if you check out most of the cupcake teams the freshmen devoured […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Tigers lock-up Snyder Good news for all hair salons in central Missouri. Last Friday, Mizzou signed head coach Quin Snyder to a two-year contract extension, meaning the Big 12’s best-haired and best-dressed coach will remain in Columbia through at least 2008. At 36, […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa Advice for the ranked and rankled Arizona has been unseated as the number one team in the nation, Oregon has been spanked by Cincinnati, and Stanford lost two of their last three games heading into conference play. It seems that my once unbalanced Pac-10 is […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey Tough times in El Paso From the start, it looked as though the Texas-El Paso Miners (2-5) were in for a long season. Now, in addition to the controversial departure of their former head coach Jason Rabedeaux, there is the recent loss of their senior […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan Gauchos Run Into Glass Ceiling The glass slipper has broken. It’s turned midnight. Last year, the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos capped off a Cinderella season by winning the Big West Conference tournament and earning the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It prompted […]
West Coast Notebook
West Coast Notebook by James Burns “I told you so” Somewhere Nick Lozito, Hoopville’s Big Sky correspondent, is hurting. It’s not one of those pains that will keep you laid up in a hospital. It doesn’t even require a band-aid. But still, it’s one of those pains that make you […]
Touring New England
Touring Around New England by Phil Kasiecki Boston College and Harvard: A Matchup of Streaking Teams Sunday afternoon, Harvard took its five-game winning streak into Conte Forum for a matchup with the surging Boston College Eagles, who had a four-game winning streak of their own coming in after a 1-2 […]
Bar Room Bicker 2
Bar Room Bicker – Big Sky vs. West Coast by James Burns and Nicholas Lozito Note: This is the second installation of The Bar Room Bicker, which pits two college basketball enthusiasts against one another. James Burns and Nicholas Lozito are Hoopville Staff writers, and each week the two pick […]
