Shots in the Dark by Jon Gonzalez Welcome, boys and girls, to my all-new weekly column appropriately titled Shots in the Dark. Every week you, the fine people of the planet, get an opportunity to listen to my thoughts, rants and otherwise random musings. So without further adieu, lets get […]
Month: January 2003
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic-10 Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Double fresh. Double smooth. Double delicious to chew. David West continued his dominance of LaSalle and turned in a stellar double-double performance as the Chalmer-less Musketeers won back-to-back games for the first time since 2002. West racked up eighteen points and fifteen rebounds in […]
West Coast Notebook
West Coast Notebook by James Burns Behind Cory Violette’s 15th career double-double, Gonzaga cruised by fellow West Coast Conference preseason favorite Pepperdine, 92-72 at The Kennel. Both teams were picked by the coaches before the season to share the conference’s regular season crown. But with the win, Gonzaga (11-5, 2-0) […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Jason Haslam Harvard Continues To Get By With Very Little Depth The Crimson have won three straight, including back-to-back wins over Dartmouth, to open up league play (10-5, 2-0). Led by Ivy League Player of the Week, guard Patrick Harvey, the Crimson defeated the Big Green, […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Notebook by Andria Wenzel Road Trip Proves Profitable Alone at the top of the heap is where the University of Denver Pioneers sit. They are not flashy or record breakers – they don’t sell out their arena every night. But after going on the road to open up […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 16th, 2003 by Brian Seymour Just two weeks after Lefty Driesell announced his retirement, another coaching legend is stepping down. Mount St. Mary’s coach Jim Phelan has never been a household name, even among some college basketball insiders, but few coaches have had a […]
LaVell Blanchard
A Humble Wolverine by Michael Ermitage If Lavell Blanchard met you on the street, he’d probably call you sir. He’d call your wife ma’am, and he’d flash a genuine smile at your toddler. Then he’d step onto the floor at Crisler Arena and bang his 6-foot-7, 215-pound frame all over […]
Ohio Valley Notebook
Ohio Valley Conference Notebook by Stephen Murphy “Went to my car to get a crow bar and saw my gun there and I took it. But it had no clip or anything”. – Former Tennessee State head coach Nolan Richardson III Stay Home Nolan!! So much for my theory of […]
Touring the Northeast
Touring Around New England by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Lose An Important Close One Oftentimes, a team losing a game like Boston College did last Sunday makes a statement in the next game it has. That next game was Saturday night in Syracuse, a game that was ripe for a statement […]
Bar Room Bicker 4
Bar Room Bicker – Syracuse and Georgia Tech’s Will Bynum by James Burns and Nicholas Lozito Note: This is the fourth installment 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 […]