Month: February 2003

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 6th, 2003 by Brian Seymour Say what you will about Bobby Knight and there’s probably not a word in the English language that hasn’t been said about the man, but he can coach some basketball. And in the end, that’s what the General’s 800th […]

Big 12 Notebook

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble With March Madness only a stone’s throw away, four Big 12 teams are on course to have their dance cards punched come Selection Sunday. Those four, barring monumental meltdowns, include Oklahoma State (17-2), Oklahoma (15-3), Texas (14-4) and […]

Horizon League Notebook

Horizon League Notebook by Brian Seymour It was business as usual at the top of the Horizon League standings as the top four teams in the conference all won their conference games over the weekend. The victories increased the obvious disparity between the cream of the crop in the league […]

Pac 10 Notebook

Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa The Law of the Jungle It’s been two weeks since I last chimed in on the Pac-10, and boy am I tired. It’s a jungle out there. Living here in Los Angeles, one gets kind of lazy about their basketball teams. After all, the Lakers […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Creighton Bounces back with a vengeance A week after suffering its first conference loss of the season, Creighton posted a pair of blowout victories. The Blue Jays handled Indiana State, 74-46, and Drake, 88-68, to up their record to 19-2 and enter the week […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 5th, 2003 by Michael Ermitage And down goes another top team. Just one day after Florida reached the top of the Hoopville poll, it was thoroughly thrashed by 7th-ranked Kentucky, 70-55. It turns out that the only players mentally prepared to play a road […]

Touring Around the Northeast

Touring Around New England by Phil Kasiecki Scoring Balance Not a Concern, Things Look Up For Providence Providence entered Saturday night’s home date with Virginia Tech having lost two consecutive games, and with head coach Tim Welsh concerned about the team’s offensive balance. In the loss against Notre Dame the […]

Big Ten Notebook

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Every team in the Big Ten has either hit or is nearing its midway point of the conference season. Up to this point, there have been plenty out-of-whack, unexpected happenings, leaving some of the conference favorites hanging on for dear life with some supposed […]

America East Notebook

America East Conference Notebook by Adam Reich Dogfight in New York In Albany, the Huskies outlasted the Great Danes 89-80 in a thrilling overtime battle Sunday. The first half was a shooting clinic as Northeastern shot 52 percent from the floor (16-31) and Albany connected on 57 percent of their […]

Conference USA Notebook

Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart No More Problems in Houston Remember back to January 11, when the Houston Cougars just lost their seventh straight game, 63-50 to UAB, dropping their overall record to 2-10? Seems like a long time ago now. Since bottoming out to the Blazers, UH […]