Month: February 2003

Mountain West Notebook

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Bracket Buster While the mid-major conferences were glowing in their made-for-ESPN special called the Bracket Buster, the Mountain West continued with some exciting conference play. Some of you may wonder why the conference didn’t participate in the inaugural event. […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, February 24, 2003 by Adam Shandler Are the Oklahoma Sooners the new Texas? On a Sunday reserved more for the stars of music, the 6th-ranked Sooners rocked the house in their own right and put up a noteworthy performance against No. 6 Kansas, 77-70. More […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 23rd, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki It was a day mid-major fans awaited for a while, but the top story involves a recent national champion from the Big East. Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun had prostate surgery on February 6, and was expected to be […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 22nd, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki The day many mid-major fans have awaited has now arrived. Bracket Buster Saturday is upon us, with nine matchups on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNPlus. Unfortunately, the day has lost some of its luster, as this doesn’t appear to be […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, February 21, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez By the time it was all said and done, there were fans streamed across the hardwood at Pauley Pavilion and UCLA players with grins the size of watermelon slices. The scene in Westwood Thursday night was reminiscent of past […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Bradley and Wichita State pull Shockers Creighton and Southern Illinois both took detours on their way to repeating as Valley Co-Champions. The Blue Jays were not able to overcome 27 points from Wichita State’s Aaron Hogg and Bradley rode the emotion of Homecoming to […]

Big Ten Notebook

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Turns out that, in the Big Ten, the more things change, the more they stay the same. One year after four teams tied for first in the Big Ten regular season conference, there are three schools knotted at the top, and two others still […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 20th, 2003 by Brian Seymour It’s almost one week until March — it’s now officially OK to use the word “bubble”. Unlike some publications, who’ve had their “Bubble Watches” up since December. Anyway, two teams in particular had a chance Wednesday to pump up […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 19th, 2003, 2003 by Michael Ermitage What is wrong with Alabama? The Crimson Tide have taken a serious nosedive. The once-dominant club is now in danger of missing the NCAA tournament. It would be a first for a team previously raked atop the AP […]

Part 2

Who’s the Best Point Guard? Part II – The Results by Jed Tai Part I | Part II Who’s the best point guard in America? Last week, we explored the method based on statistics. This week, we display the results. Before we make the big announcement, we need to note […]