Big South Offseason News Update by Jeremy Dunlap Swap Meet: The biggest off-season news in the Big South occurred on July 1, when VMI officially became a member of the conference and Elon officially left. VMI left the Southern Conference, of which they had been a member since 1925, and […]
Month: October 2003
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, October 16th Conference Madness: You can now add Marshall to the conference fray. Thundering Herd Athletic Director Bob Marcum has announced that he has been contacted regarding a possible Conference USA expansion slot. A Tampa paper reported yesterday that Marshall, along with SMU, Rice, Tulsa […]
Boston College and the ACC
Boston College and the ACC by Phil Kasiecki Boston College leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference seemed inevitable in the spring. As such, it should come as no surprise that the school is now headed to the ACC after all, though there were some major developments in […]
Hoopville Third-Team All-Americans
Hoopville Third-Team All-Americans by Phil Kasiecki Dee Brown, Illinois (6’0″, 175, So. G, 12.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 5.0 apg) With Big Ten Player of the Year Brian Cook gone, Brown becomes the focus of the young Illini. But he won’t have to do it alone; he’s the floor leader of […]
Hoopville Second Team All-Americans
Hoopville Second-Team All-Americans by Phil Kasiecki Ike Diogu, Arizona State (6’8″, 250, So. F, 19.0 ppg, 7.8 rpg) A quiet kid hidden away on one of the Pac Ten’s middle teams, Diogu had one of the best seasons of any freshman last year. He could be a 20-10 player this […]
Hoopville First Team All-Americans
Hoopville First-Team All-Americans by Jed Tai Emeka Okafor, Connecticut Emeka Okafor is Hoopville’s pre-season player of the year. It only makes sense when you think about it – he’s the only returning player from last season that made any post-season All-American teams last season. But that’s not the only reason […]
Doing the Conference Shuffle
Doing the Conference Shuffle by Andrew Flynn This offseason has drawn to light the best and worst of what happens when folks look at a map and say, “We should have these guys in our conference.” It seems that’s exactly what ACC commissioner John Swofford did with his quasi-successful power […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, October 15th NABC Summit: Today is the National Association of Basketball Coaches mandatory meeting in Chicago, where coaches will address the number of problems and scandals that have happened in the past year, from the St. Bonaventure scandal, the Georgia scandal, the Iowa State scandal, […]
SoCon Offseason Update
SoCon Offseason News Update by Robby Trail Appalachian State Coaching Changes: Mountaineers head coach Houston Fancher hired Daryl Robinson as an assistant. Robinson previously coached high school ball at Lee Road High School in Raleigh for ten seasons, taking Lee to the state playoffs nine of those ten seasons. College […]
Mid-Continent Offseason Update
Mid-Continent Offseason News Update by Cory J. Danner The Mid-Continent Conference was all about change in the off-season. Many teams added new coaches, many players graduated and throngs of freshman are being brought in, and the biggest change of all was a new commissioner. Ron Bertovich was brought in to […]
