Month: November 2003

Texas Style

Thanksgiving Weekend Hoops by Jed Tai In recent years, Texas has become a haven for high school hoops talent. No longer is the Lone Star State only known for prep prowess on the gridiron, but people are realizing that there are some great players on the hardwood as well. In […]

Conference Comparisons

Early Season Conference Comparisons by Joaquin Mesa It is only one game into the season for most teams, and some haven’t even played (i.e. UCLA, which might bode well for their disgruntled alumni). There are a few who have played up to four games, and a couple who have lost […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, November 28th Shootout underway: Starting with the second game of the Great Alaska Shootout, No. 2 Duke turned it on in the second half to down a pesky Pacific squad 82-69. In what’s recently become fashionable for Duke, the Blue Devils started off slow, grabbing […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, November 27th Happy Thanksgiving, All! Edwards Dies: Central Michigan announced yesterday that junior Brent Edwards has died from injuries sustained in a car accident. Edwards, a 21-year old walk-on, was critically injured just outside of St. Louis on Monday and was pronounced dead the following […]

SEC Notebook

SEC Notebook by Matt Jones Well after a long and arduous wait, the college basketball season is back upon us. We have had to wade through a week and a half of garbage games (thank you NCAA and the 2-4 rule), but now it is time to get to the […]

Big Sky Notebook

Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Western conference power rankings Things are so much simpler when you get west of the Rocky Mountains. The Pacific 10 is the lone powerhouse conference, and everyone else is fighting to be the best mid-major. The Mountain West Conference, with UNLV, Utah and New […]

Southern Conference Notebook

Southern Conference Notebook by Robby Trail The biggest story in the SoCon this week was how close several teams were to making a big story in the conference. Several teams came oh so close to making national waves and gaining the conference needed recognition. Chattanooga led No. 5 Kansas by […]

Atlantic 10 Notebook

Atlantic-10 Conference Notebook by Jonathan Scherner St. Joseph’s Belongs 13th-ranked St. Joseph’s and Jameer Nelson started the season off by proving they both belong. Nelson, a Preseason All American, was just two rebounds away from a triple double, but that didn’t matter as he led the Hawks to the 73-66 […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 26th Jayhawks make early statement: In the first big game of the college basketball season, Kansas was able to hold off Michigan State in Lawrence. The Jayhawks jumped out to an early lead by hitting its first six shots. It was able to build […]

Tuesday Morning Point Guard 2

Tuesday Morning Point Guard – November 25th by Dean Austin Good Morning and welcome to another installment of the Tuesday Morning Point Guard although due to circumstances a little beyond our control this will be more like Tuesday Afternoon Point Guard. Go with the flow; there are more important things […]