Preseason Update by Phil Kasiecki The first games of the 2003-04 regular season aren’t far away. Teams have been practicing for nearly a month now, and a few teams have played their opening game. Here is a look at how several teams are progressing to this point. Massachusetts recently held […]
Month: November 2003
Tuesday Morning Quarterback
Off on a Tangent by Dean Austin With a nod to the great Peter King at SI. I religiously read his Monday Morning Quarterback every week and even if he does go on a bit much, sometimes, about Mary Beth and various Coffee antics – he still rocks. Ten College […]
Opening of College Hoops
Opening Night as Therapy by Adam Shandler While many of us writers live in the fine burg of Hoopville, some of us have to commute to work in other places. As a PR consultant, sometimes projects take me to exotic realms, and I am proud to say that the natives […]
America East Media Day
Highlights from America East Media Day by Phil Kasiecki America East Media Day was held on Thursday at Boston University, as coaches and players gathered to look ahead to the 2003-04 season. The conference released a few announcements in addition to coaches and players being available to the media. Commissioner […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Minnesota will be the first Big Ten team to take the court when they host Missouri-Kansas City of the Mid-Continent conference Monday night. The Kangaroos return dynamic senior Michael Watson. Watson averaged 25.5 PPG landing him fourth in the nation in 2003. 6-10, 300-pound […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 17th Former Desert General Dies: Former Arizona State coach Ned Wulk died of cancer Saturday night. Wulk led the Sun Devils to 25 years of success, compiling a 406-272 record. In 1961, 1963 and 1975, he led his teams to within one game of […]
Hoop Fool Comic
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 16th, 2003 Getting Underway On A Good Note: In Cincinnati, No. 23 Xavier opened its season in the Black Coaches Association Classic with an easy 62-37 first round win over Coppin State in a game where both teams apparently forgot how to shoot the […]
Live form the Coaches vs Cancer Classic
Coaches vs. Cancer – Day 1 Recap by Todd Keryc And they’re off. Sort of. Ok, so technically, the 2003-04 college basketball season began when Memphis took on Wake Forest at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night and continued as St. John’s hosted Marquette in the nightcap of the Coaches […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 14th Coaches vs. Cancer Classic: After an eight month wait, the college basketball season has resumed. Wake Forest’s Taron Downey, just eight days after receiving an emergency appendectomy, scored a career-high 20 points in an 85-76 win over Memphis. Downey was not scheduled to […]
