Month: February 2004

Pac-10 Notebook

Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Stanford’s Nick Robinson and Washington State made history. Cal continued its recent surge and Arizona its recent skid. UCLA finally won again, ending Washington’s win streak in the process. Oregon downed Oregon State in the rematch of the Civil War and USC and Arizona […]

Big East Notebook

Big East Notebook by Thomas Hart Conference Play Heads Towards Finish Line It is hard to believe that teams are into the second week of February already and soon after that will be heading into their conference tournaments and NCAA March Madness. As January drew to a close and February […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – February 17th Irish Still Lucky: One Big East team is taking the elevator up, the other down. Notre Dame made it three straight by beating Syracuse, 84-72, at the Carrier Dome. Chris Thomas, who finished with 25 points, only hit six of his 15 shots, but […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, February 16th Bad Timing for a Bad Knee: Indiana sophomore forward Sean Kline will miss significant time because of a knee injury that occurred during the Hoosiers’ game against Purdue Saturday. Kline averaged 7.1 points and four rebounds per game for Indiana and takes away […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 15th Continuing To Win, Part 1: No. 1 Stanford remained undefeated with a 69-58 win over rival California in Berkeley, getting 16 points from Rob Little and 15 points and 9 rebounds from Josh Childress. Stanford (21-0, 12-0 Pac Ten) held Golden Bear leading […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, February 13th Edelin sits out: Syracuse point guard Billy Edelin did not practice Thursday and will be out indefinitely, coach Jim Boeheim said. Edelin, a sophomore, sat out against Virginia Tech and Connecticut before returning Saturday and playing 23 minutes in a loss at Providence. […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 12th St. Joseph’s (PA) beats Dayton (OH): St. Joseph’s put its undefeated streak on the line yesterday against once Top 25 Dayton. The game was a contest between the two top teams from the Atlantic 10, the first between teams that were both 9-0. […]

Touring the NE

Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Snap Skid, Then Sleepwalk to Victory In New York Boston College came into Wednesday’s game with a chance to snap their three-game losing streak, and did just that by knocking off struggling Notre Dame, 76-69, on Wednesday. They then headed to New […]

Tom Crotty Memorial Player Profiles

The Tom Crotty Memorial Boy’s Classic – Player Evaluations by Keith Irizarry About a week ago, I wrote an article about the Tom Crotty Tournament, which was played in the memory of some of the great people, including Thomas Crotty a four-year basketball standout at Marist, who were lost during […]

Horizon Commissioner Jon LeCrone

An Interview with Horizon League Commissioner Jonathan LeCrone by Bill Kintner In this installment of my coverage of the Horizon League, the Big Cheese weighs in on league expansion. With all the speculation concerning potential expansion I thought it was time to get some answers. Jon LeCrone is certainly the […]