Month: March 2004

BCS’s Cousin

Profiling Purdue – No Love for the Boilermakers by Michael Ermitage Here we go again. Man’s dependence on computers is seeping into the college basketball world. It has taken the ugly form of the RPI, first cousin to the BCS bowl formula. For too many people scared to think for […]

Southern Conference Notebook

Southern Conference Notebook by Paul Oren It’s all about the seed… Saturday marks the final day of regular season play in the Southern Conference, and it also represents the final chance for teams to get the best seed possible in the upcoming conference tournament. The 12-team tournament will start on […]

Ivy League Notebook

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner Things are coming down to the wire in the Ivy League with Princeton firmly in the drivers’ seat. The Tigers extended their winning streak to four with last weekend’s sweep of Brown and Yale, and clinched their 51st consecutive winning conference season in the […]

Atlantic Sun

Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Moving On Up There are only three days remaining before the end of the Atlantic Sun regular season, and eight teams will be moving on to the conference tournament. But eight other teams will be competing in the conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn., […]

Horizon Notebook

Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann It is the home stretch. The Horizon League enters the final week of the regular season with a lot of big games on the plate – in particular, the Wright State Raiders. The Raiders have their two biggest games of the season this week. […]

Northeast Conference Notebook

Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette With one week left, the eight teams to make the NEC tournament starting March 6th at Wagner College are all but set. Quinnipiac and Long Island have been eliminated and Mount Saint Mary’s is hanging on by a thread. The Mount needs to sweep […]

Big East Notebook

Big East Notebook by Thomas Hart Conference Play Heads Towards Finish Line Pittsburgh continues to show it is the team to beat in the Big East, putting some distance between itself and the rest of the pack with several big wins. Connecticut is hanging tough despite losses to both Notre […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, March 1st Gamecock Down: South Carolina senior forward Rolando Howell will not play again this season after breaking his wrist against Georgia Saturday night. Howell broke his fall in a scuffle under the hoop then broke his wrist. Howell has missed 12 games already this […]