Southwest Athletic Conference 2004 Offseason News Recap by Ryan Lyle Commings It’s been a long summer for the Southwestern Atlantic Conference. Some losses of good friends and some fresh new faces, the SWAC is prepping up to elevate the conference to one of the major, mid – majors in the […]
Month: November 2004
Mountain West Offseason News
Mountain West Conference 2004 Offseason News Recap by John Eisel Late Night with the MWC: The Mountain West Conference announced they were unable to leave their ESPN “Big Monday” contractual obligation, keeping the conference showcase late at night (midnight-2 AM Eastern). The conference, which wanted to explore a Wednesday or […]
Big Ten Offseason News
Big Ten Conference 2004 Offseason News Recap by John Sahly The Big 10 had an relatively quiet offseason when compared to the rest of the NCAA. Only one scandal, no adding or subtracting teams, no breaking television deals. Instead, the Big 10 put together a team for a foreign tour […]
Big 12 Offseason News
Big 12 Conference Offseason News Recap by Zach Ewing The air is starting to get cooler, the leaves are turning yellow and college basketball season is just around the corner. That doesn’t mean, however, that nothing happened in the Big 12 Conference since Oklahoma State was eliminated in last spring’s […]
Atlantic 10 Offseason News
Atlantic 10 2004 Offseason News Recap by Nate Beardsley Don’t be surprised if the familiar faces of Dayton, Saint Joseph’s and Xavier are not at the top of the 2004-05 Atlantic 10 standings. Graduation has hit each of these programs hard, and they don’t have proven, experienced players who can […]
SEC Offseason News
SEC 2004 Offseason News Recap by Thomas Beisner Another hot, sticky summer came to an end in the Southeastern Conference and after the haze cleared there were some serious changes to some teams. Alabama The only real news at Alabama over the summer was the appointment of coach Mark Gottfried […]
West Coast Offseason News
West Coast Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Noah Godwin Gonzaga became the first team since Pepperdine in 1992 to run the table in the West Coast Conference. The departures of Blake Stepp and Corey Violette have done little to get the Zag faithful down. Senior forward/center Ronnie Turiaf has continued […]
Pac-10 Offseason News
Pac-10 Conference 2004 Off-Season News Recap by Scott Allen Arizona State Junior Ike Diogu, the Pac-10’s leading scorer last season, has been named a Top 50 Wooden Award candidate. The Garland, Texas native could be in the running for the award given to the “Most Outstanding Collegiate Basketball Player of […]
NEC Offseason News
Northeast Conference 2004 Offseason News Recap by Matthew Lefebvre Central Connecticut State Blue Devils Newcomers: Ingo Beaudet, C, Forestville, CA/Santa Rosa CC Tristan Blackwood, G, Toronto, Canada/Eastern Commerce Andre Brooks, F, Columbia, MD/Oakland Mills (Hagerstown CC) Jason Hickenbottom, F, Philadelphia, PA/Simon Gratz Jermaine Middleton, C, Inglewood, CA/South Kent (CT) Off-Season […]
Mid-Con Offseason News
Mid-Continent Conference Offseason News Update by Paul Oren “Everything changes, but everything stays the same.” A quote which applied to the Mid-Continent Conference last season. Once the dust settled from three schools bringing in new head coaches and a new school joining the conference, Valparaiso continued to sit atop the […]
