Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Looks can be deceiving Marquette is 9-0. Cincinnati is 6-0. South Florida has a winning record. While these all may seem like shocking developments, (really, South Florida has a winning record?!?), a closer look will shed light on why. It’s called a weak […]
Month: December 2004
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 29th Giant Killers: Gonzaga knocked off another top five opponent for the second time in as many weeks. The Bulldogs beat Oklahoma State 78-75, handing the Cowboys their first loss of the season. The Bulldogs manhandled Georgia Tech two weeks ago in Las Vegas […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 28th Red Storm Dealt Another Blow: St. John’s forward Rodney Epperson was suspended indefinitely Monday pending a review of his transfer from Barton County Community College in Kansas during the 2002-03 school year. The decision was made in the wake of the Dec. 14 […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Matt Lefebvre The Professional Travels of NEC Veterans The Northeast Conference may be small in the land of the Big East, but it has plenty of professional talent. In April, U.S. Basketball League teams drafted three NEC player, Quinnipiac’s Rashaun Banjo, Central Connecticut’s Ron Robinson and […]
Touring Around the Northeast
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki It’s been a slow period around New England, and indeed much of the country, as many schools were off for final exams and the Christmas break then came. Teams had to pause to focus on the classroom, before the holidays bring a host […]
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Colgate, Lafayette Attempt To Hang With The Big Boys While it’s still very early in the 2004-2005 season, some members of the Patriot League are already showing that they do not hesitate to match up against some of the top teams in the country. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 27th Phillips Steps Out of the Golden Hurricane: Tulsa coach John Phillips resigned Christmas day. The Golden Hurricane is off to a 2-5 start that includes losses to Wright State, Oral Roberts and Lamar. With the program seemingly treading water, Phillips opted to usher […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 24th USC Closing in on New Coach: USC officials are still on the hunt for a new coach following the Rick Majerus fiasco. But they are close to hiring Tim Floyd, a successful college coach at New Orleans and Iowa State but a terrible […]
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic 10 Conference Notebook by Nate Beardsley While the rest of the Atlantic 10 continued to struggle in non-conference play, the George Washington Colonials scored two huge wins over ranked opponents last week. GW defeated then-No. 9 Michigan State and then-No. 12 Maryland on consecutive days to claim the BB&T […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Rough Week Nothing came easy to anyone in the Big South this week, as the teams of the league combined to go 3-8 in a light week of action, with two of those wins coming against Division II squads. Both Winthrop and Birmingham-Southern […]
