Month: December 2004

Different Christmas Feeling

Feeling A Little Different This Christmas by Phil Kasiecki In another day when Christmas comes, something will feel different. Something will be missing from the day’s activities. No, it’s not time with family – in fact, there will be more of that than the past three years. It’s not because […]

MAAC Notebook

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Notebook by Matthew Moll Streak and Juan snapped Luckily very few fortnights passed before Jimmy Patsos is able to earn his first victory as a head coach of the Loyola Greyhounds as his Hound’s defeated the Niagara Purple Eagles 97-89. The win clotted an already bleeding […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 22nd Cardinals Win in Spite of Setbacks: Despite two injured forwards and an ineffective starter, Louisville pounded IUPUI 80-60. Good shooting and a breakout game for freshman forward Juan Palacios helped the Cardinals win without Otis George or Ellis Myles. Myles was scratched from […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 21st Majerus Sorry, USC Searching…Knight Interested?: Rick Majerus apologized to Southern California athletic director Mike Garrett for changing his mind after accepting the Trojans’ head coaching job last week. Majerus, who at the press conference announcing his hiring indicated that his health was not […]

ACC Notebook

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Most ACC teams are in the midst of concluding the fall semester with final exams. As the kids hit the books, they play only a few games – mostly against less than challenging competition. But we’re about to start conference play, and the […]

Horizon League Notebook

Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (6-0 overall, 1-0 Horizon League) The Panthers are off to a hot start. The preseason favorites are certainly proving why they were worthy of that selection as they have jumped out to their best start since 1992-93 when they started 8-0. […]

Big South Notebook

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Beating the Big Boys Teams from conferences such as the ACC and Big East generally give Big South teams fits during the non-conference portion of the season. It is not uncommon to see Big South schools come home from games against the big […]

Marshall County HoopFest

Marshall County HoopFest Brings Great Basketball to Kentucky by Chris Jung BENTON, Kent. – If basketball junkies were unable to fulfill their fix this past weekend, they obviously didn’t inhale. Brought to you by the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce, 31 boys and girls high school basketball teams invaded Reed […]

Marshall County HoopFest, Day Three

Marshall County HoopFest – Day Three Recap by Chris Jung Graves County girls v. Jefferson City Probable regional first-teamer Leslie Dowdy led the Lady Eagles with 17 points and 11 rebounds as Graves beat the Lady Jaybirds 60-53. GCHS won despite Jefferson City’s Brianna Culberson’s 29 points and 13 rebounds, […]

Marshall County HoopFest, Day Two

Marshall County HoopFest – Day Two Recap by Chris Jung BENTON, Kent. – Dy Two of HoopFest featured a back-to-back show from the Paducah Tilghman boys and girls teams, the return of coach Aaron Beth and the first appearance of the weekend by defending national champion, Oak Hill Academy. Paducah […]