The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 13th Illini Stays Unbeaten: Raining down a school-record 15 three-point baskets, Illinois kept its record perfect at 17-0 with a 90-64 win against Penn State. Luther Head notched 19 and Dee Brown added 15 points against a Penn State zone defense that allowed plenty […]
Month: January 2005
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston A good sign The last time the Missouri Valley Conference got three teams in the NCAA Tournament was 1999. During that campaign, seven teams boasted winning records. This season, there are eight so far. If Drake is able to knock down Illinois State […]
Wish For an All ACC Channel
Zach’s Wish List, Part I by Zach Van Hart This is the first of many wishes in college basketball I will share throughout the season. None will happen, but a boy can dream right? This week’s wish: An All-ACC station (and that I have it) Beauty: The quality that gives […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Hitting their Stride Expectations coming into the year were very high for High Point, but until recently, the Panthers did not give many indications that they were going to be able to meet those lofty predictions. However, it seems as if the Panthers […]
C-USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Houston’s upset special It didn’t take long for head coach Tom Penders to make a difference at Houston. The Cougars beat a ranked team for the first time in eight seasons with a win against No. 16 Louisville, 70-67. Andre Owens scored 27, […]
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Non-League Report Cards The non-league performance of a team can tell you much about the character of the squad and its ability to contend for a league title. For the eight teams of the Patriot League, this non-league season was certainly no different. Bucknell, […]
BC Freshman Sean Williams
Freshman Helps the Veterans Out by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – You’re a quarterback, dropping back to pass, and suddenly a 6’10” defensive lineman is bearing down on you. Does it sound like a pleasant scenario? That was Boston College freshman center Sean Williams, who hails from the football-rich state of […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 12th Wake Forest Cooks the Terrapins: Wake Forest embarrassed Maryland – suddenly not all that difficult a task – 81-66 as the Demon Deacons remained focused despite an impending match up with ACC-heavyweight North Carolina Saturday. The Demon Deacons once again relied on junior […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing Three great games You know it’s time for conference play when one conference has three hotly-contested, down-to-the-wire games in the span of two days like the Big 12 did last weekend. Let’s start with a non-conference tilt between Kansas, one of the country’s […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Well, no team will threaten to run the table in the Pac-10 like Stanford did for most of last season after Arizona and Washington were dealt their first conference losses last weekend. Arizona State and UCLA continue to impress, Stanford got a huge lift […]
