Washington Rests Thigh: Memphis sophomore point guard Darius Washington will likely sit out against Lamar tonight and Jackson State Wednesday after playing with a deeply bruised thigh in the NIT Season Tip-Off finals. Washington injured the leg against Alabama a couple of weeks ago, but he played through the pain […]
Month: November 2005
Temple: Dizzy Owl May Return Soon
Dizzy Owl May Return Soon: Temple junior center Wayne Marshall has missed the beginning of the season because he had dizziness that prevented him from even playing in pickup games. But the condition seems to be subsiding because Marshall has practiced at full speed recently. Coach John Chaney said after […]
ACC Preview
Atlantic Coast Conference 2005-06 Preview by Michael Protos Welcome back to the world of ACC men’s basketball. When we last visited the conference, North Carolina was cutting down the nets after beating Illinois in the national championship game, and the other 10 schools were watching in envy. Now the ACC […]
West Coast Preview
West Coast Conference 2005-06 Season Preview by Brad Best In life and in basketball, some things change and some things stay the same. In the West Coast Conference (WCC), Gonzaga will once again take the conference crown, but how the rest of the teams finish is up for grabs. The […]
Mid-Continent Preview
Mid-Continent Conference 2005-06 Preview by James V. Dowd The upcoming Mid-Continent Conference season has coaches from top to bottom excited about the prospects of a league that is as deep as it has ever been. While Oral Roberts is heavily-favored to repeat as regular-season champions, recent years have shown that […]
Sun Belt Preview
Sun Belt Conference 2005-06 Preview by Ryan Glenn The Sun Belt conference is improving every year. The addition of Troy to the conference from the Atlantic Sun will pay off down the road. Louisiana-Lafayette is looking for their third straight NCAA tournament appearance and a conference championship. Also in the […]
Drexel’s Biggest Challenge
Drexel’s Challenge Begins Now by Phil Kasiecki NEW YORK – Drexel played Duke and UCLA in the NIT Season Tip-Off, which might appear to be the biggest challenge on their schedule. The Dragons are, after all, a member of the Colonial Athletic Association, which is a notch below the ACC […]
New Mexico: Welcome Back Johnson
Welcome Back Johnson: New Mexico forward Aaron Johnson, who is sitting out this season after transferring from Penn State, is back on the team after coach Rich McKay had dismissed him for his role in a bar fight. McKay said Johnson won’t cause any more trouble after he fought four […]
Gonzaga: Gonzaga Loses Heytvelt for Season
Gonzaga Loses Heytvelt for Season: Gonzaga redshirt freshman Josh Heytvelt will miss the rest of the season after breaking his ankle during the Bulldogs’ loss to Connecticut in last week’s Maui Invitational championship. He will have surgery to repair the ankle Monday and will not be able to practice for […]
UNLV: Tark Has His Day
Tark Has His Day: More than a dozen years after former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian walked off the school’s court for the last time, the Runnin Rebels honored Tarkanian during the team’s loss to Nevada Saturday by naming the court in his honor — the Jerry Tarkanian Court at the […]
