Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2006-07 Preview by Matthew Moll Thirty years of experience has exited the MAAC since the end of last season. Canisius, Fairfield, Manhattan and St. Peter’s are starting anew on the coaching end while veteran players hope to adjust to new systems as new players are introduced […]
Month: November 2006
Southern Conference Preview
Southern Conference 2006-07 Preview by Tyler Annett The Southern Conference is preparing to once again be as competitive and exciting a conference as it has always been. There were three coaching changes made and numerous strong players have left in league, which then in turn means its time for some […]
Big Ten Preview
Big Ten Conference 2006-07 Preview by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal Every year, it seems, the pundits label the Big Ten as “down.” Midwesterners (and the dozens of Penn State fans) are used to hearing it around the first freeze of the year. But every year, five or six teams get dance invitations, […]
Providence: Friar Big Man Taking Semester Off
Friar Big Man Taking Semester Off: Providence junior post player Randall Hanke will return to the team after the first semester, head coach Tim Welsh said after the team’s 96-71 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson. Hanke, who led the nation in field goal percentage last season (67.7 percent), has been home […]
Vermont Is Back
Vermont Hasn’t Fallen Off the Map by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Vermont Catamounts were supposed to fall off the map. The 2005 team, a senior-driven team that scored a stunning victory over Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament, was supposed to be the last we would hear of […]
SEC Preview
SEC 2006-07 Preview by Ryan Glenn The SEC enters this season with high expectations coming off of a 13-5 record in the NCAA Tournament including the National Champion Florida and Final Four team LSU. South Carolina also came away with their second straight NIT title, which can be seen as […]
Missouri Valley Preview
Missouri Valley Conference 2006-07 Preview by Neal Heston As if the upper half of the Missouri Valley Conference weren’t crowded enough. This season, two more teams, the Drake Bulldogs and Evansville Aces, will compete with the perennial contenders. Both squads return a large part of their talented 2005-06 rosters, which […]
Northeast Preview
Northeast Conference 2006-07 Preview by Zach Smart To the outside world, the Northeast Conference is the laughing-stock conference of college basketball. It’s a safe haven for standout high school players that received few to no Division I offers their senior year. It’s the weakest piece of the puzzle, the compartment […]
California: Cal Loses the Big Wilkes
Cal Loses the Big Wilkes: California sophomore center Jordan Wilkes will miss the entire season after partially tearing his patella tendon during practice. Wilkes is a 7-footer for the Bears and one of two Wilkes on the team. His brother, Omar Wilkes, is a 6-4 junior guard. The big Wilkes […]
La Salle: Explorers Like Giannini
Explorers Like Giannini: La Salle will keep coach John Giannini on the sidelines in Philly through 2010-11. Giannini led La Salle to an 18-10 record last season, returning the Explorers to relevance in the Big Five. Giannini hopes to build on that success in his third season. The school did […]
