SEC Notebook by Ryan Glenn As the wild ride continues in the SEC, the match-ups on Saturday could have the biggest impact on the conference thus far. In what could be called ‘Separation Saturday”, the winners might show us what to expect in the weeks leading up to March. All […]
Month: February 2007
Conversation With NJIT Coach Sal Casciano
The Higlanders Go HigherA Conversation with NJIT Coach Jim Casciano by Adam Shandler Savannah State. North Dakota State. UC Davis. These are just a few schools to make the jump to Division I, albeit without conference affiliation, after years of at least moderate success at the Division II level. The […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal The Big Ten in Numbers With the conference season more than half over, and the column styles a little tired, we take a look at the current happenings in the Big Ten not through words, but numbers. 1: Loss, to Ohio State, in […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos Feb. 9, 2007 When gazing into Hoopville’s Crystal Basketball this week, Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos could not stop from having vivid flashbacks to the early 1990s. Their walk down Nostalgia Lane leads the duo to 1992 and the Hubert […]
UConn Over Syracuse
UConn Defeats Orange In Milestone Victory by Zach Smart STORRS, Conn. – This was the kind of marquee victory Jim Calhoun was thirsting for since the callow Huskies were plunged into Big East play. UConn needed this victory in so many different ways. The Huskies had been crumbling ever since […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Cory Eve Two-Horse Race With only five games remaining in the conference season, the Horizon League championship is going to come down to two teams, the No. 9 Butler Bulldogs and the Wright State Raiders. Since it seems pretty certain only these two teams have a […]
MAAC Notebook
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Notebook by Matthew Moll Six teams within striking distance Over half of the MAAC field is within one game in the loss column from the all-important number-one seed. Currently there is a three-way tie for first and a four-way tie for second heading into the final […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Pat DiSalvo 1. Pittsburgh Panthers (8-1 Big East, 20-3 Overall) Up Next: Wednesday at West Virginia at 7:30 p.m., Saturday vs. Providence at 6 p.m. (ESPN) Pittsburgh has rebounded with three straight wins after a late January loss to Marquette. The Panthers […]
Long Beach State: Long Beach State Reinstates Suspended Players
Long Beach State Reinstates Suspended Players: Kejuan Johnson and Mark Dawson were reinstated to the Long Beach State team after serving a three-game suspension. The players accepted payment for courses, which violates NCAA rules. Even without the suspended seniors, Long Beach State won its past two games and leads the […]
Morgan State: Frustrated Morgan State Coach Loses It Over Sandwiches
Frustrated Morgan State Coach Loses It Over Sandwiches: Morgan State coach Todd Bozeman faces a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly cursed and got physical at a Farmville, Va., restaurant over a sandwich mix-up. Bozeman, whose Golden Bears had blown a 10-point second-half lead to Longwood and lost at the buzzer […]
