A look at the Maggie Dixon Classic, where defensive efficiency won out. Also, a legendary head coach receives an award that testifies to what she has accomplished.
Month: December 2011
The NCAA’s $2,000 hot mess
From flying tortillas to players behaving badly, we’ve got news from all over the hoops nation.
Around The Horizon League: Weeks 4-5
Butler Bulldogs (4-6): Butler has continued to struggle in the early stages of the 2011-12 college basketball season. However, don’t start writing Butler’s obituary just yet. Horizon League fans shouldn’t forget that Butler began last season slowly and bottomed out with a loss to Youngstown State before turning their season […]
A busy and exciting week in the Big Sky
We take a quick run through the results from the past week in the Big Sky Conference, giving a little love to each team in the conference.
Crosstown Shootout hurts city of Cincinnati most
There is no doubt that you know what happened in my home city of Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon. One of the best rivalries in all of sports — not just college basketball — was taking place just a couple of minutes from where I sit writing this. The Crosstown Shootout […]
Stepping back to look beyond basketball
In keeping with a theme that has been brought up often since Saturday, it’s time to look beyond basketball for a minute.
Oklahoma has the best Big 12 player you don’t know
Missouri and Baylor are looking great, but we love the improvement of one of Lon Kruger’s guards.
Virginia gets ready to join the ACC elite
The Virginia Cavaliers look like the No. 3 team in the ACC, and they have the defensive look and feel of a team that could cause problems for higher seeded teams in the NCAA Tournament.
Big 12, Big East and Big Ten player ratings, through Dec. 10
Hoopville breaks down the player ratings for the Big 12, Big East and Big Ten conferences.
Fairfield fulfills missions in Springfield and gets better
Fairfield has had some ups and downs in non-conference play, but one of the MAAC favorites looks to be improving as final exams near and showed it in their 59-51 win over Old Dominion on Friday.
