The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 16th, 2003 by Brian Seymour Just two weeks after Lefty Driesell announced his retirement, another coaching legend is stepping down. Mount St. Mary’s coach Jim Phelan has never been a household name, even among some college basketball insiders, but few coaches have had a […]
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Horizon Notebook
Horizon Notebook by Brian Seymour Butler could very well end its season playing in the NCAA Tournament. If the Bulldogs don’t give head coach Todd Lickliter a heart attack first. Lickliter must have some concerns about Butler’s inability to hang on to big leads this season, with a victory last […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Brian Seymour To paraphrase Yogi Berra, it’s deja vu all over again for Butler University. Just like last year, the Bulldogs raced quickly out of the gate, posting 10 straight victories this season before tripping to Hawaii in overtime in the championship of the Rainbow Classic. […]
Alaska Fairbanks
Forget Chaminade, this was Historic by Brian Seymour After one of the greatest performances ever for a Division II college basketball team, the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks and the people of Fairbanks are on top of the world — literally and figuratively. The Nanooks became the first Division II team […]
Mid Continent Preview
Mid Continent Conference Preview by Brian Seymour Talk about big shoes to fill. Not only does new Valparaiso coach Scott Drew have to replace a legend, he has to replace his father, Homer Drew, who stepped down at the end of last season after 26 years and more than 500 […]
Athletes
Delving deep into the NCAA and Student-Athletes by Brian Seymour It was a busy off-season for college basketball, but one of the more tantalizing stories of the summer was pretty quickly brushed under the carpet by most of the national media. When a federal grand jury indicted Chris Webber and […]
NCAA Midwest Region 1
NCAA Midwest Region 1 Preview by Brian Seymour 1. Kansas vs. 16. Holy Cross Despite the obvious 1 vs. 16 mismatch, this game has the potential to be one of the more entertaining first-round games. Holy Cross isn’t as undersized as most people would expect with 6-foot-8 forward Tim Szatko […]
C-USA Tournament Preview
C-USA Tournament Preview Strange things seem to happen in the Conference USA postseason tournament. Three times in the history of the league (Saint Louis in 2000, Charlotte in 1999 and Marquette in 1997) a team has won four games in four days to take the title, something which has only […]
Mid-American Tournament Preview
Mid-American Tournament Preview So, the final two weeks of the season took care of most nagging questions heading into the Mid-American Conference tournament. It more or less breaks down like this: • Kent is in the 65-team NCAA Tournament field no matter what happens in the MAC Tournament. No matter […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon Championship Preview Butler and Detroit. As expected, that’s what was left after the smoke cleared on the Horizon League’s regular season. Granted, it took awhile for things to shake out like that, but with the conference tournament set to begin on Friday, March 1, all bets are off and […]
