Horizon Notebook If you’re looking for a potential surprise team when Horizon League conference games kick off, look no further than Illinois Chicago. It should be said that it’s still unlikely for anyone except Detroit Mercy to unseat Butler as conference champion (and for more on the Bulldog juggernaut, keep […]
Author: Brian Seymour
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook Kudos to South Florida coach Seth Greenberg for doing the right thing. After his star player and All-American candidate Altron Jackson headed into the locker room without shaking hands with any of the Gators players or coaches at the end of USF’s 92-73 loss to Florida on […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Notebook That buzzing you hear around the Mid-American Conference this season belongs to the “Killer B’s”. Ball State, Bowling Green and Buffalo – yes, Buffalo! – are the toast of the conference and turning heads with their outstanding performances. Much has been written and said about Ball State and […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Notebook “What’s wrong with Marshall?” That was the buzz around the Mid-American Conference, as the Thundering Herd stumbled out of the gate with an 0-3 record. Since then, however, Marshall has won three straight and has been able to answer the questions about its team with a resounding “We’re […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon Notebook Getting no respect is part and parcel of being a mid-major program. But Butler sometimes appears as if they’re being absolutely ignored. Despite rolling to a 7-0 record, including wins against Washington, Indiana State and Purdue, Butler hasn’t even received a sniff of the Top 25. In the […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook How big is too big? With continual growth through its six years of expansion, Conference USA now stands at 14 teams, and as a result each team won’t play three other league members this season. This little factoid is brought to your attention because a potential contest […]
Conference USA Preview
2001-02 Conference USA Preview by Brian Seymour Dajuan Wagner. Dajuan Wagner. Dajuan Wagner. Dajuan Wagner. Dajuan Wagner. Dajuan Wagner. And possibly even Dajuan Wagner. There. Just thought we’d get that out of the way early in the season. Might as well get used to it, though. That name is going […]
Big East Preview
2001-02 Big East Conference Preview by Brian Seymour Syracuse and Georgetown picked to be at the top of the Big East? It’s like the mid-1980s – heaven for hoops nostalgics. Of course, you have to expect some shockwaves now and then – the question is which team will provide the […]
Mid-American Preview
2001-02 Mid-American Conference Preview by Brian Seymour Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past ten years or living in the obviously under-oxygeniated hotel room where the NCAA selection committee annually selects schools for the 64-team tournament, you know that the Mid-American Conference plays some great basketball. To […]
Horizon League Preview
2001-02 Horizon League Preview by Brian Seymour While doing research on the Internet, I had to jump through dozens of hoops — no pun intended — to get information about the Horizon League, which is evidence of a conference with a serious identity problem. Of course, part of the identity […]
