Author: Hoopville Staff

Big Ten Notebook

Big Ten Conference Notebook by John Sahly Here’s wishing you and yours a happy and healthy New Year. The Big Ten teams rang in the New Year on various streaks and it was business as usual for the nation’s top team in No. 1 Illinois. Conference play set to begin […]

Atlantic Sun Notebook

Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Darren Lowry Conference turns upside down The Atlantic Sun Conference has been turned on its head in the early going, with the cellar-dwelling teams of last year leading the conference and the conference heavyweights from last year stuck at the bottom of the standings. In […]

Northeast Notebook

Northeast Conference Notebook by Matt Lefebvre The Professional Travels of NEC Veterans The Northeast Conference may be small in the land of the Big East, but it has plenty of professional talent. In April, U.S. Basketball League teams drafted three NEC player, Quinnipiac’s Rashaun Banjo, Central Connecticut’s Ron Robinson and […]

Atlantic 10 Notebook

Atlantic 10 Conference Notebook by Nate Beardsley While the rest of the Atlantic 10 continued to struggle in non-conference play, the George Washington Colonials scored two huge wins over ranked opponents last week. GW defeated then-No. 9 Michigan State and then-No. 12 Maryland on consecutive days to claim the BB&T […]

MAC Notebook

Mid-American Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Ryan Lyle Commings The change in weather and the sighting of face paint can mean only one thing: it’s time for college basketball. Last week, the MAC’s basketball programs opened their programs for their 2004-2005 seasons. The first two weeks has whet the appetites […]

Atlantic Sun Notebook

Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Darren Lowry UCF dominates early The Atlantic Sun Conference got some national exposure in the early part of the 2004-2005 season with a number of their teams playing in national tournaments and against some big-name teams, but for the most part, they have been less […]

Marshall County HoopFest, Day One

Marshall County HoopFest – Day One Recap by Chris Jung BENTON, Kent. – Thursday night of HoopFest was set up for regional teams to put their teams on display. And the region’s top players that were so highly regarded heading into the games definitely did not disappoint. Lone Oak v. […]

Marshall County HoopFest, Day Two

Marshall County HoopFest – Day Two Recap by Chris Jung BENTON, Kent. – Dy Two of HoopFest featured a back-to-back show from the Paducah Tilghman boys and girls teams, the return of coach Aaron Beth and the first appearance of the weekend by defending national champion, Oak Hill Academy. Paducah […]

Marshall County HoopFest, Day Three

Marshall County HoopFest – Day Three Recap by Chris Jung Graves County girls v. Jefferson City Probable regional first-teamer Leslie Dowdy led the Lady Eagles with 17 points and 11 rebounds as Graves beat the Lady Jaybirds 60-53. GCHS won despite Jefferson City’s Brianna Culberson’s 29 points and 13 rebounds, […]

Marshall County HoopFest

Marshall County HoopFest Brings Great Basketball to Kentucky by Chris Jung BENTON, Kent. – If basketball junkies were unable to fulfill their fix this past weekend, they obviously didn’t inhale. Brought to you by the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce, 31 boys and girls high school basketball teams invaded Reed […]