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Part 2

Atlantic 10 Conference Preview – Part Two by Nate Beardsley In Part One of the A-10 Preview, we handed out Preseason Hardware, and projected the East Division. Below, in Part Two, we’ll finish up by previewing the West Division. West Division 1. George Washington Colonials 18-12 (11-5, A-10), 2nd in […]

Big West Conference Preview

Big West Conference Preview by Josh Diggs The Big West Conference is by no means as good as the SEC, ACC or Pac-10 conferences, but they are getting better. Utah State hovered around the nation’s top 25 polls for several weeks and Pacific made a splash last March by crashing […]

Part 1

Atlantic 10 Conference Preview – Part One by Nate Beardsley In order to prepare yourself for the 2004-05 Atlantic 10 men’s basketball season, you’re going to need to forget everything that has happened in the past five years. Forget the dominance of Xavier, Dayton and Saint Joseph’s. That era is […]

Mid-American Preview

Mid-American Conference 2004-05 Preview by Ryan Lyle Commings The Mid-American Conference is most certainly the Mac of the mid-major conferences around the country. There is a lot of little known talent in this league and there will be a lot of interesting surprises from the conference throughout the year. The […]

SEC Preview

SEC Conference Preview by Thomas Beisner The Southeastern Conference enters its 72nd season with an influx of new talent, one new coach and several teams looking to unseat the powers at the top. Unfortunately for these teams, Kentucky again looks to be at the head of the class. The Eastern […]

Ohio Valley Preview

Ohio Valley Conference Preview by Nathan Clinkenbeard Sports writers, coaches and players can spend all the time in the world wondering who will be number one in the OVC by the end of the season, but the regular season hardly matters as much in a mid-major conference. Take the Austin […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, November 18th Preseason NIT: Michigan defeated Colorado 69-60 last night in the second round of the Preseason NIT. Michigan’s Dion Harris scored a career-high 24 points, while Lester Abram and Courtney Sims were also in double-digits, with 12 and 10 points, respectively. The Buffaloes were […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 17th Former Cardinal Passes On: Former Louisville star Larry Williams was found dead over the weekend. He was 48. Williams, who escaped the mean streets of Chicago to play for Denny Crum from 1975-79, was found Saturday in a Louisville motel. The cause of […]

Southland Conference Preview

Southland Conference 2004-05 Season Preview by Matt Isam The 2005 season in the Southland Conference should be very entertaining with recent powerhouses falling and new teams starting to earn the respect and compete at the top of the conference. Of course there will be some familiar teams such as University […]

Atlantic Sun Conference Preview

Atlantic Sun Conference 2004-05 Preview by Darren Lowry The Atlantic Sun conference is as unpredictable as any other conference this season due to the major roster turnover that occurred conference-wide in the off-season. Several schools will be benefiting from an influx of new talent, whether it be now-eligible transfers or […]