The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 19th, 2002 by Brian Seymour Perhaps some of the naysayers will lay off Pittsburgh after the No. 5 Panthers posted a very impressive 69-49 win over Ohio State in Wednesday’s marquee matchup. Granted, the Buckeyes are rebuilding a bit after some pretty good teams […]
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Patriot Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva Early in the season, two big Patriot League stories appear to be emerging in Holy Cross and Boakai Lalugba. The Crusaders only game this past week came in the form of 72-56 win over Brown, no magnificent feat by any means. And so, at […]
SWAC Notebook
Southwestern Conference Notebook by Nik Bannister ‘Tis the season to be… .500 – or below Last week, the football teams of Alabama A&M and Grambling State met up in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships. Oddly enough this could this be a preview of what’s to come in March. After all, […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 15th, 2002 by Phil Kasiecki Saturday belonged to road teams and teams that traveled far to play at neutral sites, especially in games with top 25 teams. There were 16 games featuring teams in the Hoopville Top 25, with four visiting teams and one […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Notebook by Andria Wenzel Arkansas-Little Rock Comes Close For the first time in the entire evening the University of Arkansas-Little Rock could not take advantage of No. 25 Minnesota’s mistakes. In overtime the Gophers missed four straight free throws, but the Trojans (4-3) could not stumble on the […]
SWAC Notebook
Southwestern Conference Notebook by Nik Bannister No “SWAC”tacular starts in the SWAC Parity describes the play of the Southwestern Athletic Conference in their first week of the 2002-2003 season. Texas Southern has the best start in the conference going for par with two wins and two losses as Prairie View […]
Early Season Surprises
Fantasy Hoops: Early Season Surprises by Rick Young Oh, The Agony . . . the early weeks . . . If you’re like me, you’re in week 3 or 4 of your fantasy college basketball season. Unlike me, I hope you’re not pulling your hair (what little I have to […]
Southern Notebook
Southern Conference Notebook by David Smotherman SoCon off to a strong start The schools of the Southern Conference have gotten off to a great start in the 2002-03 basketball season, proving that last years finish in the upper echelon of the mid-major conferences was quickly becoming the rule, not the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 11th, 2002 by Dan Hauptman There is a reason that I have voted this team No. 2 in every Hoopville poll this season. They have a never-say-die attitude and have the talent to overcome a half played so poorly that it would cost most […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Notebook by Andria Wenzel You’ve got to wonder what they’ve been feeding the basketball players in Venezuela, because in his first five games of the season for the University of New Orleans, senior forward Hector Romero has led his team to a 5-0 record, and more astonishingly, Romero […]
