Author: Hoopville Staff

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 8th, 2002 by Phil Kasiecki On another busy Saturday in the world of college basketball, the headline matchup was that featuring the two winningest programs in the history of college basketball, as No. 19 Kentucky traveled to Chapel Hill to take on No. 13 […]

MAAC Notebook

Metro Atlantic Notebook by Mike DiPiazza Freshman Shine For Saints When the horn sounded on Siena’s season last year as they lost to eventual national champion, Maryland, in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the biggest question the Saints faced was who would replace the sweet shooting Dwayne Archbold. […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 5th, 2002 by Brian Seymour And the Commissioner’s Cup goes to…the ACC!!! The sad truth of the matter is that I didn’t know there WAS such a thing as the Commissioner’s Cup until ESPN belabored the point over and over Wednesday night, but the […]

Patriot Notebook

Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva Holy Cross (3-1) Think the Crusaders are a fluke this season? Tell that to Ryan Sidney and Troy Bell, Boston College’s heralded guard tandem who desperately flailed on consecutive shots in the final 20 seconds of Holy Cross’ 71-70 win over the Eagles on […]

Ivy League Notebook

Ivy League Notebook by Jason Haslam Cryin’ Lions For Colombia it has been more than just an inauspicious start. They dropped their season opener 60-36 to Rutgers, committing 27 turnovers, and no Lion was able to notch double-digits in scoring. “We took a whipping,” said Lion coach Armond Hill,”but it’s […]

Patriot Leauge Notebook

Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva American University A Cinderella 2001-2002 season saw the Eagles take a new conference by storm when they seized the regular season Patriot League title in its inaugural campaign. The unlikely turn of events drew attention across the country. Two games into a fresh 2002-2003 […]

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 26, 2002

By Adam Shandler Almost Every D-I team has played a game. Uh, UCLA, we’re waiting. Luaus aren’t big in Lexington, so the Wildcats shipped out to Maui where they logged their first game (and win) against Arizona State in the Maui Invitational. Keith Bogans exorcised his junior year demons with […]

Ohio Valley Preview

Ohio Valley Conference Preview by David Smotherman Racers try to run away with it…again? This season the Ohio Valley Conference seems be split into three levels. There are the two serious favorites (Murray and Tech), three more knocking at the door (Morehead, Peay and Eastern Ill.) and four teams looking […]

Atlantic Sun Preview

Atlantic Sun Conference Preview by Amanda Breedlove The 2002-2003 men’s basketball season is less than two weeks away and the 12 teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference are getting ready for another exciting five-month stretch of competitive college basketball. Many teams are getting revved-up for regular-season play with preseason exhibitions […]