Big Ten Notebook Buckeyes on Fire The Ohio State Buckeyes are off to an impressive 5-0 start in the Big Ten after Saturday’s 73-67 victory over the previously unbeaten Hoosiers. The Buckeyes, who have always desired to get little respect, are clamoring for some of the accolades that they claim […]
Author: Hoopville Staff
West Coast Notebook
West Coast Notebook Much was made of the 36 point first half performance Kobe Bryant turned in last week in the first game of Shaq’s suspension. Last night, I witnessed the collegiate version, a 34 point run by Gonzaga’s standout senior guard Dan Dickau against the Loyola Marymount Lions. Technically, […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook Leaders This country needs to pay more attention to the WAC because Hawaii is for real. At 6-0 in WAC play, the Rainbow Warriors are at their best this season, having just handed SMU its first conference loss, 83-74. In this conference, however, it’s going to be difficult […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Notebook Leaders It isn’t often that a .500 team will end up winning a division title, but in the case of the Big South, it would blow away the competition. At 7-9, Elon is one of only four teams with at least a .400 winning percentage this season. […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook The WAC continues to turn heads as four of the five conference games played on Saturday went down to the wire. Hawaii beat Boise State, 64-62, behind Predrag Savovic’s two free throws with 10.4 seconds left. In Fresno State’s one-point victory against Tulsa, Chris Jefferies converted a three-point […]
Mid-Continent Notebook
Mid-Continent Notebook Mid Continent 1, ACC 0 Don’t look now, but the Mid Continent Conference has a winning record over that perennial powerhouse conference known as the ACC. The Jags of IUPUI went down to Georgia Tech and stunned everyone by beating the Yellowjackets 98-92. IUPUI wouldn’t let a power […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook Entering Conference Play Illinois begins its defense of last year’s Big Ten co-championship hosting the Minnesota Gophers. While Gopher stars, Dusty Rychart and Rick Rickert may not have the same name value as Illinois’ Frank Williams or Corey Bradford, the Gophers are off to another fast start […]
UC Irvine Prime Time
Irvine Ready for Prime Time by Don Weinstein 3,299 attended the UC Irvine Anteaters and UC Riverside Highlanders game at Irvine’s Bren Event center the other night, including one gentleman from Hoopville. The Bren Center is located on the UCI campus, in lower Orange County, California. I went expecting to […]
A More Educated League
A More Educated League by Jason Drucker One of the most constant debates throughout all of basketball has been whether or not the players serve as role models. Charles Barkley doesn’t seem to think so, but many college programs disagree. With the face of professional basketball appearing much younger nowadays, […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Notebook Blackbird Coach Flees the Coop It seems like just yesterday I sat in a packed Schwartz Center at Long Island University for the NEC finals. It was a heavily favored LIU team versus underdog Fairleigh Dickinson. FDU pulled off the upset and earned a bid to the 1998 […]
