So, Who’s Next? by Jason Drucker Although college hoops experts constantly update their rankings to keep up with all the action, NCAA teams seem to do their best to make those experts’ jobs that much harder. Each year a few long-forgotten teams emerge from the woodwork in an attempt to […]
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Patriot League Preview
2001-02 Patriot League Preview by Dave Sheridan If you’re looking for McDonald’s High School All-Americans, players with entourages, coaches with seven figure sneaker deals and the Memphis Show Girls this is not your conference. If you’re searching for one of the last outposts true to the ideal of college athletics, […]
Big 12 Preview
2001-02 Big 12 Conference Preview by Craig Stanek From top to bottom, this is one of the strongest conferences in the country. Let’s start with the teams. As most campuses across the country have finished up semester finals, the Big 12 schools have to receive high marks for their non-conference […]
Northeast Conference Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook “From Hamden, Connecticut, we present the Quinnipiac…..” In its third season of Division-I basketball (previously in D-II) Quinnipiac has gone the politically correct route and dropped the Braves team name. As of this moment they are just ‘Quinnipiac’, which is a mouthful in its own right. In […]
College Quotebook for December 9th
Quotebook: December 3 – December 9 “We’re all about mental toughness,” he said. “We’re trying to be the toughest team in America. And the smartest. So far, we’ve proved that this year.” – Butler coach Darnell Archey “They didn’t take us lightly in the least. I’m really sorry we couldn’t […]
Next in Line?
Next in Line? by Lon Samuelson When one thinks of New York City point guards, thoughts of Mark Jackson, Kenny Anderson, and Stephon Marbury are just a few that come to mind. But Smoosh? Just north of Manhattan at the Rose Hill Gymnasium on the Fordham campus is where one […]
West Coast Preview
2001-02 West Coast Conference Preview by Don Weinstein The West Coast Conference has Long been known as the conference of tournament sweetheart teams. Who can forget the 1990 Loyola Marymount team sans Hank Gathers, the various Pepperdine teams and the recent Gonzaga crews zigzagging deep into the tournament? Some perceptions […]
Mid-Continent Preview
2001-02 Mid-Continent Conference Preview by Mark McGrath The Mid-Continent Conference is at a crossroads. They lost the strong presence of Youngstown State (jumped to the Horizon League), and the viability of the conference has been questioned. But there are some bright spots, especially in Valparaiso, Indiana, where the Crusaders hope […]
Big West Preview
2001-02 Big West Conference Preview by Don Weinstein Apparently the West is just that . . . Big. There’s abundant collegiate talent from the Mountain time zone to the Pacific, and the Big West plays 120 of those players. While the Pac-10 is the picture of tradition and stability, the […]
ACC-Big Ten Challenge
Quotebook: ACC – Big Ten Challenge In conjunction with our three-part feature on the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, here are the notable quotes from the two-day tournament. Wake Forest vs. Minnesota “I feel like Tom Hanks on that island. I was starting to draw faces on the basketballs on the sideline. […]
