Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Hitting their Stride Expectations coming into the year were very high for High Point, but until recently, the Panthers did not give many indications that they were going to be able to meet those lofty predictions. However, it seems as if the Panthers […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Time to Get Down to Business The fun and games are now over. For the most part, non-conference season has passed and now the serious part of the schedule presents itself as every team in the Big South will tip off their conference […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Rough Week Nothing came easy to anyone in the Big South this week, as the teams of the league combined to go 3-8 in a light week of action, with two of those wins coming against Division II squads. Both Winthrop and Birmingham-Southern […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Beating the Big Boys Teams from conferences such as the ACC and Big East generally give Big South teams fits during the non-conference portion of the season. It is not uncommon to see Big South schools come home from games against the big […]

Big South Conference Preview by Jeremy Dunlap Everybody is now invited. After an NCAA ruling early in the off-season, Birmingham-Southern will be allowed to compete for the Big South’s automatic bid a year sooner than expected. Birmingham-Southern, which finished tied for first in the regular season last year with Liberty, […]

Big South Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Jeremy Dunlap Going into the season, most people expected the favorites to be Winthrop, Liberty, and Birmingham-Southern, with Winthrop being the consensus choice as league champion. Liberty and Birmingham-Southern played well throughout the conference season, as they finished tied for first in the […]

Big South Conference Finals Recap Recap by Jeremy Dunlap (1) Liberty 89, (2) High Point 44 The result was never in doubt as the top-seeded Liberty Flames easily ran over the visiting second-seeded High Point Panthers in the Big South Tournament Championship game, 89-44. The 45-point victory broke the conference’s […]

Big South Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Jeremy Dunlap (1) Liberty 88, (4) Coastal Carolina 73 Liberty broke open a close game late and withstood a 28-point effort by Coastal’s Brandon Newby to win 88-73 and advance to their first Big South Championship game since 1997. The top-seeded Flames were […]

Big South Conference Semifinals Preview Preview by Jeremy Dunlap (4) Coastal Carolina at (1) Liberty Coastal Carolina has not made it to the Big South Championship game since 1993, and if they hope to make it again, they will have to do what no other conference team has done all […]

Big South Conference Quarterfinals Preview Preview by Jeremy Dunlap The Big South tips off its tournament today with a brand new format. All tournament games will now be played at the home court of the better seed instead of being played at a centralized location. The semifinals will be played […]