Short Division I Tenure May Be Instructive by Jerry Hinnen It’s a debate that may very well have started as soon as intercollegiate athletics were invented. Perhaps right there on the sidelines of Princeton and Rutgers’ historic 1869 football clash, faculty and students alike were already wondering: can an institution […]
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Big South Semifinal Recap
Big South Conference Tournament Semifinal Recap by Jerry Hinnen After chaos reigning in the Big South tournament brackets the past several seasons, the 2006 conference championship will be decided by the top two seeds: one the league’s most on-paper talented team and regular season champion, the other its personal nemesis […]
Big South Quarterfinal Recap
Big South Conference Quarterfinal Recaps by Jerry Hinnen No. 6 Charleston Southern 96, No. 3 Birmingham-Southern 76 The curse of the Big South’s third seed continued Tuesday as Charleston Southern upset Birmingham-Southern in Birmingham 96-76 in the Big South quarterfinals. BSC won both regular-season meetings handily, but behind 45 points […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jerry Hinnen Down to the Wire Every year, something NFL fans look forward to is the late-season appearance of charts and lists detailing exactly what scenarios need to play out for their team to make the playoffs. Those fans now have something in common with […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jerry Hinnen Teal is the new black It’s Winthrop and Birmingham-Southern pestering the country’s bracketologists with their tie atop of the Big South standings at 10-2, but the capital-H Hottest team in the Big South is Coastal Carolina, winners of six straight and eight of […]
