The Morning Dish – Monday, January 12th Huskies Prove They’re Top Dogs: No. 1 Connecticut entered a marquis match up with No. 5 Oklahoma needing to prove they earned the ranking. Many of the top-ranked teams this season have received the No. 1 ranking by default more than by great […]
Author: Michael Protos
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Reviewing the preview Like other college basketball media outlets a couple of months ago, I did my best to predict the outcome of the upcoming season based on a haphazard formula including number of returning starters, last season’s final performances, coaching changes, recruiting […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos ACC/SEC Challenge? One of the more intriguing series of games in the early season is the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, but the ACC has owned the challenge each season. This year, circumstance has three of the ACC’s elite teams playing against SEC teams in […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, January 5th Cardinal on Fire: No. 5 Stanford continued to torch opponents as the Cardinal carved up Washington, 85-72. Stanford shot nearly 60 percent to withstand every attempt by Washington to cut into the Cardinal’s lead. Senior forward Justin Davis led Stanford with 17 points […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Who’s Who in the ACC As non-conference plays gives way to the even more exciting ACC season, there are already several surprise teams this year. Georgia Tech has torched everybody from Marist to Connecticut en route to a top five ranking. Virginia and […]
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The Morning Dish – Monday, December 29th Huskies Make Their Case: With No. 1 Kentucky’s loss Saturday to No. 20 Louisville, the No. 2 Connecticut Huskies figure to regain the top spot in many polls. A 101-62 beat down of Ball State helps support Connecticut’s case. The Huskies held Ball […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Could You Ask for More? The ACC started its conference schedule this past week when No. 15 Wake Forest visited No. 2 North Carolina. With half a dozen teams looking to compete for the ACC championship, every conference game has the potential to […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 22nd How the Mighty Have Fallen: No. 6 Kansas, one of the former No. 1 ranked teams, walked into a mountain ambush against Nevada in the Wolf Pack Holiday Classic last night. Nevada junior guard Kirk Snyder was unstoppable, scoring 29 points to carry […]
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The Morning Dish – Monday, December 15th Columbus State Team Captain Dies: Senior guard Jed Bedford of Division II Columbus State (Columbus, Ga.) died of cardiac arrest yesterday after collapsing during practice. Bedford was team captain and a talented shooter. He led Division II last season with 135 three-pointers and […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Looking for buried treasure in Florida With only eight games last week, the ACC glided through the calm before the storm. After much success during the first month of the season, the ACC teams wrap up the non-conference schedule during the next couple […]
