Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Eagles take third place at NABC Classic The media poll and coaches’ poll selected Eastern Washington to win the Big Sky Conference on Wednesday. Two days later the Eagles were blasted, 81-55, in the first round of the NABC Classic in Madison, against […]
Author: Nick Lozito
Big Sky Preview
Big Sky Conference Preview by Nicholas Lozito 1. Montana GrizzliesMontana will look to a group of gritty forwards, and a shooting guard named David Bell to lead the team in 2002-03. Marcus Rosser, Brent Cummings and Victor Venters provide the Grizzles with a trio of rugged forwards, who set a […]
Next Generation Pac-10 Stars
Pac-10 Generation Next by Nicholas Lozito Each and every college basketball season, the Pac-10 Conference sends at least five teams to the NCAA Tournament and is considered one of the deepest conferences, from top to bottom, in the nation. But due to the loss of All-Americans Casey Jacobsen, Sam Clancy, […]
Big Sky Recap
Big Sky Conference Recap by Nicholas Lozito Post Season Recap The Montana Grizzlies, who finished fifth place in the conference standings last season, ran the table in the Big Sky Tournament, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Grizzlies knocked off the Big Sky’s No. 1 seed, Montana […]
Sac State Hoop-la
Hoop-la a Substitute for Madness by Nicholas Lozito While their was no madness in Sacramento this October, there was hoop-la. Sacramento State’s Midnight Madness was cancelled when two of the slam dunk participants — Jameel Pugh and Joel Jones — were unable to participate. Pugh, a University of Massachusetts transfer, […]
The Incredible Dunker
Incredible Dunking has come back to Sacramento by Nicholas Lozito When most people lace up a pair of Jordan’s and take the court, they only “wanna be like Mike.” Sacramento State’s Jameel Pugh on the other hand is often compared to the Chicago Bull great. Well, at least when it […]
Championship Icon Under Investigation
Championship Icon Under Investigation by Nicholas Lozito In the 1995 NCAA Championship Game in Seattle, UCLA point guard Cameron Dollar was all a dollar could be — cool and crisp, with a president’s glare cast upon him. After starting point guard Tyus Edney, who had hit a game-winning lay-up in […]
