Mid-Continent Conference Offseason News Update by Paul Oren “Everything changes, but everything stays the same.” A quote which applied to the Mid-Continent Conference last season. Once the dust settled from three schools bringing in new head coaches and a new school joining the conference, Valparaiso continued to sit atop the […]
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Southland Finals Recap
Southland Conference Finals Recap Recap by Paul Oren No.3 Texas San-Antonio 74 No.4 Stephen F Austin 70 Southland Conference Player of the Year Leroy Hurd has consistently carried the Texas San-Antonio Roadrunners on his back throughout the season, and in their biggest of the season, the trend continued. Hurd scored […]
Southland Semifinals Recap
Southland Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Paul Oren On paper, in every conference tournament, you’d expect the number one and number two seeds to advance to the championship, and for the first 39 minutes in both Southland Conference Semi-Final contests, it appeared as if that perception would be reality. But […]
Southern Conference Semifinals Recap
Southern Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Paul Oren No. 1N East Tennessee State 96 No. 2S Davidson 84 Tim Smith proved once again that he is a big game player and ETSU overcame both foul and injury problems to advance to the SoCon Championship game with a 96-84 victory over […]
Southern Conference Finals Preview
Southern Conference Finals Preview Preview by Paul Oren No. 1N East Tennessee State vs. No. 2 N Chattanooga It’s fitting that the oldest NCAA conference tournament is going to be the first conference tournament to hold their championship game and thus have the first team to get their dance card […]
Southern Conference Finals Recap
Southern Conference Finals Recap Recap by Paul Oren No. 1N East Tennessee State 78 No. 2N Chattanooga 62 Championship games have a tendency to bring out the best in a player. They say that “Big time players make big time plays in big time games,” and that is what makes […]
SoCon Quarterfinals Recap
Southern Conference Quarterfinals Recap Recap by Paul Oren #1N East Tennessee State 94 #4S Furman 84 Tim Smith picked up right where he left off from last season’s SoCon Tournament. The 2003 MVP scored a team-high 24 points and had 4 steals to lead ETSU to a 94-84 victory over […]
SoCon Semifinals Preview
Southern Conference Semifinals Preview Preview by Paul Oren No. 1N East Tennessee State vs. No. 2S Davidson Tim Smith and company look to keep their dream rolling of getting back to the NCAA Tournament as they take on Davidson in the semi-finals of the SoCon Tournament. While Smith, the point […]
Southern Conference First Round Recap
Southern Conference First Round Recap Recap by Paul Oren No. 4S Furman 73, No. 5N Western Carolina 68 Maleye Ndoye scored 25 points, including 5 three-pointers, to lead Furman to a 73-68 opening round victory over Western Carolina. The Paladins built their largest lead at 60-42 with 9:16 remaining, but […]
Southern Conference Notebook
Southern Conference Notebook by Paul Oren SoCon Game of the Year In a simply amazing finish to a game featuring two of the best that the Southern Conference has to offer, College of Charleston held on to defeat East Tennessee State 91-89 in Charleston. Mike Benton tipped in an errant […]
