Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Young Eagles Off to a Flying Start Boston College has a young team this season, as the Eagles will be relying heavily on four freshmen and two sophomores in its rotation. But thus far, the Eagles are 4-0 and playing solid basketball, winning […]
Columns
Tuesday Morning Point Guard
Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin What superb basketball this past week, especially for so early in the season. My initial sense is that there will be no one great team this year but at least a half a dozen who are all very close. This should make for […]
Basketball Movie Awards
The Inaugural Basketball Movie Awards by Nicholas Lozito Some call me a pathetic man with too much time on his hands. I call myself a basketball movie junkie. Either way, it has become my mission to own every halfway decent basketball movie available on VHS or DVD. I’m off to […]
UWM
Salukis come to Milwaukee by Nick Dettmann Milwaukee – Southern Illinois first year head coach Matt Painter feels that the barn-burner, 66-64 buzzer beater, game against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee last season in Carbondale helped get the Saluki’s into the post-season last season. In the second rendition of UWM and […]
MassMutual Tipoff Classic
The Best Matchup in Springfield by Phil Kasiecki Springfield, Mass. – The public address announcer said the game will be remembered among the best matchups in the history of the MassMutual Classic, formerly the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic. That is high praise; over the years, it has featured many […]
Conference Comparisons
Early Season Conference Comparisons by Joaquin Mesa It is only one game into the season for most teams, and some haven’t even played (i.e. UCLA, which might bode well for their disgruntled alumni). There are a few who have played up to four games, and a couple who have lost […]
Texas Style
Thanksgiving Weekend Hoops by Jed Tai In recent years, Texas has become a haven for high school hoops talent. No longer is the Lone Star State only known for prep prowess on the gridiron, but people are realizing that there are some great players on the hardwood as well. In […]
War on the Shore
2003 War on the Shore by Phil Kasiecki Bob Jacobs, the master architect of the Slam Dunk to the Beach Tournament, put together an improved War on the Shore Tournament this weekend in Milford, Delaware. The games were better-played than last year, and the talent level was what one would […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing Kansas gets 2003-04’s first big win While the nation’s top ten teams boosted their records with wins over such schools as Sacred Heart, Northern Arizona and Brown, the No. 5 Kansas Jayhawks and No. 3 Michigan State Spartans squared off in Lawrence, Kan., […]
And They’re Off
Mitch’s National Notebook: And They’re Off! by Mitch Schneider Though the 2003-04 college basketball season is still in its infancy, numerous storylines are quickly taking shape. From Connecticut’s dominant start out the gate to California’s embarrassing trip out the door, our b-ball nation has already given us plenty of points […]
