The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 16th, 2003 Getting Underway On A Good Note: In Cincinnati, No. 23 Xavier opened its season in the Black Coaches Association Classic with an easy 62-37 first round win over Coppin State in a game where both teams apparently forgot how to shoot the […]
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Live form the Coaches vs Cancer Classic
Coaches vs. Cancer – Day 1 Recap by Todd Keryc And they’re off. Sort of. Ok, so technically, the 2003-04 college basketball season began when Memphis took on Wake Forest at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night and continued as St. John’s hosted Marquette in the nightcap of the Coaches […]
Interview with Colorado State’s Dale Layer
An Interview with Colorado State’s Dale Layer by Bill “CigarBoy” Kintner In his third year at Colorado State, Dale Layer has a 46-45 record and 19-14 last year with a surprise NCAA appearance. The Rams were playing great ball toward the end of last year beating UNLV in the Mountain […]
NBDL Draft
The 2003 NBDL Draft by Jed Tai On November, 6, 2003, the NBDL – the NBA’s official developmental league – had its third annual draft. Held by conference call and broadcast via RealAudio on the internet, the league’s six teams took turns stocking up their rosters by picking players through […]
Season Tip-Off
Are You Excited Yet? by Phil Kasiecki College basketball fans, it’s that time of the year again. Midnight Madness has come and gone as teams have begun preparing for the 2002-03 college basketball season. The Road to the Final Four leads to San Antonio this time around, and it is […]
Colgate Offers Scholarships
Colgate Goes with Scholarships by Steve Sheridan October 18 was a very important day in the history of Colgate University athletics. The Colgate University Board of Trustees approved a measure that would grant athletic scholarships to Raider student-athletes for the first time in the school’s history. This decision culminated a […]
Top Incoming Freshmen
The Top Incoming Freshmen by Phil Kasiecki Every year, a class of talented newcomers blesses the world of college basketball with their presence. Seemingly with each year, more and more freshman are in the national spotlight as key contributors. This is due in part to more and more players leaving […]
Where’s My College Star?
Have You Seen My College Star? by Nicholas Lozito Ever wonder why your favorite college star is currently passing the ball to a guy whose name you can’t pronounce in a country you’ve never heard of? Or maybe you thought he ventured into a high school coaching career until you […]
Goodbye Old C-USA
Farewell to the “Old” Conference USA by Zach Van Hart Finally, it’s official. The best Conference USA has to offer in college basketball is bolting for the “new” Big East. In two years, the likes of Marquette, Cincinnati and Louisville will be replaced by SMU, Marshall and Rice. So before […]
The Bigger East
The Bigger East by Adam Shandler I just saw this commercial for a razor with four blades, which one-ups its competitors with only three blades. How soon before we’re shoving our faces into a John Deere wood chipper for the closest possible shave? This brings me, in a roundabout way, […]
