2001-02 Southern Conference Preview by Jon Gonzalez All roads to the North Charleston Coliseum (site of this years SoCo Tournament) and the Southern Conference championship will once again run through the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The defending conference champion Spartans enjoy the luxury of having four returning starters, […]
Columns
The Jimmy V Classic
A great night Jimmy would have called his own. Some laughed. Some thought. Some cried. Needless to say, everyone had a heck of a night. Jim Valvano, in a famous speech given at the ESPY awards less than two months before he succumbed to cancer in 1993, said these poignant […]
Early Season Surprises
So, Who’s Next? by Jason Drucker Although college hoops experts constantly update their rankings to keep up with all the action, NCAA teams seem to do their best to make those experts’ jobs that much harder. Each year a few long-forgotten teams emerge from the woodwork in an attempt to […]
The Tamir Goodman Story
Goodman In Search of a Good Home by Dan Hauptman The Jewish Jordan. Maybe the “Jordan” in the moniker was referring to Reggie Jordan. Or Charles Jordan. Because Tamir Goodman surely is not in the same name, sentence, paragraph, or article as the one and only Michael Jordan. Although Goodman […]
Big 12 Preview
2001-02 Big 12 Conference Preview by Craig Stanek From top to bottom, this is one of the strongest conferences in the country. Let’s start with the teams. As most campuses across the country have finished up semester finals, the Big 12 schools have to receive high marks for their non-conference […]
For the Love of the Game
For the Love of the Game . . . by Andrew Flynn While talking to several friends this past week, they reminded me of the concept of final exams. Wow. It seemed so long ago, and yet, how could I have forgotten? The stressful yet tranquil period in a student’s […]
Ohio Valley Preview
2001-02 Ohio Valley Conference Preview by Dan Hauptman The nation’s eighth oldest conference enters its 54th year of existence. The nine-team Ohio Valley Conference looks to be very competitive in the 2001-2002 season. For the first time in almost a decade, Murray State is not the clear-cut favorite to earn […]
College Quotebook for December 9th
Quotebook: December 3 – December 9 “We’re all about mental toughness,” he said. “We’re trying to be the toughest team in America. And the smartest. So far, we’ve proved that this year.” – Butler coach Darnell Archey “They didn’t take us lightly in the least. I’m really sorry we couldn’t […]
UNC Freshmen Stepping Up
The Flexible Freshmen by Dan Hauptman They used to not be able to play on the team. Up until 1972, freshmen were not allowed to play varsity basketball. The highest level they could play college basketball was junior varsity. That is not the case today, and nowhere is that trend […]
Mid-Majors Keeping up with the Big Boys
A Perfect Example of the Changing State of D-I Hoops by Adam Shandler The Hoopville holiday party was a blast! Actually, since we’re all scattered all over the country, it had to be a virtual holiday party, but we had fun nonetheless. Managing Editor Andrew Flynn rented out only the […]
