Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Round 2 to Salukis Northern Iowa was nearly perfect from behind the arc against Southern Illinois Tuesday, but the one that mattered was just off the mark in a 56-54 defeat that sent the Salukis past the Panthers for first place in the […]
Conference Notes
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nick Dettmann Players of the week: Carlos Taylor, Montana State and Dupree Lucas, Portland State Eastern Washington Eagles (10-10 overall, 4-4 conference) Last week’s results At Cheney, Wash., Jan. 18: Northern Arizona 90, Eastern Washington 81 At Cheney, Wash., Jan. 20: Eastern Washington 91, Northern […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Pat DiSalvo 1. Pittsburgh Panthers (5-1 Big East, 17-3 Overall) Up Next: Wednesday at Cincinnati at 8 p.m., Saturday vs. St. John’s at 4 p.m. Pittsburgh had two big wins in the past week, before falling to Marquette on Sunday 77-74. The […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Cory Eve After another hard-fought week in the Horizon League, the conference standings have flip-flopped more than someone walking along a sandy beach. Last week saw Wright State leading the way, but after the Raiders lost a tough game at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 73-69 (proving once again how […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Coaches Agree It’s Wide Open Through Sunday’s games, just a game and a half separates the top four teams, and three more are just another game behind. In the past week, just three games were decided by double digits. That makes one thing clear: […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart The beat goes on and on for one of college basketball’s laughing-stock conferences. In fact, one of the primary reason this conference is viewed by skeptics as such a joke is because there are no forces, no perennial powerhouses one can ink in for […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook by Ryan Glenn A few weeks into the season, I must admit, I was a little worried about the SEC. The so-called “top teams” in the conference had met some stiff competition and for the most part, did not fare too well. Florida lost a close one to […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Race shaping as expected The Big 12 conference slate is only one-fourth finished, but the teams expected to contend aren’t disappointing thus far. Fifth-ranked Kansas leads the league as predicted with a 3-0 mark. Texas A&M and Texas sit tied with the Jayhawks […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nick Dettmann Memorial set for former Montana State player Former Montana State center Al Beye was killed in an auto accident on Dec. 15 while visiting his brother in Dillon, Mont. A memorial has been set to honor Beye, who was named the Big Sky […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal Two weeks into the Big Ten season, the conference theme is clear and familiar: it’s difficult to win on the road. Through two weeks, home teams are 15-4, with lowly Northwestern accounting for two of the four home losses. Even the Wildcats are […]
