Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Hoopville’s Player of the Week: Grant Stout, Northern Iowa The senior forward has begun the conference slate on the right jump, scoring an average of 16 points and grabbing 11.3 rebounds in UNI’s 4-0 start. Bradley (11-6 / 2-3) Raining Threes Only Wichita […]
Conference Notes
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Late Surge Leads to Even Record As conference play begins in earnest save for the BracketBusters games in February, now is a good time to look back at the CAA’s non-conference showing. Overall, it’s been decidedly a mixed bag. After Sunday’s games, the […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Pat DiSalvo 1. Connecticut Huskies (0-0 Big East, 11-0 Overall) Up Next: Saturday @ West Virginia at 2 p.m. (ESPN 2), Saturday @ LSU at 9 p.m. (ESPN) Despite a rather lax non-conference schedule so far (Indiana, LSU, Georgia Tech still loom), […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Cory Eve Coaching Shake-up in the Horizon Jimmy Collins, who holds the record for all-time wins at Illinois-Chicago, took a personal leave of absence from the team on Saturday citing personal reasons. There is no specific timetable for Collins to return, and associate head coach Mark […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal Test #2: Aced. Alando Tucker, welcome to the top of the national player of the year race. Tucker turned in his most dominating performance of the season as Wisconsin cleared its second consecutive Saturday hurdle, downing previously unbeaten Pittsburgh 89-75. Tucker paced the […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Cory Eve Butler and Loyola (Ill.) Class of the Horizon At this point of the season it’s usually too early to tell who the best teams in the league are and who are the worst, but in the case of the Horizon League, two teams are […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos At the start of the season, how many of you thought Clemson would be the only remaining undefeated ACC team at this point? Be honest now. The Tigers are 10-0 and have won six games by at least 20 points. Clemson’s largest halftime […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart FDU, SHU Early Favorites We’re all familiar with the scenario. One team starts the season of sizzling, establishes itself on the radar with a collection of victories both in and out of conference, before another team emerges out of the blue to take the […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal It’s only one month into the season, but the Big Ten picture is starting to clear up. Hopes of a successful season with a new coach, new batch of players or new attitude have been both realized and slashed. For some, the preseason […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Quarterly Review Buy now! Invest yourselves in the Missouri Valley Conference as soon as possible, because the MVC is positioning itself for another strong showing in March. Considering what Valley squads have accomplished during the past few non-conference seasons, it sounds a little […]
