Conference Notes

MAAC Recap

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2005-06 Season Recap by Matthew Moll Rivalries were embittered (pick one), records were set (Mr. Clark), teams were upset (Loyola), others were surprised, others surprised to be disappointing (Canisius), all the while shots that appeared to be sure went clank (Manhattan), some looked good but rattled […]

NEC Recap

Northeast Conference 2005-06 Season Recap by Zach Smart Farleigh Dickinson (20-12, 14-4): It was a special year for the Knights. The season had nearly all the right ingredients: a regular season conference championship, a conference Player of the Year award, and two players being named to the Division I All-MET […]

SEC Recap

SEC 2005-06 Season Recap by Ryan Glenn All year, the SEC was downplayed as a conference full of youth. However, as I stated in my conference preview: “when you have this much young talent, you are bound to do something right.” The SEC finished the year with two teams in […]

ACC Recap

Atlantic Coast Conference 2005-06 Recap by Michael Protos When ACC aficionados recall the 2005-06 season, they will largely consider it to be a down year for the conference. The conference placed only four teams in the NCAA Tournament, and none of them advanced past the Sweet 16. But the season […]

Horizon Recap

Horizon League 2005-06 Season Recap by Nick Dettmann The Horizon League had familiar company at the top with the rest of the league pretty much wide-open. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers won the regular season championship for the third straight season and reached the league tournament title game for the […]

America East Recap

America East 2005-06 Recap by Phil Kasiecki 2005-06 was a little different than the previous season in America East. Northeastern left the conference, but the loss of many key players on teams from the previous season left a number of teams with depleted rosters. Overall, the level of play in […]

Colonial Recap

Colonial Athletic Association 2005-06 Season Recap by Phil Kasiecki The 2005-06 season won’t soon be forgotten as far as the Colonial Athletic Association is concerned. It was arguably the best season in the conference’s history after the conference tournament in early March, and then the CAA made waves in both […]

Missouri Valley Recap

Missouri Valley Conference 2005-06 Season Recap by Neal Heston It seems as if the Missouri Valley Conference re-writes history each season. Two years ago, the league had one of its best non-conference seasons ever. That was followed by five teams reaching the postseason last year – including three in the […]

West Coast Recap

West Coast Conference 2005-06 Recap by Brad Best Once again the Gonzaga Bulldogs took care of business in the West Coast Conference, earning its sixth straight conference title. Led in scoring and spirit by All-American Adam Morrison, the Bulldogs went on to record a perfect 14-0 conference record. Loyola Marymount […]

Big Sky Recap

Big Sky Conference 2005-06 Season Recap by Nick Dettmann For much of the season, especially once the conference season got started, it looked as if the Big Sky Conference was going to get its fourth different representative in four years for the NCAA Tournament. Northern Arizona ran a 10-game winning […]