Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos At some point this season, Duke, North Carolina State, North Carolina, Maryland, Boston College and Wake Forest have been ranked. That’s six teams. With roughly a quarter of the conference schedule complete, only two figure to be locks for the NCAA Tournament. Let’s […]
Conference Notes
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston League race tightens: UNI downs SIU in double overtime Northern Iowa has racked up some huge victories on its home floor during the last two seasons, but perhaps none were as large as the 71-65 double-overtime victory over Southern Illinois on Monday night. […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Zach Van Hart Pittsburgh Panthers (14-0 overall, 3-0 Big East) Up Next: Wednesday at Rutgers at 8 p.m. Pittsburgh is off to a fast start in Big East play keeping its unbeaten overall mark intact. The Panthers are one of only three […]
WAC Notebook
Western Athletic Conference Notebook by Mitch McLaughlin Entering the 2005-06 season, all of the focus on the Western Athletic Conference was on the team that was picked by everyone to at least represent the conference in the Big Dance this March. That team, the Nevada Wolf Pack, was well on […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the Week: Alex Bausley, Sacramento State Eastern Washington Eagles (6-10 overall, 1-2 conference) Jan. 14: Eastern Washington 89, Portland State 70 The Eagles snapped a five-game losing streak with its victory over the Vikings. Freshman Rodney Stuckey scored 31 points. Stuckey […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook by Ryan Glenn Oh how the predictions were wrong. Ole Miss is off to a 3-0 start with the dominance of junior Dwayne Curtis. He is leading the team in points and rebounds. Predicted to finish fifth in the West Division, the Rebels have looked good in their […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Home cookin’ is the order du jour in the ACC. After one week of conference play, every team now has at least one game under their belt. Most have two. And only Duke has a conference road win. The road is always tough […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston First Quarter Report Card The conference season is four to five games deep now. Some of your typical straight-A teams will still make Mom and Dad proud. Others may want to forge signatures. Southern Illinois (11-3, 4-0) The Salukis definitely didn’t hit the […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart It was said at the beginning of the season that the Northeast Conference is one in which any team can knock off any opponent on any given night. Well, that statement has proved to be somewhat accurate thus far. The NEC appears to be […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Seawolves Start Winning Stony Brook was the last winless team in America East before finally picking up two wins last week. The Seawolves have certainly not had it easy in non-conference play, as they have one of the toughest schedules in America. Helping out […]
