Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen A glance at the other half of the Pac-10, with Washington State and USC off to fast starts, while Oregon, Oregon State and Arizona State are still looking to get things going. Beavers Seeking Consistency The Beavers’ first conference win, last Saturday at Cal, […]
Conference Notes
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Conference Notebook by John Eisel 1. Air Force (14-1, 2-0) (LW: 2) Comment: When do you think the Zoomies will get the credit they deserve? Last week’s results: Beat BYU 75-59, beat SDSU 65-62. What we liked: On national television, Air Force beat up a pretty good BYU […]
West Coast Notebook
West Coast Conference Notebook by Brad Best Non-Conference Summary Gonzaga (10-3) Preseason ranking: 1 Best win: Heroic effort by Adam Morrison in a triple overtime 109-106 victory over Michigan State in the semi-finals of the Maui Invitational. Worst loss: 99-95 at Washington. Lost their in-state bragging rights against a tough […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the Week: Scott Morrison, Portland State Eastern Washington Eagles (5-8 overall) Dec. 27: BYU 97, Eastern Washington 66 Dec. 29: Boise State 76, Eastern Washington 72 Jan. 1: San Diego 97, Eastern Washington 78 Rodney Stuckey scored 21 points with four […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Two weeks into the conference season, here’s a look at five of the Pac-10’s most surprising teams thus far. Look for a breakdown of the rest of the conference early next week. Home Warriors Washington is 12-1, ranked No. 10 in the nation and […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston The conference season is finally here, and highly-anticipated competition can now begin in the Missouri Valley Conference. All 10 Valley squads will head into league play with .500 marks or better for the first time in more than 20 seasons. Full MVC play […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Many college basketball observers have already claimed this season to be a down year for the ACC following last season’s remarkable run in which Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest seemingly dominated everyone. And they were flashy about it, too. Of course, North […]
MAAC Notebook
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Notebook by Matthew Moll Still a single bid Conference play is upon us and now the MAAC’s season will begin. The previous two months has been relegated to preseason largely because MAAC participants were unable to deliver any big-ticket upsets to large school juggernauts. Georgetown, Villanova, […]
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan The 2005-2006 season is well into its second month of play, and I have yet to write one Patriot League notebook so far. Not to diminish the teams of the Patriot League, but part of the reason is due to the simple fact that […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Zach Van Hart 1. Connecticut Huskies (9-0) Next: Wednesday vs. Stony Brook A healthy Denham Brown and refreshing play from Hilton Armstrong have helped UConn to a flawless start and undefeated record in non-conference action. A career high 33 points by Rashad […]
