Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart Bobcats Improve To 4-2 with Victory over Red Raiders HAMDEN, Conn. – The expression “Be a senior” is one coined by a former University of South Carolina-Spartanburg (USC Upstate) coach named Chris Ward. Ward, who helped resurrect an ailing program during his stay as […]
Conference Notes
Big Ten Preview
Big Ten Conference 2005-06 Preview by James V. Dowd Just as its football coaches talked about how the Big Ten doesn’t earn the respect that it is due in their sport, many of the Big Ten basketball programs don’t feel the conference gets the respect it deserves after putting two […]
Atlantic Sun Preview
Atlantic Sun Conference 2005-06 Preview by Michael Protos The Atlantic Sun Conference danced the realignment shuffle this off-season, though few media sources made much fanfare of their moves. Gone are Central Florida, Georgia State and Troy. In their place, the A-Sun welcomes East Tennessee State, Kennesaw State and North Florida. […]
Big 12 Preview
Big 12 Conference 2005-06 Preview by Zach Ewing Welcome to mid-America, where the towns are mostly small and the athletic budgets are huge. The Big 12 Conference is loaded again and has what it takes to be considered one of the best conferences – maybe the best – in the […]
WAC Preview
Western Athletic Conference 2005-06 Preview by Mitch McLaughlin Entering the 2005-06 season, the Western Athletic Conference is adjusting to a massive realignment. The domino effect of schools switching conferences, which started on the East Coast, has had a big impact on the WAC. Rice, SMU, Tulsa and UTEP all left […]
ACC Notebook
ACC Notebook by Michael Protos Early Season Review The beginning of the 2005-06 season has gone according to plan for most ACC teams. Duke, Boston College and North Carolina State are all undefeated. North Carolina and Clemson also have not lost, but they have not played any major conference competition. […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the Week: Slim Millien, Idaho State Eastern Washington (1-3) Nov. 24: Marquette 83, Eastern Washington 73 (Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Alaska) Nov. 25: USC 69, Eastern Washington 51 (Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Alaska) Nov. 26: Southern Illinois 80, Eastern Washington 72 (Great […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook by Neal Heston In the Valley, basketball is 24-7 That is, 24 wins and 7 losses in the non-conference slate – good for a .774 winning percentage. Five teams are undefeated after the first full week of action, and it could have easily been seven. Drake (3-1) […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Zach Van Hart Moore serving suspension Cincinnati’s Chadd Moore will miss the next three games after being suspended for the team’s first five contests because he played in a summer league without permission. The senior guard has not played since February after he […]
Patriot Preview
Patriot League 2005-06 Preview by Steve Sheridan This year promises to be another exciting and intense season of Patriot League basketball. Last season, the Bucknell Bison finally got the Patriot League off the snide by winning the league’s first-ever NCAA Tournament game. The expectations continue to increase for individual schools […]
