Conference Notes

Mountain West Notebook

Mountain West Conference Notebook by John Eisel Mountain West Conference Power Poll 1. Utah (22-3, 10-0 MWC) It almost seems pointless continuing. It’s Utah and then everybody else. Hopefully they can actually win an NCAA Tournament game- they’d be only the third in conference history. That’s not good. 2. New […]

SEC Notebook

SEC Notebook by Ryan Glenn Just to illustrate the great parity in the SEC, South Carolina shocked the 3rd-ranked Kentucky Wildcats on Tuesday. A season-high 21 turnovers, combined with just 35% shooting from the field, prevented the Wildcats from getting anything going down the stretch. The other big game this […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Tourney Watch Southern Illinois: NCAA Tourney – SIU just knows how to win the big games. Winning at Illinois State is tough, and the Salukis made it look simple. Wichita State: NCAA Tourney – Two tough losses have the Shockers slipping, but they […]

Big South Notebook

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Regular Season Champs With one week remaining in the regular season, Winthrop clinched its fourth regular season Big South title of the last seven years with a pair of victories this past week. The regular season championship gives the Eagles the top seed […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 23trd Chaos Atop the Big XII: After Kansas faltered Monday night against Oklahoma, Oklahoma State appeared poised to stake its claim atop the Big XII standings. Then the Cowboys laid an egg at Nebraska, falling back into a tie with the Jayhawks at 10-3 […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 22nd Jayhawks Drop Third Straight: Oklahoma jumped to a 15-point halftime lead and held off Kansas’ frantic second-half rally to win 71-63 at home and hand the Jayhawks their first three-game losing streak in 11 years. Junior Terrell Everett and freshman David Godbold combined […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, February 21st Two Big East Coaches Make the Cut: Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim and Connecticut’s Jim Calhoun have been selected as finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame. Calhoun narrowly missed election last year and added the 2004 NCAA title to his resume, which includes the […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 20th Illini Keep Winning: Although they led the entire second half and most of the first half, Illinois didn’t have it easy in their 75-65 win over host Iowa. Foul trouble plagued the Illini (27-0, 13-0 Big Ten), who were led by 18 points […]

SoCon Notebook

Southern Conference Notebook by Jonathan Gonzalez So what did we learn about the Southern Conference this week? For starters, we learned that Davidson doesn’t seem too fond of losing games. We also learned that Appalachian State is pretty good, while UNC-Greensboro is slipping. East Tennessee State’s Tim Smith can really […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 19th Funky Tigers: After a solid non-conference performannce, Princeton appeared ready to run away with the Ivy League. But the rest of the league has caught up to Princeton, and the Tigers appeared destined for – heaven forbid – last place. Yale continued the […]