Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Dissecting the Middle of the Pack At first glance, it’s hard to differentiate Maryland, Georgia Tech, Miami and Virginia Tech because each team is 5-5. Three of them have 14-7 records. The most apparent differences are that the Terrapins and Yellow Jackets had […]
Conference Notes
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 12th Horton Has History of Abuse: Michigan guard Daniel Horton has been suspended from the Wolverine basketball team for an incident stemming from a domestic abuse charge. Now it has been revealed that the woman involved in the incident, Horton’s girlfriend Deborah Johnson, had […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 11th Wake Forest Moves into First-Place Tie with Duke and UNC: Justin Gray’s 18 points led five Demon Deacons in double figures and Wake Forest overcame a 27-point outburst by Julius Hodge as Wake defeated NC State 86-75. The Demon Deacons raced to a […]
SoCon Notebook
Southern Conference Notebook by Jonathan Gonzalez In the spirit of Valentines Day, Davidson continued to show no love to the rest of the Southern Conference as the Wildcats ran their winning streak to 12 games. Davidson enjoyed another strong week from Brendan Winters, who is having a SoCon MVP-type season. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 9th And Then There Was One: Digger Phelps must have known what he was talking about. The ESPN analyst predicted this past weekend that Boston College would lose to Notre Dame tonight, leaving Illinois as the only undefeated team in the nation. Less than […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook by Ryan Glenn The SEC season continues to be utterly unpredictable. In the past few games, Kentucky squeaked out a victory by one point, a Vandy freshman has scored 30 points, and Alabama trounced a “top” conference team by almost 50. It is becoming clear that this year’s […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Four Highlanders Suspended The biggest news of the week in the Big South came out of Radford, as head coach Byron Samuels announced soon before the Highlanders’ game at Charleston Southern on Saturday that four of his players had been suspended for the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 8th UConn Stops Syracuse’s Streak: Charlie Villanueva scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Connecticut held Syracuse to five points during the final eight minutes, as the Huskies ended the Orange’s 16-game home winning streak with a 74-66 victory. Hakim Warrick scored 16 […]
C-USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Rivalries end, ending Half of C-USA is ecstatic about what changes next season present, because those universities are moving to more talented basketball leagues. But even the likes of Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville and others understand the sad part of the move: the ending […]
Patriot Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Holy Cross Led By The Not So Usual Crew Kevin Hamilton was “held” to 21 points and Keith Simmons scored 26 points in two games this weekend, but at this point it seems as if nothing can stop Holy Cross. With their two stars […]