Conference Notes

Big South Notebook

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Oh My, VMI After a promising start to the season during their non-conference schedule, the VMI Keydets have fell on very hard times as their losing streak has now reached ten games after an 0-3 week. With a win over Virginia Tech in […]

Southern Conference Notebook

Southern Conference Notebook by Jon Gonzalez It’s Feb. 1, and you are a member of the Southern Conference. You look at the calendar, count the weeks, and find that in a little more than five weeks, the NCAA will select 64 teams for their tournament. You wonder if your team […]

Patriot League Notebook

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan First Army Wins, Now Navy Wins…Twice! Taking a cue from its fellow service academy, Navy improbably decided to start winning Patriot League basketball games this weekend. The Midshipmen garnered their first league victory of the season on Friday evening, defeating Colgate 82-71 at home. […]

Big East Notebook

Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann BC in the Dog House Usually the Big East will embrace the team with the best record in conference play. Do not expect Boston College to receive such treatment. Even before the season had begun coaches and several other authority figures attacked Boston […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 1st Kansas Overcomes Shaky Start: The Jayhawks shot just 36 percent in the first half and trailed by eight at the break but warmed up in time to defeat Missouri 73-61. Senior forward Wayne Simien led all scorers with 22 points on 7-of-17 shooting, […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, January 31st Huskies Back in First: Behind 23 points from Nate Robinson, Washington defeated Arizona State 79-70 in Tempe. The win moved the Huskies back into a first-place tie with Arizona in the Pac Ten. UW forced 21 Sun Devil turnovers and held Ike Diogu […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, January 30th Illini Keep Winning: On a day when the school celebrated 100 years of basketball, Illinois rode a fast start to an 89-66 blowout of visiting Minnesota. Over 300 former players and coaches watched the Illini (21-0, 7-0 Big Ten) open the game with […]

ACC Notebook

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Digging Deep As January comes to a close, the college basketball season approaches the two-thirds mark of the regular season. Some teams are streaking toward the tournament; others are limping toward the off-season. Players and coaches have a right to become weary when […]

Mountain West Notebook

Mountain West Conference 2003-04 Recap by John Eisel Mountain West Conference Power Poll 1. Utah (17-3, 5-0) 2. Air Force (12-7, 3-1) 3. San Diego State (9-8, 3-1) 4. UNLV (9-7, 2-2) 5. Wyoming (10-8, 2-3) 6. New Mexico (14-5, 1-3) 7. Colorado State (9-9, 1-4) 8. BYU (7-13, 1-4) […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, January 29th All It Takes Is a Few Wins: Minnesota coach Dan Monson was all but fired entering this season. His tenure at Minnesota had seen a lot of losing and a lot of turmoil in his short stint there. But this season, Monson has […]