The Morning Dish – Friday, January 28th Arizona Takes Command of Pac Ten: In Tucson, No. 11 Arizona overcame a ten-point first-half deficit and rode a 38-of-40 team effort from the foul line to capture round one of its first place showdown with No. 10 Washington 91-82. Channing Frye scored […]
Conference Notes
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 27th Dukies Downed in Durham: Well now there are only two. Previously undefeated and No. 2-ranked Duke lost last night to Maryland 75-66. The Terrapins used a crushing second-half defense to stay with the Blue Devils, allowing only two points in the final four […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Midterm This writer thinks he’s so smart. But you can judge now by comparing my preseason picks compared to how everything stacks up midway through the conference slate. Be kind; there’s still a month left! Preseason Picks Through Jan. 24 Wichita State Wichita […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann Thomas and Krauser Nominated Senior guard Chris Thomas of Notre Dame and Pittsburgh’s Carl Krauser have each been nominated as finalists for the Bob Cousy College Point Guard of the Year Award. Thomas, who was nominated last year for the award, is currently […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 26th Illinois Keeps Streaking: Illinois proved why the Illini are the undisputed No. 1 team in the nation by beating Wisconsin 75-65, ending the Badgers’ 38-game home-winning streak. The Illini won their 20th consecutive game, moving to 20-0. But it wasn’t easy. Illinois fell […]
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Army FINALLY Wins A Division I Game Army has finally returned to legitimacy in the world of college basketball…okay, that may be a stretch, but the team did do something this weekend that it hadn’t done all season long. It took the Black Knights […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing Can Texas go on without Tucker? The Texas Longhorns were blasted with some bad news this past week when they learned that star forward P.J. Tucker is academically ineligible based on the fall semester and will not play again this season. Tucker led […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 25th Orange Avoid Upset: Trailing 54-36 at the half, Syracuse stormed back to defeat Rutgers 86-84 in Piscataway, N.J. Gerry McNamara and Hakim Warrick finished with 21 points apiece for the Orange, which became the first team to reach 20 victories this season. Syracuse […]
Ohio Valley Notebook
Ohio Valley Conference Notebook by Nathan Clinkenbeard Bulldogs Showing Bark Early No one believed in the Samford Bulldogs at the beginning of the season, evident by the Ohio Valley coaches and sports information directors picking them to finish 10th in a conference of 11 teams. However, six games into the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, January 24th UW Huskies in NCAA Trouble?: Kevin Messick, the head trainer for all athletic programs at the University of Washington has been put on administrative leave. Barring an appeal, he will ultimately be fired for falsifying medical records to give an athlete an extra […]
