The Morning Dish – Sunday, January 16th Demon Deacons Take It: The biggest matchup of the day had to be Wake Forest hosting North Carolina, the only time the two will meet in the regular season. Chris Paul had a monster game, scoring 26 points, handing out eight assists, grabbing […]
Conference Notes
Atlantic Sun Notebook
Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Darren Lowry Two Schools Join A-Sun With the conference set to lose four schools in the next two years, there was no secret that the A-Sun was going to have to replace them sooner rather than later. On Jan. 5, the A-Sun announced that Kennesaw […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Conference Power Poll by John Eisel Wow, what an eventful week. UNM’s Danny Granger hurts his knee against Wyoming, got surgery, will be back. SDSU’s Wesley Stokes doesn’t take care of his grades, won’t be back. Colorado State’s Dwight Boatner leaves school. He’ll be back, just not with […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook by Ryan Glenn SEC Player of the Week Vanderbilt’s Mario Moore was named SEC Player of the Week following Vanderbilt’s impressive wins over Alabama and Tennessee. Moore averaged 17 points and 5 assists in the two games. During the Alabama game, he helped the Commodores take control of […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, January 15th Mystery Condition Hospitalizes Nittany Lion: Penn State sophomore guard Marlon Smith remains hospitalized in serious condition after he collapsed and fainted during a Jan. 7 practice. Doctors continue to perform tests on Smith at Hershey Medical Center to determine the cause of Smith’s […]
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Non-League Report Cards The non-league performance of a team can tell you much about the character of the squad and its ability to contend for a league title. For the eight teams of the Patriot League, this non-league season was certainly no different. Bucknell, […]
C-USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Houston’s upset special It didn’t take long for head coach Tom Penders to make a difference at Houston. The Cougars beat a ranked team for the first time in eight seasons with a win against No. 16 Louisville, 70-67. Andre Owens scored 27, […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Hitting their Stride Expectations coming into the year were very high for High Point, but until recently, the Panthers did not give many indications that they were going to be able to meet those lofty predictions. However, it seems as if the Panthers […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston A good sign The last time the Missouri Valley Conference got three teams in the NCAA Tournament was 1999. During that campaign, seven teams boasted winning records. This season, there are eight so far. If Drake is able to knock down Illinois State […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 13th Illini Stays Unbeaten: Raining down a school-record 15 three-point baskets, Illinois kept its record perfect at 17-0 with a 90-64 win against Penn State. Luther Head notched 19 and Dee Brown added 15 points against a Penn State zone defense that allowed plenty […]
