Big 12 Conference Preview by Zach Ewing With the college semester halfway over, the wait is also over. College basketball season, brought on by Midnight Madness celebrations across the country, is underway. And perhaps nowhere in the country is it more anticipated than in the Midwest where the talent, unlike […]
Conference Notes
Big South Preview
Big South Conference Preview by Jeremy Dunlap Everybody is now invited. After an NCAA ruling early in the off-season, Birmingham-Southern will be allowed to compete for the Big South’s automatic bid a year sooner than expected. Birmingham-Southern, which finished tied for first in the regular season last year with Liberty, […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 15th Majerus Is In: After several days of speculation and discussion, USC officials hired Rick Majerus, the former Utah coach and current ESPN analyst. Majerus said he plans to let interim coach Jim Saia complete the season as the Trojans’ coach. But doing so […]
Horizon League Preview
Horizon League Preview by Nick Dettmann For the second straight season last year, the Horizon League championship game pitted the top two teams in the league. For the second straight year, the game had the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as one of the teams. For the second straight year, the title […]
Pac-10 Preview
Pac-10 Conference Season Preview by Scott Allen The Pacific-10 Conference won’t have much representation in the majority of preseason Top 25 polls and the pundits will predictably continue to call the Pac-10 one of the weakest major conferences in the land. Without fail, incensed fans at Arizona, Stanford and Washington […]
Patriot League Preview
Patriot League Preview by Steve Sheridan Last season in the Patriot League was a long roller coaster ride, one that left the diehard fan completely satisfied at the end. Lafayette jumped out quickly, Lehigh stormed ahead, and meanwhile the American Eagles continued their steady, unassuming play to be there until […]
SEC Preview
SEC Conference Preview by Thomas Beisner The Southeastern Conference enters its 72nd season with an influx of new talent, one new coach and several teams looking to unseat the powers at the top. Unfortunately for these teams, Kentucky again looks to be at the head of the class. The Eastern […]
Ohio Valley Preview
Ohio Valley Conference Preview by Nathan Clinkenbeard Sports writers, coaches and players can spend all the time in the world wondering who will be number one in the OVC by the end of the season, but the regular season hardly matters as much in a mid-major conference. Take the Austin […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 12th Illini Roll: Illinois remained hot on Saturday, handing Oregon its first loss of the season in Chicago with an 83-66 victory in Chicago. All five starters scored in double figures for the Illini (9-0), led by Luther Head’s 23 points and Deron Williams’ […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 5th Wake Rebounds: After getting crushed on Wednesday night, Wake Forest came back on Saturday with a 90-73 home win over Richmond behind 22 points from Justin Gray and 21 from Eric Williams. The Demon Deacons (6-1) never trailed and shot 53% from the […]
