Conference Notes

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 1st New Season, Same Story: Although the competition is invariably good, the Big Ten may be getting sick of this ACC/Big Ten Challenge each season. Yet again, ACC teams are jumping all over the Big Ten, leading 4-1 after five games. The marquis game […]

Missouri Valley Conference Preview

Missouri Valley Conference 2004-05 Season Preview by Neal Heston It’s pretty likely that almost every team in the Missouri Valley Conference is going to experience some highs and lows. In fact, with the conference looking this competitive, it’s certain that every team will hit a high and several lows. Four […]

Big East Conference Preview

Big East Conference 2004-05 Preview by Jesse Ullmann The vintage throwbacks of Kerry Kittles, Allen Iverson and Ray Allen set a standard for the youth movement, more than they may now realize. Last year the Big East won its second consecutive national championship, matching the ACC as the only other […]

Atlantic Sun Conference Preview

Atlantic Sun Conference 2004-05 Preview by Darren Lowry The Atlantic Sun conference is as unpredictable as any other conference this season due to the major roster turnover that occurred conference-wide in the off-season. Several schools will be benefiting from an influx of new talent, whether it be now-eligible transfers or […]

Southland Conference Preview

Southland Conference 2004-05 Season Preview by Matt Isam The 2005 season in the Southland Conference should be very entertaining with recent powerhouses falling and new teams starting to earn the respect and compete at the top of the conference. Of course there will be some familiar teams such as University […]

SoCon Season Recap

Southern Conference 2003-04 Recap by Michael Ermitage The 2003-2004 basketball season for the Southern conference began with a conference realignment that separated rivals between Chattanooga and Charleston and ETSU and Davidson. For 2004-2005, it is possible that none of these traditional Southern Conference powerhouses finish in the top five. Charleston […]

Colonial Offseason News

Colonial Offseason News Recap by William S. Dawson III Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens Newcomers: Andrew Washington, G, Washington, DC/Friendly HS(Allen County CC, KS) Sam McMahon, G/F, Lohman, MO/Jefferson City HS(Bridgton Academy, ME) New Coaches: Steve Groothuis, Assistant Coach (Delaware ’02) Off-Season News: What the Blue Hen’s gained in young talent, […]

Mid-Con Offseason News

Mid-Continent Conference Offseason News Update by Paul Oren “Everything changes, but everything stays the same.” A quote which applied to the Mid-Continent Conference last season. Once the dust settled from three schools bringing in new head coaches and a new school joining the conference, Valparaiso continued to sit atop the […]

NEC Offseason News

Northeast Conference 2004 Offseason News Recap by Matthew Lefebvre Central Connecticut State Blue Devils Newcomers: Ingo Beaudet, C, Forestville, CA/Santa Rosa CC Tristan Blackwood, G, Toronto, Canada/Eastern Commerce Andre Brooks, F, Columbia, MD/Oakland Mills (Hagerstown CC) Jason Hickenbottom, F, Philadelphia, PA/Simon Gratz Jermaine Middleton, C, Inglewood, CA/South Kent (CT) Off-Season […]

Pac-10 Offseason News

Pac-10 Conference 2004 Off-Season News Recap by Scott Allen Arizona State Junior Ike Diogu, the Pac-10’s leading scorer last season, has been named a Top 50 Wooden Award candidate. The Garland, Texas native could be in the running for the award given to the “Most Outstanding Collegiate Basketball Player of […]