Conference Notes

West Coast Offseason News

West Coast Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Noah Godwin Gonzaga became the first team since Pepperdine in 1992 to run the table in the West Coast Conference. The departures of Blake Stepp and Corey Violette have done little to get the Zag faithful down. Senior forward/center Ronnie Turiaf has continued […]

SEC Offseason News

SEC 2004 Offseason News Recap by Thomas Beisner Another hot, sticky summer came to an end in the Southeastern Conference and after the haze cleared there were some serious changes to some teams. Alabama The only real news at Alabama over the summer was the appointment of coach Mark Gottfried […]

Atlantic 10 Offseason News

Atlantic 10 2004 Offseason News Recap by Nate Beardsley Don’t be surprised if the familiar faces of Dayton, Saint Joseph’s and Xavier are not at the top of the 2004-05 Atlantic 10 standings. Graduation has hit each of these programs hard, and they don’t have proven, experienced players who can […]

Big 12 Offseason News

Big 12 Conference Offseason News Recap by Zach Ewing The air is starting to get cooler, the leaves are turning yellow and college basketball season is just around the corner. That doesn’t mean, however, that nothing happened in the Big 12 Conference since Oklahoma State was eliminated in last spring’s […]

Big Ten Offseason News

Big Ten Conference 2004 Offseason News Recap by John Sahly The Big 10 had an relatively quiet offseason when compared to the rest of the NCAA. Only one scandal, no adding or subtracting teams, no breaking television deals. Instead, the Big 10 put together a team for a foreign tour […]

Mountain West Offseason News

Mountain West Conference 2004 Offseason News Recap by John Eisel Late Night with the MWC: The Mountain West Conference announced they were unable to leave their ESPN “Big Monday” contractual obligation, keeping the conference showcase late at night (midnight-2 AM Eastern). The conference, which wanted to explore a Wednesday or […]

SWAC Offseason News

Southwest Athletic Conference 2004 Offseason News Recap by Ryan Lyle Commings It’s been a long summer for the Southwestern Atlantic Conference. Some losses of good friends and some fresh new faces, the SWAC is prepping up to elevate the conference to one of the major, mid – majors in the […]

WAC Offseason News

Pac-10 Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Scott Allen Rice, SMU, Tulsa and UTEP are leaving the WAC at the end of this season for Conference USA, with New Mexico State, Utah State and Idaho set to fill their vacancy. Reno will host the WAC tournament for the first time this […]

Metro Atlantic Season Recap

Metro Atlantic Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Jesse Ullmann The Manhattan Jaspers for the second straight year finished atop the leader board with a 16-2 (25-6) record with the two conference losses coming on the road to Iona and Rider. Iona and Rider meanwhile had their fare share of problems […]

WAC Season Recap

Western Athletic Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Joaquin Mesa When Kirk Snyder was taken in the draft by the Utah Jazz, everyone who supports the WAC conference jumped in joy. A first-rounder! An actual first-rounder! The WAC Player of the Year was probably just as surprised as most of the […]