Conference Notes

Southern Conference First Round Recap

Southern Conference First Round Recap Recap by Paul Oren No. 4S Furman 73, No. 5N Western Carolina 68 Maleye Ndoye scored 25 points, including 5 three-pointers, to lead Furman to a 73-68 opening round victory over Western Carolina. The Paladins built their largest lead at 60-42 with 9:16 remaining, but […]

Big South Semifinals Preview

Big South Conference Semifinals Preview Preview by Jeremy Dunlap (4) Coastal Carolina at (1) Liberty Coastal Carolina has not made it to the Big South Championship game since 1993, and if they hope to make it again, they will have to do what no other conference team has done all […]

Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals Preview

Atlantic Sun Conference Quarterfinals Preview Preview by Michael Protos The Atlantic Sun conference tournament starts Thursday and concludes Saturday with the championship game at 4 p.m. on ESPN2. Each game will be played in Nashville, Tenn. Belmont is the host of the tournament. The conference tournament takes the top eight […]

D-1 Independents Notebook

D-1 Independents Notebook by Matthew Moll With no automatic bids for Independents and at large bids needing a high profile rep these schools will play for next year hoping to sign onto a conference or push for a better regular season. IPFW (4-23) Building a tough schedule in hopes of […]

Southern Conference Notebook

Southern Conference Notebook by Paul Oren SoCon Game of the Year In a simply amazing finish to a game featuring two of the best that the Southern Conference has to offer, College of Charleston held on to defeat East Tennessee State 91-89 in Charleston. Mike Benton tipped in an errant […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Salukis fall one short Southern Illinois traveled to Northern Iowa on Monday with a chance to make Missouri Valley Conference history. Unfortunately for the Salukis, they faced the challenge of playing the Panthers on Senior Night while Northern Iowa was also still playing […]

Horizon League Notebook

Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann March Madness has arrived and that means that the regular season has concluded. The games really count now. The 2003-’04 season in the Horizon League had a few teams met expectations, some that did not and others that exceeded expectations. Among those that met […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 3rd Simply Perfect: No. 2 St. Joseph’s did it. The Hawks erased St. Bonaventure 82-50 and finished the regular season a perfect 27-0. Senior guard Jameer Nelson finished with 25 points to lead St. Joseph’s, despite watching his teammates mop up the game during […]

Big South Quarterfinals Recap

Big South Conference Quarterfinals Recap Recap by Jeremy Dunlap Game 1 – (1) Liberty 60, (8) Charleston Southern 54 The top-seeded Liberty Flames did not have an easy time with Charleston Southern, but were able to withstand the upset bid by the Buccaneers and hold on to win, 60-54. Liberty […]

Southern Conference First Round Preview

Southern Conference First Round Preview Preview by Paul Oren The 2003-2004 Southern Conference Tournament gets underway Wednesday in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is the 83rd edition of this post-season tournament, and it represents the longest running conference tournament in the nation. Entering the tournament, there has been a lot […]