Conference Notes

Atlantic Sun Notebook

Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Tight at the Top With just about two weeks remaining in the Atlantic Sun conference’s regular season, there are three teams with a legitimate chance of winning the conference title. Central Florida, Troy State and Belmont rest on top of the Atlantic Sun […]

Big South Notebook

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Getting that First Win Charleston Southern has spent the last two weeks flirting with victory but coming up just short time and time again. A last second tip-in by Radford, an overtime miracle shot by High Point, and a second-half comeback and overtime […]

Mountain West Notebook

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Placing Bids With the demise of the Pac-10, it’s interesting to see which western conference will end up with the most NCAA Tournament bids this season. With Stanford and Arizona the only locks, the Pac-10 would need somebody else to win its conference tournament […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, February 16th Bad Timing for a Bad Knee: Indiana sophomore forward Sean Kline will miss significant time because of a knee injury that occurred during the Hoosiers’ game against Purdue Saturday. Kline averaged 7.1 points and four rebounds per game for Indiana and takes away […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 15th Continuing To Win, Part 1: No. 1 Stanford remained undefeated with a 69-58 win over rival California in Berkeley, getting 16 points from Rob Little and 15 points and 9 rebounds from Josh Childress. Stanford (21-0, 12-0 Pac Ten) held Golden Bear leading […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, February 13th Edelin sits out: Syracuse point guard Billy Edelin did not practice Thursday and will be out indefinitely, coach Jim Boeheim said. Edelin, a sophomore, sat out against Virginia Tech and Connecticut before returning Saturday and playing 23 minutes in a loss at Providence. […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 12th St. Joseph’s (PA) beats Dayton (OH): St. Joseph’s put its undefeated streak on the line yesterday against once Top 25 Dayton. The game was a contest between the two top teams from the Atlantic 10, the first between teams that were both 9-0. […]

Morninng Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 11th Syracuse hangs on without AWOL Edelin: Hakim Warrick led the Orangemen to a 63-61 win over visiting Rutgers Tuesday night. Warrick finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds. The win was much-needed for Syracuse, who had dropped four out of five. Josh Pace, […]

Ivy League Notebook

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner The second weekend of Ivy-exclusive games proved once again that anything can happen. Cornell, for example, looked downright bipolar in the weekend’s action. Friday night, the Big Red demolished Brown, 96-81, leading by as many as 24 points. Twenty-four hours later, the Red looked […]

Big Ten Notebook

Big Ten Conference Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Home on the Range The importance of winning at home has a direct correlation to who captures the Big Ten championship. Over the last 13 seasons the team that claimed Big Ten Gold has not lost more than one home game during the […]