Conference Notes

Conference USA Notebook

Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Another one bites the dust The question anymore is not, “Who is leaving?” but instead “Who is staying?” Mathematically speaking this is the case as TCU became the eighth current C-USA school to announce its departure for another conference, effective for the 2005-06 […]

Metro Atlantic Notebook

Metro Atlantic Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann Hallelujah! On the verge of setting a new school record for most losses in school history, Loyola (1-10, 1-19) snapped a 31-game losing spell last Thursday night defeating Marist (3-7, 5-14) 63-57. The Greyhounds have gone 375 days without a victory but the […]

Big Ten Notebook

Big Ten Conference Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Big Ten Loses Legend The Big Ten lost one of its all time greats when former Michigan and Wisconsin All-American and Badger Athletic Director Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch passed away in a Madison nursing home at the age of 80. Hirsch grew up […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 4th Cincinnati upset again: Coming off a home loss to Charlotte over the weekend, it seemed that Cincinnati would take out its frustrations on cross-town rival and struggling Xavier. But the Musketeers are never an easy battle for the Bearcats, and once again Tuesday […]

SWAC Notebook

Southwestern Athletic Conference Notebook by Joaquin Mesa The Lead is Cut to None Mississippi Valley State has been caught by Jackson State in conference play, and things are getting heated with the top two teams in the conference with two losses and Texas Southern, Southern University and Alabama A&M trailing […]

Mid-Continent Notebook

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook by Nick Dettmann Valparaiso Crusaders (10-9 overall, 7-3 Mid-Con) The powerhouse of the Mid-Con in the last decade is finally becoming that. After they lost three of their first four conference games, Valpo has come back to win six straight games, all of them in conference. Their […]

Mountain West Notebook

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman An Era Ends At Utah Utah head coach Rick Majerus has always had two loves in his life: eating and basketball. Unfortunately, it looks like his love for the former will end his career in the latter. After checking into the hospital last Wednesday […]

Northeast Notebook

Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette With a three game sweep at home this weekend, St. Francis NY cemented themselves as the first place team in the NEC. Victories over Sacred Heart, Robert Morris and St. Francis PA have put them a game-and-a-half ahead of second place Monmouth. Not much […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Bottoms Up As the regular season heads into its final full month of action, the conference races are just heating up. And even with an unbeaten Southern Illinois team sitting at the top of the standings, the Missouri Valley is still up for […]

Patriot League Notebook

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Seeing that this is the Patriot League, I would first like to congratulate the New England Patriots on their second Super Bowl victory in three years Sunday night over the Carolina Panthers. And even though no member of the Patriots (or Panthers, for that […]