Conference Notes

Mid-American Notebook

Mid-American Conference Notebook by Jeremy Speer The top teams in the Mid-American Conference are beginning to surface, as a pair of two-team races is developing. Western Michigan maintains a one-game lead over Toledo in the West Division while Kent State enjoys a game and half advantage over Miami in the […]

America East Notebook

America East Notebook by Adam Reich Breaking Down the America East Halfway through the conference schedule a few things have become quite clear: Taylor Coppenrath is by far and away the conference’s best player, Chaz Carr has emerged as BU’s go-to-guy, and Marcus Barnes and Jose Juan Barea can light […]

Big South Notebook

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap No Chance for the Dance The NCAA is known for having some quirky rules that nobody seems to understand, but Birmingham-Southern must be wondering why the team will be sitting around in March while the rest of the conference will be competing for […]

ACC Notebook

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Idolizing Duke In the national fervor for talent searches like American Idol, the best and worst singers entertain all of America, and the people seemingly can’t get enough. In the world of college basketball, the nationwide search for a squad talented enough to […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – February 3rd Mainline Madness: So what’s more important to St. Joseph’s? Being one of the best teams in the nation, or being the best in Philly? The Hawks kept their undefeated run alive and pushed their mark to 19-0 with a 74-67 triumph over fellow Big […]

Atlantic 10 Notebook

Atlantic-10 Conference Notebook by Jonathan Scherner Upset for the ages Richmond suddenly made themselves a candidate for the NCAA Tournament with their upset victory over 12th ranked Kansas. Tony Dobbins hit a fade-away jumper with one second left to give the Spiders an improbable 69-68 victory at Allen Fieldhouse. It […]

Big West Notebook

Big West Conference Notebook by Marcus Vanderberg 12 wins and slowly creeping towards the Top 25 Utah State is proving to the Big West that they are head and shoulders above the rest of the teams in the conference. The Aggies are on a remarkable winning streak which is currently […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, February 2nd Sensational Super Sunday: The sports highlight of yesterday had to be the Super Bowl between New England and Carolina. Despite a slow start, the game did not lack excitement as the Patriots and Panthers traded scores late in the second quarter and then […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 1st SEC Leads The Way: On a day of Top 25 upsets, no major conference had more than the SEC, where three ranked teams lost. Further illustrating the importance that winning on the road can make, all three upset victims were away from home. […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, January 31st Stephen F. Austin Player Dies: Stephen F. Austin junior transfer Greg Wallace died Friday after collapsing while shooting baskets at SFA’s home court. Wallace was sitting out this season after transferring from Army and was practicing while the active players and coaches were […]