The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 28th Pitino may be back in action: Louisville coach Rick Pitino is saying that he’d like to be pacing the sidelines this weekend after previoiusly stating that he was going to take a leave of absence. Pitino has been sufferring from an undisclosed illness […]
Conference Notes
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Jeremy Speer Kent State has no player who even bears the resemblance of a star. With no players among the MAC’s Top 15 scorers, the Golden Flashes are a team characterized by unimpressive statistics. Except for one: First place. With convincing victories against the MAC’s top […]
West Coast Notebook
West Coast Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider With a third of the West Coast Conference season already in the books, we can deduce the following: Gonzaga is good; San Diego is bad; and the rest of the league is playing for second-to-seventh place. Okay, I may be generalizing a bit. […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Preparing for the Final Stretch As the calendar flips from January to February, the ACC teams prepare for the final run at an NCAA Tournament berth. The primary setting will be conference games, meaning that for every winner, there also is a loser. […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner Going into this season, no one expected that Yale would struggle like it did last season. With a mature, healthy roster and the collective memory of both winning the league and falling back to mediocrity, the Elis, it seemed, were primed for a repeat […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Tourney Watch With Creighton, Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois receiving votes in the latest Associated Press Poll, the MVC is on pace to finish its best season since sending three teams to the NCAA Tournament in 1999. Creighton (14-2, 6-2) fell behind Southern […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – January 27th Pitino in Pain: Louisville coach Rick Pitino is tough, but the pain has taken its toll. Pitino will take an indefinite leave of absence to tend to a discomfort that he describes as a “urological related” pain. The Cardinals coach said he first felt […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle would cite the Big Ten Standings as the model of his perfect league. Just one game separates ten of the 11 teams after two weeks. Next season should be less taxing for Big Ten teams. To ease some […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman No Harm, No Foul During his tenure at Utah, Rick Majerus has always been close to his players, even after they have left Salt Lake. However, recently some rumors and allegations have put a minor stain on the Ute basketball program. The latest involved […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Neck injury, what next injury? Marquette fans, coaches and players probably feared the worst when Travis Diener went down with a gruesome neck injury during the second half of the Golden Eagles’ 84-76 loss to Charlotte Tuesday. With 13:03 remaining in the game, […]
