Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Bengals Bounce Back Sports are unpredictable. One day you’ll think you have everything figured out, and the next day the Carolina Panthers are in the Super Bowl. The Big Sky Conference is no exception. When the preseason came to a close, the Idaho […]
Conference Notes
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 22th Fourteen straight for Louisville: Louisville had already beaten then Hoopville #1 Florida as well as once undefeated Kentucky, and they were looking for their fourteenth win in row against an undefeated Cincinnati squad. At the half, it looked to be a nail biter, […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Jeremy Speer Forget Wally’s Miami team. Forget Earl’s Eastern squad. Forget Kaman’s Central Michigan group. This season’s Western Michigan team could possibly be the MAC’s best ever. With the Broncos 72-63 victory at Eastern Michigan Saturday, Western won its 11th straight game overall and seventh consecutive […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 21st Marquette’s Diener injured in loss: In an instant, college basketball can become so meaningless. That was the feeling Tuesday night when Marquette’s star guard Travis Diener layed virtually motionless on the floor for more than eight minutes. Diener sufferred a neck injury when […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – January 20th Pitt Gets Hurt-ford: Well, Pittsburgh is still unbeaten at home, so they’ve got that going for them. But when the Panthers took a road trip to Hartford, they were handed their first loss of the season. UConn outlasted Jamie Dixon’s club, 68-65, and bounced […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Conference Notebook by Zach Van Hart Despite stars, Indians failing When a team sports the conference’s top two scorers and top rebounder, it should also be at the top of the conference’s standings, right? Apparently this is not the case in the Sun Belt, as the Arkansas State […]
Northeast Conference Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette The last week of non-conference play featured several games against the Ivy League which NEC teams split. First was the Monmouth-Princeton game mentioned in last week’s article where Princeton won going away 67-52. Central Connecticut State took on Brown last Friday but lost 79-58 […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Time for the Main Course The eight teams of the Mountain West Conference have feasted on a number of appetizers in preparation for the main course: conference play. Some tasted really good (wins against Oklahoma State, Purdue, Dayton and Auburn), while others left a […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Making Moves The top of the Big South standings remains rather crowded as five teams still sit within a game-and-a-half of first place, but High Point and Winthrop both did their best to improve their positions in the standings this past week. Both […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart No move in 2004 It looks as if the snag in speeding up the country-wide conference alignment for the 2004-05 season came from none other than C-USA. Instead, only Miami and Virginia Tech will move from the Big East to the ACC next […]
