Mid-American Conference Notebook by Jeremy Speer There isn’t a Ben Roethlisberger anywhere to be found. There isn’t the striking multitude of Top 25 defeats. There isn’t the increased television coverage. While the Mid-American conference has jumped onto the national stage through its football exploits, MAC basketball has continued to play […]
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Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A New Year, A New Season Ah yes, the new year is upon us, which means college basketball’s second season is starting. Obviously, what I am referring to is the start of conference play. Most conferences tipped it off this weekend, but since the […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein How I Spent My Winter Vacation The month of December regularly brings holidays parties, company outings, sweets and visits with old friends. The Big Ten basketball teams spent the final weeks of the year taking those traditions to heart. Match-ups with traditional and in-state […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos ACC/SEC Challenge? One of the more intriguing series of games in the early season is the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, but the ACC has owned the challenge each season. This year, circumstance has three of the ACC’s elite teams playing against SEC teams in […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing It’s that time of year again, time for the cupcake schedules to end and the real college basketball season to begin. And in the country’s heartland, it’s no different. Kansas travels to Boulder, Colo., to take on the Colorado Buffaloes in the first […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Upsetting the SEC again Knocking off the best in the SEC is no longer just the job of No. 12 Louisville. While LSU was not ranked No. 1, (they are not even in the Top 25), the Tigers were 8-0 coming into their […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Beware of Dogs Dr. Tom and the Drake Bulldogs were tabbed to finish ninth in the Missouri Valley this season. It doesn’t look like anyone has told them yet. Drake (5-5) pulled off a shocker in Kansas during a 71-60 upset over Wichita […]
Atlantic Sun Notebook
Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Doug McKinney What a week it’s been for the Atlantic Sun. Well, mostly for Belmont. That’s right the Bruins of Belmont capped one of the biggest wins in school and conference history, upsetting Missouri, 71-67. The Bruins had four players score in double figures to […]
Northeast Conference Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette In the past two weeks, everyone, including myself, took a break of some sort. Central Connecticut State continues to play their season at a snail’s pace having played only two games during the entire month of December that haven’t been postponed. The team I […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Gallup For Three Conference play opened Sat., Jan. 3 with four games, and the most exciting one proved to be Liberty’s visit to Conway, S.C., to battle Coastal Carolina. With Liberty leading 65-64 down the stretch, Coastal Carolina’s senior guard E.J. Gallup hit […]
