Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Could You Ask for More? The ACC started its conference schedule this past week when No. 15 Wake Forest visited No. 2 North Carolina. With half a dozen teams looking to compete for the ACC championship, every conference game has the potential to […]
Conference Notes
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 23rd Zona Conquers Aztecs: San Diego State made things interesting, getting as close as 32-29, but Lute Olson’s Wildcats remain undefeated in December. Down 10 at the half, SDSU traded buckets with the Cats in the second stanza and but came up short, 83-71. […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey It’s been a crazy start to the Western Athletic Conference hoops season. Not only are there a few teams making some surprising starts, but also many of the former conference title contenders are still continuing to struggle. Boise State (8-1) and Texas-El Paso (6-1) appear […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 22nd How the Mighty Have Fallen: No. 6 Kansas, one of the former No. 1 ranked teams, walked into a mountain ambush against Nevada in the Wolf Pack Holiday Classic last night. Nevada junior guard Kirk Snyder was unstoppable, scoring 29 points to carry […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 21st Top Spot A Jinx You Say?: No. 1 Kentucky may have broken the curse on holding the top ranking, as the Wildcats were never seriously threatened in blowing out Indiana, 80-41 in Indianapolis. Chuck Hayes led the Wildcats (6-0) with 22 points and […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 20th Jarvis No Longer King Of Queens: St. John’s said goodbye to head coach Mike Jarvis. According to Red Storm athletic director Dave Wegrzyn, there was no single event that led to the pink slip, but after a 2-4 start, with losses to struggling […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 19 Where are you?: Bobby Knight is again showing his frustration. Knight, who is in his 38th year of coaching, says he is disappointed with the attendance this season and has pinpointed the West Texas community and the Texas Tech students. Recently, the school […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Not Much Action With semester exams taking up the schedules of most of the Big South schools last week, there were only ten games played in the conference last week. With the holidays quickly approaching, there will be a few more breaks in […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 18th Top 25 Roundup: No. 4 Duke outlasted an always-pesky Princeton squad 69-51, in a game that saw Blue Devil freshman Luol Deng overcome a first half slump to tally 18 points on the game. J.J. Redick had 17 and Daniel Ewing had 15 […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Cummings or Going? UCLA is still waiting to hear whether senior forward T.J. Cummings, who was declared academically ineligible for the fall quarter, improved his grades enough to return to the floor. According to head coach Ben Howland, Cummings had a passing grade headed […]