Conference Notes

Metro Atlantic Notebook

Metro Atlantic Conference Notebook by Stephen Dahl Conference Player of the Week: Keydran Clark: St. Peter’s Sophomore Forward. Clark dropped 32 points in a loss to the Seton Hall Pirates, accounting for more than half of the Peacocks’ 61 points. Canisius Golden Griffins (5-3, 0-1 MAAC) The Golden Griffs may […]

Conference USA Notebook

Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Showdown Saturday Saturday pitted some of the best Conference USA has to offer against some of the best the nation has to offer. Four games pitted C-USA teams against Top 15 teams in the country. Only one of those four games resulted in […]

Mountain West Notebook

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman The Cougars Are Climbing With two blowout victories this past week, BYU is quickly becoming the most dangerous team in the Mountain West Conference. Buoyed by their big win over Oklahoma State the week before, the Cougs’ confidence shone through in their 92-56 manhandling […]

Big 10 Notebook

Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Under the Dome The inaugural BasketBowl was a resounding success as Michigan State and Kentucky played before a raucous crowd in an NCAA tournament atmosphere at Ford Field in Detroit. After a first half played at a very quick pace, the Spartans and Wildcats […]

ACC Notebook

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Looking for buried treasure in Florida With only eight games last week, the ACC glided through the calm before the storm. After much success during the first month of the season, the ACC teams wrap up the non-conference schedule during the next couple […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 14th All These Fans For a Basketball Game!: A record crowd for a basketball game gathered at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday, as 78,129 showed up for the matchup between No. 5 Kentucky and No. 20 Michigan State. The game, dubbed “BasketBowl” and […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 13th Jayhawk Out: Kansas senior forward Jeff Graves has been suspended indefinitely from the Jayhawk basketball team, head coach Bill Self announced on Friday. Self, who did not disclose the specific infraction, said that Graves was suspended for “lack of respect” for the team […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, December 12th Sooners Beat Buzzer: Freshman Drew Lavender hit a leaning shot in the lane with 1.1 seconds to go to give the No. 10 Oklahoma Sooners a thrilling 47-45 win over the No. 17 Purdue Boilermakers in Norman. Lavender scored 12 of his 14 […]

Sun Belt Notebook

Sun Belt Conference Notebook by Zach Van Hart Slow start From the untrained eye, it would appear that Western Kentucky’s 0-5 start is cause for concern. It may be, but the fact their early-season schedule is brutal may have something to do with it. The Hilltoppers most recent loss came […]

Colonial Notebook

Colonial Offseason News Update by Matt Amis What’s that? Ouch. You didn’t listen to my ‘heads up’ last week, did you? That’s right folks, the CAA means business this season and is quickly making its mark as one of the toughest mid-majors in the country. Despite playing nearly two-thirds of […]