Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Continuing their very tough non-conference schedule, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers traveled to Raleigh, N.C. for a showdown with the North Carolina State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Panthers were led by Dylan Page as he, yet again, contributed with a […]
Conference Notes
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner A couple of Ivy League teams picked up their first wins of the season, while others continued their previous patters of play, as the Ancient Eight entered the month of December with a vengeance this past week. But though none of the conference’s teams […]
Northeast Conference Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette Last week featured Saturday’s big clash between NEC favorites Central Connecticut State and Quinnipiac. What was the result? POSTPONED. Thanks to Winter Storm 2003, the first Nor’easter of the season or whatever the heck you want to call it, these two teams which are […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Big Ten not up to the Challenge The Big Ten-ACC challenge was not much of a challenge from the ACC’s perspective. The ACC dominated this year’s challenge by a 7-2 margin. An old sports axiom is to win the predominance of your games at […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 9 This Week At Number One: Like a hot potato, the number one ranking in our Top 25 Hoopville poll has been passed to another team. The 5-0 Florida Gators zing up to the top spot from No. 3 after a good week against […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Jeremy Speer It has been a season of adversity for Central Michigan. The Chippewas had gone to the Maui Invitational with hopes of making a splash, but ended the tourney with an 0-3 mark. Prior to the second game, they learned walk-on teammate Brent Edwards had […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey Times are changing As reported earlier in our Western Athletic Conference preview, this year’s WAC will not look like it has in the past. So far, the top teams from last season find themselves struggling for success. Fresno State (1-3), Tulsa (2-3) and Hawaii (2-2) […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Butler tours MVC The Butler Bulldogs might want to consider switching over to the Missouri Valley Conference. For the second week in a row, Butler stole a win from an MVC team at the buzzer after squeaking past Evansville. The Bulldogs feature a […]
West Coast Notebook
West Coast Conference Notebook by Joaquin Mesa When most people think of the West Coast Conference they think of upstart Pepperdine or the competitive Gonzaga teams of the past, but what they don’t realize is that there are three one loss teams in the conference so far. That’s more then […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos What’s so challenging? For the fifth consecutive year of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, the ACC won the series of games against the Big Ten. This year, however, the ACC schools entirely dominated their counterparts, winning seven of nine games. The two marquis games […]