The Morning Dish – Monday, December 8th Carolina on Fire: The No. 6 Tar Heels ripped George Mason 115-81 behind sophomore forward Sean May’s career-high 26 points. North Carolina started slow, however, trailing George Mason by two at halftime. But coach Roy Williams apparently made the right adjustments as North […]
Conference Notes
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A Major Rebel-lion For the past few seasons, UNLV has enjoyed an abundance of talented players, including lottery pick Marcus Banks. Yet without a NCAA Tournament appearance to show for it, the team has earned a reputation for underachieving. With only four lettermen returning, […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Buzzer blues It was a week of unkind buzzer beaters in Conference USA last week, as three games ended in loses after made shots with very little time left. Two resulted with the first loss of the season for the respective losers, along […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing Nebraska and Iowa State are unbeaten surprises, but. . . A good three weeks into the season and five Big 12 teams remain undefeated. That in and of itself is not surprising; teams like No. 2 Missouri, No. 13 Oklahoma and No. 16 […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Jayhawks Rocked, Out-chalked by Cardinal Stanford proved at least two things with its 64-58 upset of Kansas at the John Wooden Classic in Anaheim on Saturday. First, the Cardinal provided the latest support to Kansas coach Bill Self’s proclamation that polls this early in […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 7th Not On Top For Long: Kansas took over the No. 1 spot in the Hoopville Top 25 this week, but won’t have it when the new one comes out. They headed west to take on No. 17 Stanford in the John Wooden Classic, […]
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Divine Patience Needed At The Cross If you look at the standings for Patriot League teams so far this season, you certainly would not expect Holy Cross to be under .500. The Crusaders are currently 2-3 on the season, having dropped their last three […]
Ohio Valley Notebook
Ohio Valley Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Racing out to a hot start The Murray State Racers were picked to finish third in our conference preview, but perhaps we missed by a bit. New coach Mick Cronin has the Racers playing dominant basketball and a 5-0 start. Cronin is a […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 6th UMass to retire Skinner jersey: Former University of Massachusetts basketball star Al Skinner will be honored at halftime of the UMass and Rhode Island game on Feb. 18 to retire his No. 30 jersey. “I am very honored and happy to be receiving […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 5th Conference Shuffling: Florida Atlantic has accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference for all sports for 2005-06. The Owls, who are currently in the Atlantic Sun Conference, are moving up to Division I-A in football, where they currently are a Division […]
