Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Feast Week was very kind to the Big Ten. Iowa, Indiana and Purdue showed why people think of the state of Indiana when the eyes of college basketball were on the Big Ten. The Hoosiers and Hawkeyes both prevailed in thrillers at the Wooden […]
Conference Notes
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner The theme of this young season for the Ivy League has been a valiant (though usually unsuccessful) attempt to play with the big boys. One look at the early non-conference schedules of several Ancient Eight squads gives the impression that maybe these teams have […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Bad Offense or Good Defense? Why should the score 38-34 look familiar to anybody? Well, it was the final score of the exciting game played between Florida and Florida State’s football teams Nov. 29. But it was probably also the halftime score of […]
MEAC Notebook
MidEastern Athletic Conference Notebook by Joaquin Mesa This conference has seen better days. The only win worth noting was a first game victory by Hampton over La Salle, but then Hampton lost five straight. There is one team that is five hundred and a few that have won a game. […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Offseason News Update by Matt Amis Heads Up Did the rest of the nation miss the memo? The CAA has been on top of its collective non-conference schedule. The league’s 10 teams have posting a combined record of 20-15. Eight CAA squads have winning percentages of .500 or better. […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook by Matt Jones The season is now fully upon us and we have learned a few initial things. First, regardless of what any preseason magazine said, there is no dominant team in college basketball. No. 4 Connecticut has the most potential to become a runaway favorite, but as […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 4th Fox Won’t Hunt: Arizona forward Isaiah Fox is likely done for the season after undergoing knee surgery on Tuesday. Fox, a 6-9 forward, tore his left meniscus in the ‘Cats loss to Florida last Friday. The junior showed early promise by recording his […]
Southland Conference Notebook
Southland Conference Notebook by Adam Shandler Lamar: Terrell Petteway is lighting it up for the Cardinals. Problem is, his efforts may be sneezed upon by the hoops elite. Petteway opened the season with both a 23 and 10 double-double and a 30 point outing. Those stellar performances, however, came against […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Adam Reich Baltimore’s Best UMBC won the Battle of Baltimore for the fourth consecutive season after toppling Towson 59-53 on Saturday. Recently, the Retrievers have dominated this four-team tournament, which includes Baltimore area schools UMBC, Towson and Loyola each year and either Coppin State or Morgan […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann The hot-spot game was thought to be in Milwaukee as it was a re-match between Southern Illinois and the UW-Milwaukee Panthers after the classic in Carbondale last year. Instead, the classic happened in one of the unlikely places, Cleveland. The Cleveland State Vikings played […]
