Previewing Day 2’s Action by Michael Protos and Alan Rubenstein Indiana at No. 19 Wake Forest Wake Forest and Indiana enter Tuesday’s match up with distinctly different teams. Indiana features the superstar scorer in sophomore guard Bracey Wright while Wake Forest attacks in waves, with four players averaging double figures […]
Conference Notes
ACC-Big Ten Challenge
Previewing Northwestern – Florida State by Alan Rubenstein and Michael Protos The Big Ten-ACC challenge enters its fifth year with the ACC holding a 20-15 advantage. The ACC has won the Commissioner’s Cup all four seasons, but has never won more than five games in a year. Northwestern (2-2) and […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 1st Coach K States Obvious: In the wake of No. 2 Duke’s loss to Purdue in Alaska, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said the team struggled because the offense didn’t execute. With all respect to one of college basketball’s best coaches, that’s a great diagnosis […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Davis returns to Iowa The homecoming for Dr. Tom Davis at Carver Hawkeye Arena wasn’t so welcoming for the Drake Bulldogs as Iowa cruised to a 74-56 victory. Drake opened some eyes in the first frame going into the half only trailing 36-32. […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Take that, national champs Syracuse is the defending national champs. They went 17-0 at the Carrier Dome last year. They were ranked No. 6 in the preseason Top 25 poll. And Charlotte promptly marched in and knocked off the Orangeman Wednesday night, 96-92. […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Georgia Tech defies the odds For the second straight year, an ACC team arrived in New York for the final two rounds of the Preseason NIT and was expected to fall to greater foes. But Georgia Tech stormed through the Big Apple, bringing […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen The first two weeks of the season left Washington wondering just how far it’s come from a year ago. Some Pac-10 teams turned in predictably predictable performances, with Oregon State losing to a non-conference opponent at home and USC underachieving on the road. Okay, […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 30th Champions: The championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout figured to be a good game, and it didn’t disappoint. Purdue held the Blue Devils to 38% shooting and shot 49% en route to a 78-68 upset of No. 2 Duke to win the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 29th Florida wins Tipoff: No. 9 Florida nailed a layup with 7 seconds left to defeat No. 3 Arizona 78-77 in the Tipoff Classic last night from Springfield, Massachusetts. Senior Gator center Bonell Colas scored his only points of the game by laying up […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 28th Shootout underway: Starting with the second game of the Great Alaska Shootout, No. 2 Duke turned it on in the second half to down a pesky Pacific squad 82-69. In what’s recently become fashionable for Duke, the Blue Devils started off slow, grabbing […]
