Big South Conference Preview by Jeremy Dunlap There have been quite a few changes in the Big South as the 2003-2004 season gets ready to tip off. One team has joined the league (VMI) as another team has left (Elon). Along with that change, Birmingham-Southern will now have its games […]
Conference Notes
NEC Offseason News Update
Northeast Conference Offseason News Update by Keith Burdette The conference shrank from 12 to 11 teams as the University of Maryland Baltimore-County bolted for the America East. Power ratings for the league might actually improve though as UMBC finished last in the league with a 5-13 record and only two […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 4th Today is the Day: The Big East today will announce its full expansion plans, with Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, South Florida to be added (DePaul and Marquette will be basketball only). Cincinnati, Louisville, and USF will take the place of Miami, Virginia Tech, […]
WAC Conference Preview
WAC Conference Preview by Phil Dailey Move over Tulsa, step aside Hawai’i; this is the year for the lesser-known WAC teams to emerge to the top. In years past, it was fairly clear who the top teams were and who was going to earn the automatic birth to the “big […]
Mountain West Preview
Mountain West Conference Preview by Bob Thurman For the second season in a row, a trio of Mountain West teams earned bids to the NCAA Tournament. Though Utah, BYU and Colorado State didn’t make much of a splash once they got there, it still shows how strong this conference has […]
Ivy League Preview
Ivy League Preview by Owen Bochner The Ivy League must really be feeling like chopped liver right now. All this hype and hoopla for the recent meetings of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, at which the nation’s college basketball programs basically agreed on one thing: let’s be ethical. Ethics […]
A-10 Conference Preview
Atlantic-10 Conference Preview by Stephen Dahl and Jonathan Scherner Atlantic 10 basketball is back ladies and gentleman. After a not so stellar season nationally during the 2001-2002 season, the A-10 re-introduced itself to the nation during the 2002-2003 season. With three teams in last year’s NCAA tournament and all three […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 3rd Michigan State Generals?: Michigan State had their long-awaited exhibition with the Magic Johnson-led Harlem Globetrotters, and it made the Spartans look like the Washington Generals. Michigan State, who snapped the Globetrotters’ 1,270-game win streak three years ago, got payback as they 97-83 to […]
Butler Offseason News Update
Butler Offseason News Update by Nick Dettmann When the Butler Bulldogs were man-handled in the Horizon League conference championship game against UW-Milwaukee, many were skeptical of whether they were deserving of a bid to the NCAA Tournament. After the nerve-shaking on Selection Sunday, the Bulldogs did receive an at-large bid […]
Horizon Offseason News Recap
Horizon League Offseason News Update by Nick Dettmann Eight teams to participate in ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday After the enormous success from the inaugural ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday last season, ESPN announced that they are not only going to have the second edition of the event, but expand the field […]
