Big West Conference Recap by Shaan Hassan The conference season started unusually with UCSB playing very poorly and teams such as Cal Poly SLO and Idaho starting well. But when all was said and done, it was the most consistent team in the conference, Utah State, which advanced through to […]
Conference Notes
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, April 9th, 2003 by Michael Ermitage It is quite remarkable that the Connecticut women’s team was able to repeat as national champions despite losing four starters from a year ago. But I guess if the one returning starter is Diana Taurasi, it shouldn’t be a […]
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The Morning Dish – Saturday, April 5th, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki The weekend we have all been waiting for since practice began in mid-October has arrived. It’s time for the action to commence in the Final Four, and on Saturday evening, it will happen. Here is a brief look at […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, April 2nd, 2003 by Michael Ermitage The top college basketball news story from Tuesday did not come from the NIT semifinals or the women’s NCAA tournament, although we’ll get to that later, but from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In a somewhat expected move, Matt Doherty […]
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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, April 1, 2003 by Adam Shandler The men’s basketball season isn’t even over yet, but so starts the carousel of possible coaching changes. Pittsburgh’s Ben Howland, UCLA’s first interviewee and purportedly the top candidate for the Bruin head coaching job, met with officials from the […]
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The Morning Dish – Friday, March 28th, 2003 by Brian Seymour When the pairings for the NCAA Tournament were announced, most pundits pointed at a possible pairing in the national semifinals between Kentucky and Arizona. Well, after both schools posted wins Thursday night in regional semifinal contests, that dream matchup […]
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 27th, 2003 by Brian Seymour There was a time when a postseason matchup between Georgetown and North Carolina would have been cause to disregard everything and tune in to whatever network was lucky enough to carry the contest. My, how times have changed. Still, […]
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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 25, 2003 by Adam Shandler Win or lose the NCAA Tournament, Texas has a winner. It was announced yesterday that Texas point guard T.J. Ford was awarded the James Naismith award for being the top mens college basketball player in the country. Fords accomplishments, […]
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The Morning Dish – Friday, March 21st, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez If ever there were ever a more undeserving number four seed in the NCAA Tournament, it would have to be the Dayton Flyers. In Dayton’s 84-71 first-round loss to Tulsa last night, the Flyers never looked comfortable in their […]
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 20th, 2003 by Brian Seymour On a day when the thoughts of a nation should be on the greatest annual sports tournament in the world, instead we think about our armed forces waging war in a faraway land. If you’re like me and you […]
