Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble The Bracket Buster Weekend continued on to be a Bracket Buster week for the Mid-American Conference as all the teams continued to beat up on each other, ruining all chances for two teams to make the NCAA Tournament. In the East Division, the race […]
Conference Notes
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine Neck-and-Neck The top seed for the conference tournament has been up for grabs nearly all season, so it comes as no surprise that with just one week left in the regular season, we have a new first place […]
SEC Notebook
Southeastern Conference Notebook by Rainer Sabin Former Georgia forward Tony Cole may no longer be a Bulldog. But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t made his presence felt in Athens since he was dismissed from the team in August. Just this past week, Cole, who averaged 5.4 points per game in […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Wednesday night quickly has become the most important night of the Big Ten’s regular season. That’s because, thanks to Illinois and Wisconsin each pulling off huge road victories, the Fighting Illini and Badgers will duel for first place in the conference. A Wisconsin win […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly … And Down the Stretch They Come We have finally reached the last week of the regular season and still many issues remain unsettled. There is congestion at both the top and bottom of the standings of each division. Who will get the top […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Schneider misfires: “My bad,” he says. Before I delve into news and notes around the Big 12, please accept my apology for naming Ralph Sampson the head coach of Oklahoma in last week’s notebook. Kelvin Sampson, not Ralph, is the head coach at […]
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic Ten Notebook by David Francis Xavier’s Wild Week The Xavier Musketeers started out the week with a 10-game winning streak. They anticipated a tough game last Saturday against Dayton, but the rest of the week looked easy. Games at Duquesne and George Washington should have been cakewalks. There is […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Two Steps Forward, One Step Back League leading Utah had the conference title within its reach, but ran into the country’s hottest player and now needs to hold serve in the final week of the season. On Monday, archrival and second place BYU came […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos King Terrapin With the suspense of a Stephen King thriller, No. 15 Maryland’s coach Gary Williams earned his 500th career coaching victory Sunday. The Terps rallied from 11 points down in the final nine minutes of play to win 68-65 over NC State. […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Brian Seymour What’s the difference between Butler and Wisconsin-Milwaukee? Apparently about zero seconds and a 3-pointer. Butler won its third regular-season league title in four years and delighted a sellout home crowd of more than 11,000 with an Avery Sheets 3-pointer at the buzzer, giving the […]
