The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 27th, 2003 by Brian Seymour Wednesday was a good night to be in Hoopville’s Top 25. Well, unless your school’s name rhymes with Chokelahoma. Yes, the No. 3 Sooners were the lone casualty among the thirteen Top 25 teams in action last evening, a […]
Conference Notes
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey “Bracket Buster” not so kind to the WAC Last Saturday four Western Athletic Conference teams were thrust to the front of “mid-major” hoops with an attempt to improve their RPI giving the winner an added boost come NCAA tourney selection time. Fresno State (19-6, 12-3 […]
MEAC Notebook
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook by Jon Gonzalez The Art of Losing One year. That’s how long its been since North Carolina A&T has won a basketball game. During that one year span, A&T has lost 26 straight games, including 23 straight this season. The closest that the Aggies have come […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Jason Haslam The Penn-Brown Rematch: Win and In? The Quakers (17-5, 9-0) have hit full stride at just the right time. The Quakers followed up their win over Princeton by dispatching Yale and Brown at the Palestra last weekend. Going into the Brown contest, both squads […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan Irvine Takes Advantage of Other’s Pitfalls Just weeks ago, UC Irvine (11-4) was in a rut, placed fourth in the conference and its outlook wasn’t looking too positive. This columnist even said that their winning ways were of the past. What do I […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 26th, 2003 by Michael Ermitage The race for the top four seeds in the NCAA tournament is officially on. With Arizona and Kentucky cruising, it seems that there are still two spots open for top seeds. A certain candidate is Florida. The Gators, who […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Brian Seymour Maybe sitting out “Bracket Buster Saturday” was the smart move for Butler after all. Though for a few moments Monday evening it wasn’t looking that way. Butler’s Horizon League rival Wisconsin-Milwaukee saw its hopes for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament dashed after […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Much to be determined in final weekend As we head into the final weekend of conference play, two things are for sure: Weber State (22-5 overall, 12-0 in Big Sky) will be the No. 1 seed and Eastern Washington (17-9, 9-3) the No. 2 […]
Mid-Continent Notebook
Mid-Continent Conference Notebook by Matt Amis Call the police. It’s official — Valpo has taken the league and ran away with it. Valparaiso extended its winning streak to six Saturday, defeating way-distant second-place IUPUI, 77-71. The Crusaders also sealed the Mid-Continent Conference regular season championship title with the win, marking […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider No SuRPrIse here In the latest RPI poll, two Big 12 squads sit atop the entire 318-team list. Oklahoma (19-4) and Texas (18-5) occupy the No. 1 and 2 positions, respectively, giving whole new meaning to the Red River Rivalry. The Sooners grabbed […]
