Missouri Valley Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Bracket Busting Weekend for the Valley The inaugural Bracket Buster event was a resounding success as the Valley finished with a sparkling 4-0 record. The Valley was the only conference to finish 4-0 in the Bracket Buster. Creighton and Southern Illinois were two of […]
Conference Notes
America East Notebook
America East Conference Notebook by Adam Reich Sweet home Vermont Vermont improved its home record to 10-1 by defeating both New Hampshire and Boston University last week at Patrick Gymnasium in Burlington. In the Catamounts’ 85-68 win against UNH last Wednesday, junior forward Scotty Jones tallied a career-high 21 points […]
SEC Notebook
Southeastern Conference Notebook by Rainer Sabin It didn’t seem possible that one team would emerge as the king of the hill in the Southeastern Conference this season. But the No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats (22-3, 12-0 SEC) sit atop the summit of the SEC with no challengers likely to dethrone them […]
Atlantic Sun Notebook
Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Kristy Shonka Down The Stretch They Come The stage is already set for the Atlantic Sun Tournament heading into the final week of the regular season. Now all that’s left to determine is the dancing order. Belmont (11-4 A-Sun), Samford (9-6), Jacksonville State (8-6) and […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Bracket Buster While the mid-major conferences were glowing in their made-for-ESPN special called the Bracket Buster, the Mountain West continued with some exciting conference play. Some of you may wonder why the conference didn’t participate in the inaugural event. […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito February wars bring March Madness It’s a war out there in the Big Sky, and one casualty has already been reported. At 4-20, the Portland State Vikings will now begin picking up the pieces of a season shattered by injuries. Head coach Heath Schroyer’s […]
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic Ten Notebook by David Francis The Atlantic 10 Conference this year is reminiscent of that old Clint Eastwood movie, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Not the greatest movie ever made, but still pretty darn entertaining. After sending only one team to the NCAA tournament last year for […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Organized Chaos With the close of the regular season less than a week away for the Big South Conference, familiar patterns are forming. In each of the last four seasons, Winthrop captured the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament that rewards the […]
Ohio Valley Notebook
Ohio Valley Conference Notebook by Zach Van Hart Down but not out The Austin Peay Governors lost a chance at the outright OVC regular season title last week, but still have a shot at the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. The Governors saw their nine-game winning streak come […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook by Beth Iskoe They just keep rolling Virginia Commonwealth (17-7, 12-4) won both contests last week to extend its winning streak to an incredible eight straight games. In their 93-73 victory over William and Mary (11-13, 6-9) Wednesday night, the Rams set a school record by making seventeen […]
