Conference Notes

Big West Notebook

Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan Down the Stretch They Go Just weeks ago we were able to guess that Utah State, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine and Pacific were the frontrunners for the conference crown. Now, we can nearly be certain of it. The next closest team to […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 12th, 2003 by Michael Ermitage I voted for Louisville as the top team in the Hoopville Top 25 poll this week. Why? Why not? The Cardinals are the only team in the nation with just one loss. They routinely clobber weaker teams in Conference […]

Ivy League Notebook

Ivy League Notebook by Jason Haslam Brown’s In the “Hunt” For First Place Brown owns an eight game-winning streak, including six league victories, and are off to their best start in league play since 1981. Senior guard Earl Hunt scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half as […]

Big Sky Notebook

Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Wildcats, Boyette deserve NCAA berth OK, let’s face it. Weber State (18-5 overall, 8-0 in Big Sky Conference) is going to take the conference crown and, barring any major upsets, win the conference tournament. And that’s a good thing. Why? Because the Wildcats are […]

Horizon Notebook

Horizon League Notebook by Brian Seymour Just in case there was any question who the Horizon “big dog” is, Butler let Illinois-Chicago know. The Bulldogs put a 61-47 whooping on UIC Saturday in the biggest game in the conference to date this season. With a win, UIC could have drawn […]

Big 12 Notebook

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Making the grade As the Big 12 conference enters the second half of its schedule this week, I thought it’d be fun to evaluate the play of each team thus far. With mid-terms just completed, here’s a quick look at the Big 12 […]

Mid-American Notebook

Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble The road proved to be a friendly place to Northern Illinois last week as the Huskies defeated Buffalo and Kent State to stay atop the Mid-American Conference’s West Division. In the East Division, Kent State maintained its lead over Miami, despite the loss. Flashes […]

Atlantic Sun Notebook

Atlantic Sun Notebook by Kristy Shonka Stetson Turns Tables on Belmont The Stetson Hatters proved Saturday that a team’s record doesn’t mean as much as the final score. The Belmont Bruins were the unhappy recipients of that lesson as they lost at home to Stetson 85-80. The Hatters went into […]

ACC Notebook

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos The Extended Forecast Mark your calendars for March 16. That’s selection Sunday. And based on what the NCAA had to say last week about this year’s tournament, there could be some surprises that will affect the ACC. Back at NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis, […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 11th, 2003 by Andrew Flynn First off this Tuesday morning please allow me to apologize. We’ve been awfully busy here at Hoopville, so we’ve been a little lax on the Morning Dish the past few days. Please forgive us. Also, the new Top 25 […]