The Morning Dish – Friday, February 7th, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez Not since the days of Tim Duncan has Wake Forest been considered a legitimate national contender. But with a 16-2 record and the emergence of Josh Howard, the college basketball world might want to again take notice of the […]
Conference Notes
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Who Made This Schedule? Is it me, or does it seem like the Mountain West Conference is falling behind everyone else. While most conferences are halfway through their conference schedule, the MWC has only played a third of theirs. Take a look at the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 6th, 2003 by Brian Seymour Say what you will about Bobby Knight and there’s probably not a word in the English language that hasn’t been said about the man, but he can coach some basketball. And in the end, that’s what the General’s 800th […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Young Bengals bring respect to Pocatello Idaho State is for real. After upsetting Eastern Washington, 88-86, in double overtime on Thursday and nipping Portland State, 58-57, on Saturday, the Bengals (11-8 overall, 4-2 in Big Sky) currently sit alone in third place in the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 5th, 2003 by Michael Ermitage And down goes another top team. Just one day after Florida reached the top of the Hoopville poll, it was thoroughly thrashed by 7th-ranked Kentucky, 70-55. It turns out that the only players mentally prepared to play a road […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Creighton Bounces back with a vengeance A week after suffering its first conference loss of the season, Creighton posted a pair of blowout victories. The Blue Jays handled Indiana State, 74-46, and Drake, 88-68, to up their record to 19-2 and enter the week […]
Pac 10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa The Law of the Jungle It’s been two weeks since I last chimed in on the Pac-10, and boy am I tired. It’s a jungle out there. Living here in Los Angeles, one gets kind of lazy about their basketball teams. After all, the Lakers […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Brian Seymour It was business as usual at the top of the Horizon League standings as the top four teams in the conference all won their conference games over the weekend. The victories increased the obvious disparity between the cream of the crop in the league […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble With March Madness only a stone’s throw away, four Big 12 teams are on course to have their dance cards punched come Selection Sunday. Those four, barring monumental meltdowns, include Oklahoma State (17-2), Oklahoma (15-3), Texas (14-4) and […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 4th, 2003 by Adam Shandler Cancer. It’s that disease that other people get. Cancer. Folks in the athletic community aren’t supposed to get it because they know how to take care of themselves. Cancer. It’s for smokers and drinkers and people who work in […]
