SEC Notebook by Rainer Sabin In a conference where Alabama was supposed to be at the head of the class, a school just a couple hours down the road is showing that it has upward mobility. Auburn, which sported a dismal 12-16 record last season, was predicted to finish near […]
Conference Notes
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 21, 2003 by Adam Shandler It’s a good week to be a Rice. On Sunday, Jerry Rice and his Oakland Raiders earned a berth in the Super Bowl and last night Darius Rice, Jerry’s nephew, propelled the Miami Hurricanes to an upset of No. […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook by Adam Shandler The Return of Rick They put the ”hemp” in Hempstead. Before the season, senior two-guard Rick Apodaca and Sophomore forward Wendell Gibson got caught with their hands in the dime bag and were sentenced by Hofstra University to sit out the first 14 games of […]
Southland Notebook
Southland Conference Notebook by Jason Orts Stephen F. Austin proves it is for real The Lumberjacks, who were picked to finish in the middle of the Southland Conference pack at the beginning of the season, proved they are for real with victories over highly-regarded teams Lamar and Sam Houston to […]
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Holy Cross Looks Unbeatable Holy Cross ran its winning streak to six games this past week with an 86-43 thrashing of Colgate and a 76-70 win at Lafayette. The Crusaders are at or near the top in the Patriot League in many statistical categories, […]
Mid-Continent Notebook
Mid-Continent Conference Notebook by Matt Amis Don’t look now, but Valpo is starting to round into form. And the matter in which the Crusaders have been winning may show that Oral Roberts does have a reason to be nervous. Valparaiso extended its home court win streak to 19 games and […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, January 20th, 2003 by Andrew Flynn Today’s dish is really a buffet of news and notes. Hopefully more upscale than some hotels idea of a complimentary “Continental” breakfast, but not quite the deluxe made-to-order omelet station you see at some swanky places, either. What is […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Preseason means nothing In the world of mid-major basketball, the preseason means nothing. Very rarely does a mid-major team, especially in the Big Sky Conference, get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament based on the teams they played in November and December. So, […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Literally Lights out for the Hall A power failure couldn’t prevent the recently resurgent Seton Hall Pirates from lighting up the Miami Hurricanes this past Saturday. Coach Louie Orr’s crew shot an amazing 71% from behind the arc despite the game being stopped for […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan Hood Dons the Cape in UCI’s Thriller over Utah State Jerry Green did it to them last year in Logan and guard Mike Hood did it to them this year in Irvine. With just 10 seconds left from the game being sent into […]
