The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 31, 2002 by Adam Shandler Hoopville’s Number 2 Alabama will need to make this New Year’s resolution: shoot better earlier in the game to avoid being upset by unranked opponents. ‘Bama missed nine of its first ten shots and Utah stumped the Tide, 51-49, […]
Conference Notes
Mid-Continent Notebook
Mid-Continent Notebook by Matt Amis Oakland falls short After shooting nearly 70 percent one night prior in a 91-88 victory over Texas Southern, Oakland (5-3) could not keep up the offensive magic against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, falling to the Islanders by an 80-72 score in the finals of the Flint […]
MAC Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble The scenario — overtime in Cleveland’s Gund Arena when Antonio Gates scores more than 20 points. It spelled trouble for Boston College Saturday as Kent State defeated the Eagles 86-83 in overtime in the Balance Bar Rock-N-Roll Shootout. Gates a senior forward, scored a […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Illinois couldn’t get past an up-and-coming Memphis squad. Indiana lost a bad one to Temple on the road. And Bobby Knight got his revenge on the Big Ten, handling Minnesota at Williams Arena. In the midst of the Big Ten carnage on the weekend, […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 30th, 2002 by Andrew Flynn It’s not all about the Slam Dunk to the Beach around here, the four most recent articles notwithstanding. However, the beach is something that definitely comes to mind when the Rainbow Classic gets mentioned. Now this season’s edition of […]
SEC Notebook
Southeastern Conference Notebook by Rainer Sabin A week after beating Indiana and witnessing the Mike Davis tirade in Freedom Hall, Kentucky returned to Louisville to face its in-state rival, the Cardinals, last Saturday. It didn’t take long for the joy reaped from the victory over the Hoosiers to be replaced […]
West Coast Notebook
West Coast Notebook by James Burns “I told you so” Somewhere Nick Lozito, Hoopville’s Big Sky correspondent, is hurting. It’s not one of those pains that will keep you laid up in a hospital. It doesn’t even require a band-aid. But still, it’s one of those pains that make you […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan Gauchos Run Into Glass Ceiling The glass slipper has broken. It’s turned midnight. Last year, the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos capped off a Cinderella season by winning the Big West Conference tournament and earning the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It prompted […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey Tough times in El Paso From the start, it looked as though the Texas-El Paso Miners (2-5) were in for a long season. Now, in addition to the controversial departure of their former head coach Jason Rabedeaux, there is the recent loss of their senior […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa Advice for the ranked and rankled Arizona has been unseated as the number one team in the nation, Oregon has been spanked by Cincinnati, and Stanford lost two of their last three games heading into conference play. It seems that my once unbalanced Pac-10 is […]
