Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva Early in the season, two big Patriot League stories appear to be emerging in Holy Cross and Boakai Lalugba. The Crusaders only game this past week came in the form of 72-56 win over Brown, no magnificent feat by any means. And so, at […]
Conference Notes
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Lookin’ Good So far so good as pertains the Big East conference this season. This highly competitive league has once again emerged as one of the nation’s very best. The early returns have been tremendous. Now, I know it is only December but this […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Notebook by Doug McKinney In quest for recognition, the Big South finds itself above the .500 mark Slowly but surely, the Big South Conference is trying to make its way up to getting the national respect they deserve. So far 22-21 in overall play, the Big South has […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Notebook by Andria Wenzel Arkansas-Little Rock Comes Close For the first time in the entire evening the University of Arkansas-Little Rock could not take advantage of No. 25 Minnesota’s mistakes. In overtime the Gophers missed four straight free throws, but the Trojans (4-3) could not stumble on the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 14th, 2002 by Brian Strong When a team is struggling the way that UCLA (1-2) has early in this young season, they’re looking for anything to help turn things around. They may have gotten that thing on Friday in the form of newly reinstated […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 12th, 2002 by Andrew Flynn Oh, we could discuss the Kansas-Tulsa game, but that’s not really an entrée. Instead, let’s talk about the Missouri Valley’s Drake Bulldogs, who put up 162 on the board last night, coming within 30 of the all-time scoring record […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Hornets and Lumberjacks find success The Sacramento State Hornets and Northern Arizona Lumberjacks have taken similar journeys so far this season. Both teams were expected to finish near the bottom on the pack in preseason polls. Both teams were spanked by highly-ranked opponents (No. […]
SWAC Notebook
Southwestern Conference Notebook by Nik Bannister No “SWAC”tacular starts in the SWAC Parity describes the play of the Southwestern Athletic Conference in their first week of the 2002-2003 season. Texas Southern has the best start in the conference going for par with two wins and two losses as Prairie View […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan Advantage Aggies Apparently, Utah State doesn’t need point guard Tony Brown after all. The Aggies have raced out to a 5-1 start in this 2002-03 season. The team has now reached one of their best starts in 33 years-and it’s come quite easily. […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook by Rainer Sabin Future opponents of 25th ranked Mississippi State (5-1) let out a collective moan when they learned that Mario Austin was returning to the hardwood. The junior forward and Wooden Award candidate, who had sat on the bench for the Bulldogs’ first six games, was cleared […]
