Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Not quite yet for Conference USA Three Conference USA teams had the chance to knock off a Top 25 team last week. None of the three were able to pull off the upset. The most far-fetched upset attempt came Tuesday when the Saint […]
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Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa With Stanford and Oregon beating up on ranked opponents, and Arizona poised for big games against Texas and Kansas, the Pac-10 might not be so bad off after all. Well, look again. If it weren’t for the success of those three teams, the Pac-10 would […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook by Adam Shandler Creighton, Come on Down! The Creighton Blue Jays have given hope to mid-majors teams all over the country. With a 6-0 record and wins over Notre Dame and BYU, the Jays have captured a Number 24 ranking in this week’s Hoopville Top 25 poll. […]
Southern Notebook
Southern Conference Notebook by David Smotherman SoCon off to a strong start The schools of the Southern Conference have gotten off to a great start in the 2002-03 basketball season, proving that last years finish in the upper echelon of the mid-major conferences was quickly becoming the rule, not the […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Husker uprising Will the real Cornhuskers please stand up…? Please stand up…? Sorry for the Eminem reference, but we start out this week’s Big 12 notebook rappin’ about the Nebraska Huskers. In a three-week span, NU (3-3) has ridden its Lincoln roller-coaster in […]
Moutain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A Compelling Week The Mountain West endured its toughest week of the season so far, and came out of it okay. The league’s top two teams, UNLV and BYU, both had a pair of challenging road games this week. UNLV first had to travel […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Welcome back to Earth – the ACC’s fast start finally slowed After torching the college hoops nation from coast to coast, the ACC finally ran into a wall of competition, yielding seven losses this past week. But six of those seven losses came […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook by Beth Iskoe Delaware (1-2) The Hens got a big confidence builder Tuesday night when they defeated visiting Penn 60-59. Delaware went ahead for good when senior forward David Hindenlang put back a rebound with 45 seconds remaining to give the Hens a two-point lead. Senior guard Ryan […]
MAC Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble The week in the Mid-American Conference saw conference action kick-off, with Miami coming back to defeat Western Michigan, 44-39, while East Division favored Ohio fell at Toledo, 78-71. Also, Bowling Green knocked off East Division opponent Buffalo 76-59 and in the other MAC game […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Notebook by Andria Wenzel You’ve got to wonder what they’ve been feeding the basketball players in Venezuela, because in his first five games of the season for the University of New Orleans, senior forward Hector Romero has led his team to a 5-0 record, and more astonishingly, Romero […]
