D-1 Independents Notebook by Stephen Murphy Centenary The season got off to a sluggish start for the Gents, as Kevin Johnson’s team dropped their first three games. Centenary lost at Nebraska 68-45, at Wisconsin-Green Gay (68-48), and at UC Santa Barbara (69-84). The Gents picked things up as of late […]
Conference Notes
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Bragging Rights The Big East conference picked up two big victories this past week against some top- notch competition. Villanova headed north to Alaska last weekend and upended No. 10 Michigan State, 81-73, while Notre Dame mauled No. 12 Marquette, 92-71. Now, I know […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 3, 2002 by Adam Shandler Notre Dame really, really, really wants into the Top 25 and proved it with a trouncing of previously undefeated Marquette, 92-71. If this were one of those kookie video games, the Irish’s Chris Thomas would have burst into flames. […]
MAC Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble Preseason West Division favorite Ball State suffered a major setback as Theron Smith is out for the season. Smith, the Cardinals’ leading scorer is suffering from reoccurring tendinitis in his right knee as a result of surgery in June. He will apply for a […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Holiday Tournament Updates The Mountain West was represented in three major tournaments the past week, with mixed results at best. Two of the conference’s premiere teams, Wyoming and Utah, participated in the Great Alaska Shootout and the Maui Invitational, respectively. Unfortunately, neither team performed […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference-USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Atlantic-10: 2, Conference USA: 1 Three games Saturday pitted teams from Conference USA against teams from the Atlantic 10, with Conference USA falling two out of three times. Saint Louis claimed the conference’s lone win, 56-54 over Saint Bonaventure, doing so in last-second fashion. […]
Pac 10 Notebook
Pac-10 Notebook by Joaquin Mesa UCLA Having given up its star recruit Evan Burns to San Diego St., and having to travel to San Diego in order to watch good local football games (since true UCLA fans would never be caught dead in red and gold at the Coliseum), UCLA […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Notebook by Mitch Schneider Terrible Twos The Kansas Jayhawks aren’t too fond of the number two. KU, once ranked No. 2, has dropped two in a row, after starting the season 2-0. Both losses (67-56 to North Carolina and 83-73 to Florida) were by double-digit scores, and both […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos ACC lights the 2002-03 season on fire The 2002-03 campaign is now a little over one week old. That’s equivalent to twenty games. And the ACC is 19-1 in those games. That’s a 95 percent winning rate. The entire conference deserves its props. […]
Patriot Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva Holy Cross (3-1) Think the Crusaders are a fluke this season? Tell that to Ryan Sidney and Troy Bell, Boston College’s heralded guard tandem who desperately flailed on consecutive shots in the final 20 seconds of Holy Cross’ 71-70 win over the Eagles on […]
