SEC Notebook by Rainer Sabin As the college football season slowly draws to a close, the 2002-2003 basketball season is heating up. Several SEC teams showcased their talent over the Thanksgiving weekend while participating in early season tournaments. Kentucky and Florida competed in the Maui Invitational and Preseason NIT, respectively, […]
Conference Notes
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Ready for the challenge? There appears to be a pretty solid line already being drawn between the top and bottom teams in the Big Ten conference. Indiana has looked as good as advertised. No Jared Jefferies? No problem. The Hoosiers went down to Maui […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Jason Haslam Cryin’ Lions For Colombia it has been more than just an inauspicious start. They dropped their season opener 60-36 to Rutgers, committing 27 turnovers, and no Lion was able to notch double-digits in scoring. “We took a whipping,” said Lion coach Armond Hill,”but it’s […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan It’s no secret that the Big West struggles to gain the national publicity that bigger conferences such as the Pacific 10, Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference receive. And with a chance to change some of that, two Big West teams recently […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 2nd, 2002 by Andrew Flynn The big story from yesterday has to do with the College of Charleston. Wow. How often is that going to be the first sentence of this column? The Cougars won the Great Alaska Shootout this past weekend by defeating […]
Patriot Leauge Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva American University A Cinderella 2001-2002 season saw the Eagles take a new conference by storm when they seized the regular season Patriot League title in its inaugural campaign. The unlikely turn of events drew attention across the country. Two games into a fresh 2002-2003 […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly With the season openers behind us I decided to take a close look at some Big East rosters and come up with a few players worth your watching this winter. None of them are mentioned for preseason honors but all of them should emerge […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Nanooks deny Weber State tournament title Jermaine Boyette was on top of his game at the BP Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, AK. The Weber State guard averaged 19.3 points over three games, as the Wildcats (2-1) won their first two games […]
MAC Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Adam Trumble The Ball State Cardinals opened the season with a third-place finish at the Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska. BSU opened the tourney with a 72-64 win over Jacksonville State, led by Chris Williams’ 33 points. In the semifinal game, Williams scored […]
Conferene USA Notebook
Conference-USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Depleted Tigers shocked by Austin Peay When Memphis head coach John Calipari called upon a window washer to play, Tiger fans knew trouble lurked. Injuries and suspensions left Calipari with only seven regular players to dress and the lack of talent spelled disaster. Memphis […]
