Atlantic Coast Conference Recap by Michael Protos When last we visited the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Maryland Terrapins had just cut down the nets in Atlanta, and “Fear the Turtle” had entered the national lexicon. The ever-invincible Duke had wounds to heal from its Sweet Sixteen loss to eventual finalist […]
Conference Notes
SWAC Recap
Back in the SWAC by Nik Bannister At a certain arena in Birmingham, Alabama, by the name of Fair Park, and on an unseasonably warm day on the second Saturday of the third month of the year 2002, the Southwestern Athletic Conference welcomed both pomp and circumstance. The “pomp” of […]
Mid-American Recap
Mid-American Recap by Adam Trumble Conference Tournament Held at nearby Gund Arena in Cleveland, Kent State ran through the tournament earning their second consecutive MAC Tournament title. The biggest upset of the tournament was Central Michigan beating Ohio. The Chippewas won their second road contest of the season by shutting […]
D-I Independent Recap
D-1 Independents Recap by Stephen Murphy A lot has transpired in the off-season for Division 1 independents. Gardner Webb has departed and is now a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. Birmingham South is in their last year of Independent basketball before entering the Big South Conference. David Lipscomb will […]
Atlantic Sun Recap
Atlantic Sun Offseason Recap by Amanda Breedlove On March 2, 2002, No. 3-seeded Florida Atlantic upset No. 1-seeded Georgia State, 76-75, in the championship game of the Atlantic Sun Conference men’s basketball tournament. The single elimination tournament was played in the UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida, from February 28th to […]
WAC Recap
WAC Offseason Recap by Phil Dailey Boise State Broncos The Broncos are coming off a disappointing year. Beating tournament-bound Wyoming early in the season at home was their only bright spot. The Broncos went 6-12 in their first season as a member of the WAC. Out is Rod Jensen; in […]
SEC Recap
SEC Offseason Recap by Rainer Sabin Scandal, controversy, and an overall poor performance in the Big Dance and NIT made the 2001-2002 campaign one to forget for the Southeastern Conference. While nine of the 12 teams in the SEC made the postseason, their lack of success in the season-ending tournaments […]
Big West Recap
Big West Recap by Shaan Hassan Last season, seven of the ten teams in the Big West Conference finished with a .500 record or better (just Idaho, UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton had a losing record) and that strong competition opened the door for a wide open conference tournament […]
West Coast Recap
West Coast Conference Recap by James Burns The Tournament There were no surprises during the 2002 West Coast Conference tournament, held at the Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego. The tournaments top two seeds, No. 1 Pepperdine and No. 2 Gonzaga, did just what they were supposed to do – […]
Colonial Recap
Colonial Recap by Beth Iskoe Conference Tournament While top-seed UNC Wilmington winning the CAA Tournament at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA was expected, the strong play of last-seed Hofstra was not. The Pride destroyed No. 7 Towson 72-52 and upset No. 2 George Mason 82-76 before their luck finally […]
