Mountain West Championship Preview Here we sit, a little more than a week before the Mountain West Tournament and it looks like a two-team race. Wyoming and Utah are by far the class of the conference. Utah sits atop the league with a 9-2 record following a 66-65 victory over […]
Conference Notes
Horizon Notebook
Horizon Championship Preview Butler and Detroit. As expected, that’s what was left after the smoke cleared on the Horizon League’s regular season. Granted, it took awhile for things to shake out like that, but with the conference tournament set to begin on Friday, March 1, all bets are off and […]
C-USA Notebook
C-USA Championship Preview Looks like March Madness began a little early for Conference USA. Less than one week after Marquette and Cincinnati faced off in one of the most exciting games of the season (a game and result which was predicted here on Hoopville, by the way, but more on […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Notebook The Big Dozen With Selection Sunday just under 3 weeks away, it is clear that the Big 12 will be well represented in the Field of 65, as 5 members (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech) figure to be amongst those invited to the Big […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook Congratulations As the Big Sky season winds down, it looks like Montana State is going to walk away with the regular season championship. The Bobcats have just three games remaining with a one game lead. None of their remaining three games, however, are against any of the […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook Donald Rumsfeld should have a clandestine meeting with Yale coach James Jones. Not that Jones should be leading a black ops team into Kandahar, but his Elis have somehow, someway, climbed into first place in the Ivy League, vitrually unnoticed. Impossible, you say? Go ‘head, check out […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook Five things to watch before the Horizon League tournament: 1. Can Butler win the rest of its remaining conference games? Sadly enough, that’s probably what it would take for the Bulldogs to get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament if they stumble in the conference tournament. […]
ACC Notebook
ACC in Action With Selection Sunday just three weeks away, it is quite evident that the Atlantic Coast Conference will send five teams to the 2002 NCAA Tournament. Here is a breakdown of the five teams that, unless something extraordinary happens, will be among the field of 65 in March. […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Notebook With the remainder of the MAC season rendered more or less anticlimatic thanks to Kent’s complete and utter domination, our thoughts turn to the conference tournament, which should be much more exciting. Here then are five things to watch for during the remainder of the season: 1. Can […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook The Whole F’n Game! If you haven’t heard about the thrilling Notre Dame-Georgetown game from last Saturday, I’ld like to know what it’s like living under a rock. Notre Dame beat the the Hoyas in DC, despite a 35 point, 20 rebound performance from big man Mike […]
