West Coast Notebook Big Time – 1 vs. 2 The Kennel Club will be barking loud and clear this weekend when Pepperdine comes to Spokane for a rematch against 8th-ranked Gonzaga. Amongst the many reasons to watch the game on ESPN 2: the Zags are attempting to avenge their only […]
Conference Notes
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook The Skinny The WAC has created quite a stir this season as both Hawaii and Tulsa reached the 20-win plateau (each is at 20-4, 11-2 in conference play) last week. Tied for third in wins are Fresno State and Louisiana Tech with 15 apiece, though Tech has three […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook Alabama: (20-4 overall, 8-2) – Despite dropping their last game at the hands of Mississippi State, the Crimson Tide have emerged as one of the stories of this college hoops season. Prior to dropping a 76-62 final against the Bulldogs, Bama’ rolled off six straight victories, climbing all […]
Metro Atlantic Notebook
Metro-Atlantic Notebook Man-hurt-an What happened to the Jaspers? The team from Riverdale was 6-2 in the MAAC and in first place. Now, after losses to Canisius (Feb. 8) and Niagara (Feb. 10), Manhattan is tied for second in the conference with the Purple Eagles. Normally one of the more prolific […]
MEAC Notebook
MEAC Notebook Pirates To MEAC Foes: Walk The Plank! Hampton’s coming out party came last March when they became only the fourth No. 15 seed to upset a No. 2 seed as they stunned Iowa State 58-57 in Boise during last year’s NCAA Tournament. Riding high off of that “one […]
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook If It’s Not Patrick Doctor, Than Who? Yes, believe it or not, a player from American U. other than Patrick Doctor was named Patriot League Player of the Week. Junior guard Glenn Stokes had 22 points and 6 steals against Navy and upstaged everyone (including the national […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook Your Big 5 Champion is . . .Penn? With all the basketball powerhouses in Philly, it’s hard to believe that the Penn Quakers are the Big 5 Champ. You can look it up, but Fran Dunphy’s team bested LaSalle, Villanova, Temple, Drexel (unofficial member of the Fivesome) […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Notebook Championship Showdown Cal-State Northridge probably thinks otherwise, but the regular season conference championship should be decided February 9th at UC-Irvine. On that day, the Utah State Aggies visit the Anteaters. The two dominant teams in the conference will battle it out for the second time of the […]
C-USA Notebook
C-USA Notebook What did we learn from Marquette’s through 74-60 pounding of Cincinnati on Feb. 2? 1. Cincinnati is a very good team and will, as I said before the season started, scare the bejeezus out of Duke or Maryland or Kansas, et al before the NCAA Tournament is over. […]
Southern Notebook
Southern Notebook Top ‘Cats Although Davidson was upset at home by Western Carolina on January 26th, the Wildcats have still won seven of their last eight games after being throttled by Duke in Charlotte back in early January. The ‘Cats latest win came at the hands of Wofford on January […]
