ACC Notebook State Looks Great With two senior guards leading the Pack, North Carolina State is on its way to its first NCAA Tournament since 1991. “Anthony Grundy and Archie Miller are certainly not only providing us with outstanding play, but more importantly just great leadership,” NC State coach Herb […]
Conference Notes
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Notebook At Last!! Sure it took two coaches and 17 games but the LIU Blackbirds finally got into the win column this weekend with an 80-64 decision over St. Francis. For interim coach Ron Brown it will take much more than one win to shed the interim title for […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook The Skinny The Big East has surprised more than its share of fans this season, including the outcome of the Georgetown/Syracuse game. After seven tries against ranked opponents so far this season, Mike Sweetney was finally able to lead his team to a victory, scoring a game-high […]
Mid-American Notebook
Brian Seymour has approached the podium, and is about to announce his MAC halfwaypoint award winners. Mid-American Notebook OK, it’s time for some midseason awards. Without further ado… Player of the Year: This is an incredibly tight race and the truth is that any one of three or four players […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook The Skinny The WAC no longer has an undefeated tenant in the league house following Hawaii’s loss on January 19th. Ironically, the Rainbow Warriors lost to the only other team in the league that had not yet won a divisional contest, San Jose State. Hawaii has since rebounded […]
C-USA Notebook
C-USA Notebook OK, it’s time for some midseason awards. Without further ado… Player of the Year: Steve Logan of Cincinnati. He’s been the sparkplug behind one of the biggest surprises of the season — the Bearcats’ nation-best 19-game winning streak. I said before the season started that he could be […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook Going into the conference season, three Missouri Valley teams had made their mark. Southern Illinois had ambushed Indiana and gave Illinois everything it could handle. Northern Iowa stunned visiting in-state rival Iowa. And Creighton topped a ranked Western Kentucky squad. With perennial contenders Illinois State and Bradley […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Notebook The General Last year Texas Tech finished a dismal 9-19 and tied for last in the league at 3-13. However, last season may go down as the conclusion of the BTG (Before The General) era in Lubbock. Could anyone have ever envisioned that Bobby Knight would have […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon Notebook OK, it’s time for some midseason awards. Without further ado… Player of the Year: Before the conference season started, Butler’s Thomas Jackson looked like a stone cold lock to win player of the year honors, but no one has been as impressive or meant as much to his […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook Ten ‘Wild and Crazy’ Teams It’s the stuff of Steve Martin-Dan Akroyd Saturday Night Live skits – which is what the CAA has become this year. At this point, the league champ is anybody’s guess, especially when teams like Towson (1-5) beat conference contenders Delaware and Drexel, then […]
