Atlantic 10 Notebook Midterm reports for the new guys As we pass the midpoint of the college baskeball season, now is a good time to grade the performances of the seven new coaches in the A10: Xavier – Thad Motta: A Having one of the premier power forwards in the […]
Conference Notes
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook The American Way Here’s a plan for all you losing programs out there. Switch your conference affiliation – preferably to one that has competition you can beat. After getting smacked around in the Colonial for years (they finished 7-20 last season), the American Eagles find themselves atop […]
Metro Atlantic Notebook
Metro Atlantic Notebook Port-able Rider’s Mario Porter is leading the MAAC in scoring at 21.1 points per game. Porter is also the league rebounding leader with 8.6 per game. The senior forward from Irvington, NJ, and his Bronc teammates, recently came off a 72-68 upset of Manhattan in Riverdale. Porter […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook The Cat(amounts) Meow When people think of basketball up in Burlington, Vermont, names like Eddie Benton and Tony Ociarri come to mind. Well neither of those Catamount alums has anything to do with them having the top record in the America East at 14-4 (7-1 in conference). […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook Buckeyes on Fire The Ohio State Buckeyes are off to an impressive 5-0 start in the Big Ten after Saturday’s 73-67 victory over the previously unbeaten Hoosiers. The Buckeyes, who have always desired to get little respect, are clamoring for some of the accolades that they claim […]
West Coast Notebook
West Coast Notebook Much was made of the 36 point first half performance Kobe Bryant turned in last week in the first game of Shaq’s suspension. Last night, I witnessed the collegiate version, a 34 point run by Gonzaga’s standout senior guard Dan Dickau against the Loyola Marymount Lions. Technically, […]
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook Alabama (16-3 overall, 4-1) – The Crimson Tide bounced back nicely from a disappointing loss at Auburn by notching a pair of impressive victories. They traveled to Athens and behind a 16-point 10-rebound performance from Rod Gizzard, handed Georgia its first conference loss of the season, 77-72. The […]
Ohio Valley Notebook
Ohio Valley Notebook The Big Three At this early juncture of conference play, it appears there are clearly three top teams in the OVC: Tennessee Tech, Eastern Illinois and Tennessee-Martin. Anything can happen once the OVC Tournament rolls around, but it looks like these three schools are the class of […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook Leaders This country needs to pay more attention to the WAC because Hawaii is for real. At 6-0 in WAC play, the Rainbow Warriors are at their best this season, having just handed SMU its first conference loss, 83-74. In this conference, however, it’s going to be difficult […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Notebook Leaders It isn’t often that a .500 team will end up winning a division title, but in the case of the Big South, it would blow away the competition. At 7-9, Elon is one of only four teams with at least a .400 winning percentage this season. […]
