Mid-Continent Notebook Mid Continent 1, ACC 0 Don’t look now, but the Mid Continent Conference has a winning record over that perennial powerhouse conference known as the ACC. The Jags of IUPUI went down to Georgia Tech and stunned everyone by beating the Yellowjackets 98-92. IUPUI wouldn’t let a power […]
Conference Notes
SEC Notebook
SEC Notebook Alabama (14-3 overall, 2-1) – The Crimson Tide had their 8-game winning streak snapped and suffered their first conference loss at the hands of the Auburn Tigers, 59-56. The Tide’s high-flying offense, which had been averaging 82 points a game, was completely stifled as leading scorer Rod Gizzard […]
WAC Notebook
WAC Notebook The WAC continues to turn heads as four of the five conference games played on Saturday went down to the wire. Hawaii beat Boise State, 64-62, behind Predrag Savovic’s two free throws with 10.4 seconds left. In Fresno State’s one-point victory against Tulsa, Chris Jefferies converted a three-point […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Notebook Seminole Shocker WOW! That is the only word that comes to mind when describing the shockwaves that were sent across America last Sunday night when hoops fans witnessed the No. 1 team in the nation, undefeated Duke, lose on national television at Florida State. When Duke forward […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook Entering Conference Play Illinois begins its defense of last year’s Big Ten co-championship hosting the Minnesota Gophers. While Gopher stars, Dusty Rychart and Rick Rickert may not have the same name value as Illinois’ Frank Williams or Corey Bradford, the Gophers are off to another fast start […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Notebook Well, so much for those worries about Kent State. What’s going on with Central Michigan is another story altogether. The two defending division champions in the Mid-American Conference are heading into decidedly different directions after stumbling at times in non-conference action. The Golden Flashes eradicated a lot of […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon Notebook Well, so much for the so-called “experts”. The first Horizon League contests created a lot of question marks for so early in the season. Not only did 19th-ranked (though not for long) Butler get upended – at home, no less – by Wright State, but Detroit Mercy lost […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook The Men In Black are back. No, not Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, the Cincinnati Bearcats. Well, actually they never left, but judging by the preseason media coverage by some organizations (not Hoopville, of course), you’d have thought the Bearcats wouldn’t even be a factor in […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Notebook Blackbird Coach Flees the Coop It seems like just yesterday I sat in a packed Schwartz Center at Long Island University for the NEC finals. It was a heavily favored LIU team versus underdog Fairleigh Dickinson. FDU pulled off the upset and earned a bid to the 1998 […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Notebook SLO . . . but in a good way Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s basketball team is living the university’s guiding philosophy of ‘learn by doing’. What the Mustangs have been doing is nothing short of learning to win. At 2-1 in conference, 8-3 overall, this team […]
