Big East Conference Notebook by Zach Smart HARTFORD – Apparently, Jerome Dyson’s 14.3 points per game-as well as his hounding defense, set three-pointers, quick slashes to the bucket and acrobatic, rim-ringing dunks- haven’t been sorely missed by the Connecticut men’s basketball team. Forget, for a moment, the pre-Superbowl madness that’s […]
Conference Notes
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman One Trip, Two Wins for Huskies Those of you who read this space regularly – and even some who don’t – know how treacherous the road is in the CAA, that this is a conference in which home teams prevail almost 70 percent […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the Week: Marcus Skinner, UW-Milwaukee Skinner averaged 15.5 points and 11 rebounds in two games last week for the Panthers, both victories over Youngstown State and Cleveland State. He posted collegiate-highs with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the victory over Youngstown […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Sam Perkins With almost half of the conference season in the books, one thing has become evident: the conference is still wide open, and none of the prognosticators (or even the coaches, judging by the preseason coaches poll) seem to have been too accurate. The non-conference […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman Coach Benny Moss’ first season in Wilmington was a forgettable one. Fresh off winning the 2006 CAA tournament and a trip to the big dance, conference tourney MVP T.J. Carter missed the entire 2006-07 season with a groin injury, the Seahawks were a […]
MAAC Notebook
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Notebook by Matthew Moll Here is a look at the MAAC conference so far this season. Rider Broncos (14-6 Overall, 7-2 MAAC) Tied for first: Six straight W’s propelled the Broncos into first place with Marist. Rider, who began the MAAC schedule with at 1-2 record, […]
Horizon Notebook: If Wright State Manages to Recruit Some Players, Look Out
They defended so well the night before New Year’s Eve against Cleveland State that I couldn’t wait for my next chance to see them play; that came last night in the Nutter Center in their conference game hosting Illinois-Chicago.
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman They’re the CAA school different from all the rest, academically, architecturally, sociologically. They’re one of five Virginia schools in a Virginia-based league, in fact, directly centered between stalwarts Virginia Commonwealth and Old Dominion on I-64. When one lists the Virginia schools in the […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos As conference play reaches the one-quarter mark, the ACC is off to a chaotic start. More than half of the conference is tied for fourth or within a game of the upper tier. Just about every team has an inexplicable loss to scar […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart Ah, to be an NEC team during this juncture of the season. This is when the league begins to turn up the volts, when the top-of-the-line team floats down to the middle of the pack before the blink of an eye. The NEC world […]
