Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal We’re two weeks into the Big Ten season, and there are some things I can definitively say now, and things I soon expect to say in the future. These I know, beyond a doubt Eric Gordon is the best player in the league. […]
Conference Notes
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the Week: Matt Howard, Butler. The freshman from Connersville, Ind., averaged 19.3 points and seven rebounds per game in leading the Bulldogs to three victories. He scored 22 points on Jan. 10 against Green Bay. Butler Bulldogs (16-1 overall, 5-1 Horizon League) […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman As the dust settles following a second full week of CAA play, a bit of normalcy had returned to the conference. Defending champion and preseason favorite VCU has bounced back from an earlier one-point loss at James Madison with three straight wins, this […]
MEAC Notebook
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook by Michael T. Lyle, Jr. Two, long months of out-of-conference play has come to an end for just about all eleven schools in the MEAC, and at least two of those teams showed they’re ready for the next three after some strong performances against the “big […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal It’s tough to win on the road in the Big Ten. It was tough, last year. But in the first week of the 2008 conference season, road teams went 5-4, and Penn State nabbed wins at both Illinois and Northwestern. PSU had two […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman What an opening week in the CAA! If you thought the top of the league could be weaker this year (VCU, Old Dominion, Hofstra and Drexel could all be weaker than last year), the so-called second division just keeps on keeping on! This […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman Lots of us ex-coaches, and almost as many knowledgeable fans, talk the talk of defense. You hear things like, “we only play people committed to guarding”, “we only recruit those kinds of kids”, or “I love the college game because of the defense.” […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman Every fan knows about home-court advantage, and I expect most know that that advantage is even more pronounced at the mid-major level than at higher levels. This writer certainly knows, having coached on the Division III level, at the lowest level of Division […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the Week: Samuel Haanpaa, Valparaiso. The sophomore guard from Finland averaged 26 points in two Crusaders victories last week. He scored 20 points against Evansville and 32 against Chicago State. Against Chicago State, he set a school-record for 3-pointers in a game […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart Mt. St. Mary’s Sitting At The Top of the Mountain A message to anyone intrigued by a Northeast Conference that just might flee from obscurity this season: the college basketball conference that’s about as topsy-turvy as this year’s college football season is back in […]
