Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the Week: Josh Mayo, Illinois-Chicago. It is the second player of the week award for Mayo this season. He averaged 30.5 points in two games against UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay last week, including 32 against Green Bay. Butler Bulldogs (8-1 overall, 1-1 […]
Conference Notes
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman Once it begins, college basketball season moves at the speed of sound. It seems it was just yesterday that we convened in DC for conference Media Day, voted preseason honorees, took real note of who graduated and began thinking about their replacements. For […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal We’re a month into the season, and things are beginning to shape up in the Big Ten. Let’s take a look at the expected, unexpected, and peculiar aspects of each team’s early resume. Indiana Hoosiers (8-1) What we knew: Eric Gordon is the […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Brad Best The Mountain West Conference men’s basketball teams have collectively hit a bumpy patch in the road that has brought many teams down from their early season peaks and into the valley where pre-season expectations were formed. Take Saturday, December 8 as an example. BYU […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman Ok, so they’re not the Final Four team of two seasons ago (though exactly two years ago no one in America called that group a Final Four team either). Ok, so in opening 6-2, they’ve played four games at home, four at neutral […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the Week: Matt Howard, Butler. Howard, a freshman, scored a game-high 23 points and had seven rebounds off the bench in the Bulldogs’ 65-46 victory over Ohio State. Butler Bulldogs (7-0 overall) Week record: 1-0 Recap Dec. 1 vs. Ohio State – […]
MEAC Notebook
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook by Michael T. Lyle, Jr. The season maybe a little over three weeks old, but Howard and North Carolina A&T have already posted some impressive victories against powerhouse teams from the Big East, Ivy League and the Patriot League. Recently, the Aggies picked up perhaps their […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart Blackbirds A Pleasant Surprise, Pioneers Freefalling In a conference that’s about as predictable as a Mike Tyson interview, the clear favorite has abruptly sunk to the bottom-echelon while the team that the skeptics figured would be flattened due to the loss of their go-to, […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the week: Mike Green, Butler Bulldogs. Green was named the MVP of the Great Alaska Shootout after averaging 20 points, 6.7 assists and four rebounds a contest. Butler Bulldogs (6-0 overall) Week record: 3-0 Recap Nov. 21 vs. Michigan, Great Alaska Shootout […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos For the ninth consecutive year, the Big Ten and ACC will square off in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, a made-for-TV, head-to-head battle royale. Despite the fanfare and several thrilling games in past years, the ACC has taken the challenge out of winning the […]
