Colonial Athletic Association 2007-08 Preview by Jay Pearlman It’s arguably the fastest growing league in the country. Like the ACC, it stretches up and down the eastern seaboard, from Atlanta to Boston. Four teams in post-season in each of the last two years – and not the same teams. Followed […]
Conference Notes
Northeast Preview
Northeast Conference 2007-08 Preview by Zach Smart Pre-Season All-Conference G-Tristan Blackwood, Central Connecticut G-Chris Vann, Mount St. Mary’s G/F-DeMario Anderson, Quinnipiac F-Jeremy Chappelle, Robert Morris F-Robert Hines, St. Francis N.Y. Central Connecticut (22-12, 16-2 Northeast) Two-thirds of the NEC’s best three-headed monster are gone from last season. Player of the […]
Northeast Conference Recap
Northeast Conference 2006-07 Season Recap by Zach Smart NEC Postseason Awards Player of the Year: Javier Mojica, Sr. Central Connecticut Simply put, Mojica was the best player on the best team in the Northeast Conference this season. After playing a supporting role the past two seasons, Mojica came into his […]
MAAC Season Recap
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2006-07 Season Recap by Matthew Moll Unpredictability – the sine quan non of college basketball – took a year hiatus from the sport as a whole and from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season. Marist, prognosticators’ pick for the regular season crown, dispensed all those […]
Big Ten Recap
Big Ten Conference Season Recap by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal Regular Season Recap As expected, the Big Ten was (ugh!) down again this season, housing two of the best teams in the country, a handful of very average squads, and more than its share of forgettable rosters. The result: a conference season […]
Big Ten NCAA Outlook
Big Ten Conference NCAA Tournament Outlook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal Since you’ve been devoid of any bracket analysis over the last couple days, I’m here to provide some. You can count on me when the rambling television heads get too annoying or when another one picks all four No. 1 seeds […]
C-USA Championship Recap
Conference USA Championship Recap by Ryan Westin No. 1 Memphis 71, No. 3 Houston 59 Day four from the FedEx Forum in Memphis brought a solid effort from Houston against the heavily-favored Memphis Tigers. The Cougars were able to play toe-to-toe with the Tigers for 38 minutes, but it was […]
MAC Championship Recap
Mid-American Conference Championship Recap by Bill Kintner CLEVELAND – As the game ended, Miami coach Charlie Coles jumped into the air as his RedHawks had just won on a last-second shot to beat Akron 53-52. As the team, cheerleaders and fans ran onto the court to celebrate the win, the […]
MAC Quarterfinal Recaps
Mid-American Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Recap by Bill Kintner CLEVELAND – On of the more interesting things to happen yesterday on a rather uneventful day was Bowling Green coach Dan Dakich’s entertaining “farewell” press conference, or maybe it was just a “media availability.” I don’t know if it is his last. […]
C-USA Semifinal Recaps
Conference USA Tournament Semifinal Recap by Ryan Westin No. 1 Memphis 71, No. 4 Tulane 49 Day three of the Conference USA tournament brought about the semifinals at the FedEx Forum and looked eerily similar to day two as Memphis absolutely pummeled Tulane in the first twenty minutes of contest […]
