Big South Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Organized Chaos With the close of the regular season less than a week away for the Big South Conference, familiar patterns are forming. In each of the last four seasons, Winthrop captured the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament that rewards the […]
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Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic Ten Notebook by David Francis The Atlantic 10 Conference this year is reminiscent of that old Clint Eastwood movie, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Not the greatest movie ever made, but still pretty darn entertaining. After sending only one team to the NCAA tournament last year for […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito February wars bring March Madness It’s a war out there in the Big Sky, and one casualty has already been reported. At 4-20, the Portland State Vikings will now begin picking up the pieces of a season shattered by injuries. Head coach Heath Schroyer’s […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Bracket Buster While the mid-major conferences were glowing in their made-for-ESPN special called the Bracket Buster, the Mountain West continued with some exciting conference play. Some of you may wonder why the conference didn’t participate in the inaugural event. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, February 24, 2003 by Adam Shandler Are the Oklahoma Sooners the new Texas? On a Sunday reserved more for the stars of music, the 6th-ranked Sooners rocked the house in their own right and put up a noteworthy performance against No. 6 Kansas, 77-70. More […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 23rd, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki It was a day mid-major fans awaited for a while, but the top story involves a recent national champion from the Big East. Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun had prostate surgery on February 6, and was expected to be […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 22nd, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki The day many mid-major fans have awaited has now arrived. Bracket Buster Saturday is upon us, with nine matchups on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNPlus. Unfortunately, the day has lost some of its luster, as this doesn’t appear to be […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 21, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez By the time it was all said and done, there were fans streamed across the hardwood at Pauley Pavilion and UCLA players with grins the size of watermelon slices. The scene in Westwood Thursday night was reminiscent of past […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Bradley and Wichita State pull Shockers Creighton and Southern Illinois both took detours on their way to repeating as Valley Co-Champions. The Blue Jays were not able to overcome 27 points from Wichita State’s Aaron Hogg and Bradley rode the emotion of Homecoming to […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Turns out that, in the Big Ten, the more things change, the more they stay the same. One year after four teams tied for first in the Big Ten regular season conference, there are three schools knotted at the top, and two others still […]
