Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Idolizing Duke In the national fervor for talent searches like American Idol, the best and worst singers entertain all of America, and the people seemingly can’t get enough. In the world of college basketball, the nationwide search for a squad talented enough to […]
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Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap No Chance for the Dance The NCAA is known for having some quirky rules that nobody seems to understand, but Birmingham-Southern must be wondering why the team will be sitting around in March while the rest of the conference will be competing for […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Adam Reich Breaking Down the America East Halfway through the conference schedule a few things have become quite clear: Taylor Coppenrath is by far and away the conference’s best player, Chaz Carr has emerged as BU’s go-to-guy, and Marcus Barnes and Jose Juan Barea can light […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Jeremy Speer The top teams in the Mid-American Conference are beginning to surface, as a pair of two-team races is developing. Western Michigan maintains a one-game lead over Toledo in the West Division while Kent State enjoys a game and half advantage over Miami in the […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Conference Notebook by Marcus Vanderberg 12 wins and slowly creeping towards the Top 25 Utah State is proving to the Big West that they are head and shoulders above the rest of the teams in the conference. The Aggies are on a remarkable winning streak which is currently […]
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic-10 Conference Notebook by Jonathan Scherner Upset for the ages Richmond suddenly made themselves a candidate for the NCAA Tournament with their upset victory over 12th ranked Kansas. Tony Dobbins hit a fade-away jumper with one second left to give the Spiders an improbable 69-68 victory at Allen Fieldhouse. It […]
The Mailbag
Answering the Mailbag by Phil Kasiecki Normally, I respond individually to those who send e-mails to me from Hoopville, but this time around there’s been a lot to catch up on and it warrants talking about them right here. If the mail keeps coming, this will become a regular feature. […]
Scheduling Conflicts
Scheduling Conflicts by Jim Woods Over the next two months, almost all of the talk surrounding college basketball is going to shift towards the NCAA Tournament. A great deal of this talk will be about “Who’s In”, “Who’s Out”, and “How did they earn a bid”. We all have already […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – February 3rd Mainline Madness: So what’s more important to St. Joseph’s? Being one of the best teams in the nation, or being the best in Philly? The Hawks kept their undefeated run alive and pushed their mark to 19-0 with a 74-67 triumph over fellow Big […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, February 2nd Sensational Super Sunday: The sports highlight of yesterday had to be the Super Bowl between New England and Carolina. Despite a slow start, the game did not lack excitement as the Patriots and Panthers traded scores late in the second quarter and then […]
