Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing There wasn’t much on the college basketball plate this week, but we still found out some more about the Big 12 as we head toward the new year. Iowa State might really be for real, and Missouri has a lot of work to […]
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Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Are the Pirates for real this time? We have seen this before. During the past two seasons, the East Carolina Pirates have gotten off to terrific starts in December, only to fall apart a few weeks into conference play. After its most impressive […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap After a slightly longer than normal break, the Big South Notebook is back and gearing up for the start of conference games Jan. 3. Stay tuned to Hoopville for a Big South Report Card, in which I will take a look at each […]
Mid-American Notebook
Mid-American Conference Notebook by Jeremy Speer Toledo and Western Michigan are proving there are two differing ways to get to the top of the MAC. Heading into the Holiday season, the success Rockets (6-1) and Broncos (5-1) are the biggest stories in the conference. Toledo, a run and gun team […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Who’s Who in the ACC As non-conference plays gives way to the even more exciting ACC season, there are already several surprise teams this year. Georgia Tech has torched everybody from Marist to Connecticut en route to a top five ranking. Virginia and […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 29th Huskies Make Their Case: With No. 1 Kentucky’s loss Saturday to No. 20 Louisville, the No. 2 Connecticut Huskies figure to regain the top spot in many polls. A 101-62 beat down of Ball State helps support Connecticut’s case. The Huskies held Ball […]
Day Two
Slam Dunk to the Beach – Day 2 Recap by Phil Kasiecki Slam Dunk to the Beach – Day Two Scoreboard Potomac (MD) Bullis School 69, Lewes (DE) Cape Henlopen HS 53 Washington (DC) Marriott Charter 84, Cleveland (TX) Heritage Christian Academy 60 Orlando (FL) Dr. Phillips 68, Amityville (NY) […]
Coach-Pupil Rivalries
Obsession With Coach-Pupil Stories Takes Away From the Game by Phil Kasiecki Why is the media obsessed with sub-plots of coach-pupil matchups in sports? Such meetings are often made out to be larger-than-life contests. We saw it earlier this year when the Bill Parcells-led Dallas Cowboys played the New England […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 28th Cardinals Have Their Number: No. 1 Kentucky met No. 20 Louisville on Saturday in one of college basketball’s biggest rivalry games. The last time they met, Kentucky suffered its last regular season loss, 81-63 in Louisville on December 28 before rolling through the […]
Day One
Slam Dunk to the Beach – Day 1 Recap by Phil Kasiecki Day One Scoreboard: Laurel (DE) 80, Cape Henlopen (DE) 75 (OT) Bullis (MD) School 52, Allentown (PA) Parkland HS 48 Fort Washington (PA) Germantown Academy 68, Burlington (NJ) Life Center Academy 54 Centereach (NY) Our Savior New American […]
