TMPG Thursday Power Poll by Dean Austin I got some great feedback this week taking me to task over various items of the Poll. I’m more than happy to receive it, especially from the impassioned Wake Forest fans. I also got some negative comments that attacked me personally. Now you […]
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Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Not Much Action With semester exams taking up the schedules of most of the Big South schools last week, there were only ten games played in the conference last week. With the holidays quickly approaching, there will be a few more breaks in […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 19 Where are you?: Bobby Knight is again showing his frustration. Knight, who is in his 38th year of coaching, says he is disappointed with the attendance this season and has pinpointed the West Texas community and the Texas Tech students. Recently, the school […]
Tuesday Morning Point Guard
Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Rather more Thursday Morning Point Guard than Tuesday Morning this week. And given my current state it occurs to me that you never see a notice that a columnist is out sick. Peter King, Don Banks, Dick Vitale etc. etc. they occasionally take […]
Northeast Conference Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette This was a big out of conference week for the Northeast as several schools faced major conference opponents. The week started with a victory over the Atlantic Ten when Central Connecticut State beat Massachusetts 53-52 at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Ron Robinson hit two […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Cummings or Going? UCLA is still waiting to hear whether senior forward T.J. Cummings, who was declared academically ineligible for the fall quarter, improved his grades enough to return to the floor. According to head coach Ben Howland, Cummings had a passing grade headed […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 18th Top 25 Roundup: No. 4 Duke outlasted an always-pesky Princeton squad 69-51, in a game that saw Blue Devil freshman Luol Deng overcome a first half slump to tally 18 points on the game. J.J. Redick had 17 and Daniel Ewing had 15 […]
College Quotebook December 11th-17th
College Quotebook – December 11th – December 17th by Nicholas Lozito Coach Grieves Loss Of Player “One of my greatest fears as a coach was realized today. These players are like family to me and to each other. It’s hard to even comprehend how something like this could happen.” — […]
Touring the Northeast
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Drop Their First One, Then Almost Blow One This past week gave Boston College’s young team an introduction and a wake-up call. On Tuesday, the Eagles traveled to Philadelphia and lost to a St. Joseph’s team that might be the best-kept secret […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Panthers and Bluejays steal bragging rights After being fouled with less than a minute to play, Northern Iowa’s Brooks McKowen looked up at the clock to see how much time remained for a UNI upset to be put in the books. Forty five […]