The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 9 This Week At Number One: Like a hot potato, the number one ranking in our Top 25 Hoopville poll has been passed to another team. The 5-0 Florida Gators zing up to the top spot from No. 3 after a good week against […]
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ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos What’s so challenging? For the fifth consecutive year of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, the ACC won the series of games against the Big Ten. This year, however, the ACC schools entirely dominated their counterparts, winning seven of nine games. The two marquis games […]
Pac-10 Notebook
Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Jayhawks Rocked, Out-chalked by Cardinal Stanford proved at least two things with its 64-58 upset of Kansas at the John Wooden Classic in Anaheim on Saturday. First, the Cardinal provided the latest support to Kansas coach Bill Self’s proclamation that polls this early in […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing Nebraska and Iowa State are unbeaten surprises, but. . . A good three weeks into the season and five Big 12 teams remain undefeated. That in and of itself is not surprising; teams like No. 2 Missouri, No. 13 Oklahoma and No. 16 […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Buzzer blues It was a week of unkind buzzer beaters in Conference USA last week, as three games ended in loses after made shots with very little time left. Two resulted with the first loss of the season for the respective losers, along […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A Major Rebel-lion For the past few seasons, UNLV has enjoyed an abundance of talented players, including lottery pick Marcus Banks. Yet without a NCAA Tournament appearance to show for it, the team has earned a reputation for underachieving. With only four lettermen returning, […]
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Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 8th Carolina on Fire: The No. 6 Tar Heels ripped George Mason 115-81 behind sophomore forward Sean May’s career-high 26 points. North Carolina started slow, however, trailing George Mason by two at halftime. But coach Roy Williams apparently made the right adjustments as North […]
Big 5 Classic
Live from Philadelphia – The Big 5 Classic by Phil Kasiecki PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – The Big 5 has a storied history in Philadelphia, and third annual Big 5 Classic stayed true to that. With all six Division I teams in the city playing in three games, the snow that hit […]
Ohio Valley Notebook
Ohio Valley Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Racing out to a hot start The Murray State Racers were picked to finish third in our conference preview, but perhaps we missed by a bit. New coach Mick Cronin has the Racers playing dominant basketball and a 5-0 start. Cronin is a […]
