Temple has rode a six-game winning streak to the top of the Atlantic 10 after Saturday’s 73-56 win at Rhode Island. While it’s been a balanced effort for the Owls to get to this point, there’s no question that their perimeter trio of Ramone Moore, Khalif Wyatt and Juan Fernandez is the driving force behind this team’s success.
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Quick Hitters – January 27, 2012
Some quick hitters about Boston University’s rebounding, a transfer helping Marquette, an improving Husky guard and a couple of key road wins among others as we head into another weekend.
Will Syracuse’s hot start cool off this winter?
Syracuse is officially on the clock. As of Jan. 9, the Orange look an awful lot like the best team in the country. But considering that it’s still early January, that’s not terribly surprising. The question is whether Syracuse will still look like the best team in college hoops in […]
Young Rhode Island may be starting to grow up
Rhode Island’s young players have no choice but to grow up. With conference play in front of them, the young Rams look like they may be starting to do that, the latest evidence being their 78-72 victory at Boston College in double overtime on Monday.
Saint Joseph’s shows promise but can be better
Saint Joseph’s has largely completed non-conference play, with only a Big 5 game against Penn remaining in less than three weeks. The Hawks are 10-4, with a few good wins, but in some sense, Saturday’s tough 74-69 loss at Harvard is indicative of the team: good, but still needing a good deal of work.
New year, higher stakes with conference play intensifying
The calendar turns to 2012 this season, and that means it’s time to get busy with the bulk of conference games.
Has Rhode Island hit rock bottom?
The Rhode Island Rams are not in a good place right now. That might be obvious if you see their record, but that doesn’t tell the entire story. And as if that’s not enough, things went from bad to worse right after Christmas.
CBS’ Doyel has the guts to step back from the controversy trap
A UAB transfer has dragged Saint Joseph’s and coach Phil Martelli into a messy, public spat, and too many people are eager to take sides.
The NCAA’s $2,000 hot mess
From flying tortillas to players behaving badly, we’ve got news from all over the hoops nation.
Plenty of great action on the menu this weekend
Nearly every top team is on the schedule this weekend, and many of those teams face their stiffest road tests of the season.