Here’s a quick update of recent coaching moves and players’ decisions about whether they’ll be returning to school or heading to the NBA Draft.
Tag: Atlantic Sun
USC Upstate Goes to Great Lengths in Transition
The transition up to Division I isn’t easy. It usually involves a lot of time on the road, a lot of guarantee games that often include blowout losses, and some changes in evaluating a team. Most of that is the same with USC Upstate, which is currently in its second season of Division I play. Like a number of teams making the transition, the program had some good years leading up to the jump, including back-to-back seasons with over 20 wins in 2004-05 and 2005-06. They even went 17-11 in their final season of Division II.
Atlantic Sun Preview
Atlantic Sun Conference 2007-08 Preview by Phil Kasiecki The times are changing for the Atlantic Sun as it enters its 30th year of existence. Most notably, the makeup of the conference has undergone some changes in recent years and continues to this season. Those changes have of late involved newcomers […]
Atlantic Sun Preview
Atlantic Sun Conference 2005-06 Preview by Michael Protos The Atlantic Sun Conference danced the realignment shuffle this off-season, though few media sources made much fanfare of their moves. Gone are Central Florida, Georgia State and Troy. In their place, the A-Sun welcomes East Tennessee State, Kennesaw State and North Florida. […]
A-Sun Tournament Recap
Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Recap by Michael Protos Quarterfinals No. 1 Gardner-Webb 64, No. 8 Troy 62 Despite poor shooting and no support from its bench, No. 1 Gardner-Webb slipped past No. 8 Troy 64-62, overcoming a four-point halftime deficit. Junior center Simon Conn was a beast in the paint, […]
Atlantic Sun Notebook
Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Darren Lowry Two Schools Join A-Sun With the conference set to lose four schools in the next two years, there was no secret that the A-Sun was going to have to replace them sooner rather than later. On Jan. 5, the A-Sun announced that Kennesaw […]
Atlantic Sun Notebook
Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Darren Lowry Conference turns upside down The Atlantic Sun Conference has been turned on its head in the early going, with the cellar-dwelling teams of last year leading the conference and the conference heavyweights from last year stuck at the bottom of the standings. In […]
Atlantic Sun Notebook
Atlantic Sun Conference Notebook by Darren Lowry UCF dominates early The Atlantic Sun Conference got some national exposure in the early part of the 2004-2005 season with a number of their teams playing in national tournaments and against some big-name teams, but for the most part, they have been less […]
Atlantic Sun Conference Preview
Atlantic Sun Conference 2004-05 Preview by Darren Lowry The Atlantic Sun conference is as unpredictable as any other conference this season due to the major roster turnover that occurred conference-wide in the off-season. Several schools will be benefiting from an influx of new talent, whether it be now-eligible transfers or […]
Atlantic Sun Conference Recap
Atlantic Sun Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Michael Protos The Atlantic Sun may not get much respect because it is a non-major conference, but this conference offers several teams with the ability to shock the nation. Just ask Missouri, which hosted Belmont in the beginning of this past season. The […]
