Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap More TV Drama Two weeks after a pair of Big South regionally telecasted games went to the wire, the Charleston Southern/High Point game played on Fri., Feb. 6, was also on the tube and turned out to be more thrilling than probably any […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap No Chance for the Dance The NCAA is known for having some quirky rules that nobody seems to understand, but Birmingham-Southern must be wondering why the team will be sitting around in March while the rest of the conference will be competing for […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Made For TV Big South teams do not get a whole lot of TV time during the year, but if they consistently performed as they did this weekend on the tube, the networks may want to think about picking up a few more […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Making Moves The top of the Big South standings remains rather crowded as five teams still sit within a game-and-a-half of first place, but High Point and Winthrop both did their best to improve their positions in the standings this past week. Both […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap On Fire The Flames of Liberty University had a tough schedule to open the season, but even then, they were shaky at best heading into their conference slate with a 3-9 record. However, after losing the conference opener at Coastal Carolina on a […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Gallup For Three Conference play opened Sat., Jan. 3 with four games, and the most exciting one proved to be Liberty’s visit to Conway, S.C., to battle Coastal Carolina. With Liberty leading 65-64 down the stretch, Coastal Carolina’s senior guard E.J. Gallup hit […]

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 […]

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 […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Historic Victory In eleven tries during the 26-year history of the Winthrop men’s basketball program, the Eagles had never defeated a team from the Southeastern Conference. In fact, Winthrop opened the year with a 65-44 loss to Kentucky, the defending SEC champions. But […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Bad Offense or Good Defense? Why should the score 38-34 look familiar to anybody? Well, it was the final score of the exciting game played between Florida and Florida State’s football teams Nov. 29. But it was probably also the halftime score of […]