Big South Conference Tournament Semifinal Recap by Jerry Hinnen After chaos reigning in the Big South tournament brackets the past several seasons, the 2006 conference championship will be decided by the top two seeds: one the league’s most on-paper talented team and regular season champion, the other its personal nemesis […]

Big South Conference Quarterfinal Recaps by Jerry Hinnen No. 6 Charleston Southern 96, No. 3 Birmingham-Southern 76 The curse of the Big South’s third seed continued Tuesday as Charleston Southern upset Birmingham-Southern in Birmingham 96-76 in the Big South quarterfinals. BSC won both regular-season meetings handily, but behind 45 points […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jerry Hinnen Down to the Wire Every year, something NFL fans look forward to is the late-season appearance of charts and lists detailing exactly what scenarios need to play out for their team to make the playoffs. Those fans now have something in common with […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jerry Hinnen Teal is the new black It’s Winthrop and Birmingham-Southern pestering the country’s bracketologists with their tie atop of the Big South standings at 10-2, but the capital-H Hottest team in the Big South is Coastal Carolina, winners of six straight and eight of […]

Big South Conference 2005-06 Preview by Jeremy Dunlap Change is inevitable, especially in college basketball. In the Big South, there were plenty of changes during the off-season. Three schools underwent head coaching changes while another three schools are replacing more than half of their roster from a year ago. However, […]

Big South Conference Championship Game Recap by Jeremy Dunlap (1) Winthrop 68, (7) Charleston Southern 46 All season long, Winthrop’s defense has carried the load, and though Charleston Southern did manage to connect on over 48 percent of their shots, the Eagles’ defense gave the Bucs fits, causing 18 turnovers […]

Big South Tournament – Semifinals by Jeremy Dunlap (Note: All tournament games are played at the home court of the higher seeded team.) (1) Winthrop 78, (4) Birmingham-Southern 64 Winthrop extended its winning streak to seventeen games and will appear in its fifth Big South championship game of the last […]

Big South Quarterfinal Recaps by Jeremy Dunlap (Note: All tournament games are played at the home court of the higher seeded team.) (1) Winthrop 74, (8) Coastal Carolina 62 It took a while, but Winthrop eventually took control of their match-up against Coastal Carolina, and will advance to the conference […]

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Regular Season Champs With one week remaining in the regular season, Winthrop clinched its fourth regular season Big South title of the last seven years with a pair of victories this past week. The regular season championship gives the Eagles the top seed […]