Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Block party Welcome to C-USA, where all those who enter the lane beware; your shot may find its way into the third row seats. The conference is home to some of the nation’s shot blockers, while many are unheralded or just flat out […]
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Louisville at Cincinnati
Louisville and Cincinnati – Ugly by Zach Van Hart CINCINNATI – When Louisville and Cincinnati faced each other Jan. 21, both teams were ranked in the top six in the country, as the game was built up as one of the biggest of the season in college basketball. Exactly one […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Breakthrough of the week Last week it was East Carolina winning on the road. This week it was USF winning – period. The last team with no conference wins finally cracked the ‘W’ column with a 68-60 against Southern Miss Saturday. Even without […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Breakthrough of the week While this score line – East Carolina 59, USF 57 – is not going to make it anywhere on SportsCenter, it was a historic win for the Pirates. After two and a half years in C-USA, East Carolina has […]
State of C-USA
Farewell to the “Old” Conference USA by Zach Van Hart “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” What a great line, huh? While that was talking about two cities, I’m using it to describe one conference, Conference USA. During the past week and a half, […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Another one bites the dust The question anymore is not, “Who is leaving?” but instead “Who is staying?” Mathematically speaking this is the case as TCU became the eighth current C-USA school to announce its departure for another conference, effective for the 2005-06 […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Neck injury, what next injury? Marquette fans, coaches and players probably feared the worst when Travis Diener went down with a gruesome neck injury during the second half of the Golden Eagles’ 84-76 loss to Charlotte Tuesday. With 13:03 remaining in the game, […]
Cincinnati-Louisville and Technology
Bearcats, Cardinals and Technology, oh my! by Zach Van Hart LOUISVILLE – I traveled from Cincinnati to Louisville Wednesday night expecting a great game between two of the top six teams in the nation. Instead I got a blowout and a different battle that was intense – me versus technology. […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart No move in 2004 It looks as if the snag in speeding up the country-wide conference alignment for the 2004-05 season came from none other than C-USA. Instead, only Miami and Virginia Tech will move from the Big East to the ACC next […]
TCU’s Corey Santee
TCU’s Hard-Working Corey Santee by Zach Van Hart He looks like Mekhi Phifer, except not as big. His shot looks like Steve Logan’s, except not as pretty. His job is to lead his team; however his team is not very good. Who is this possible unfortunate soul? Corey Santee, junior […]
