Conference-USA Preview by Zach Van Hart The question rattling around every C-USA fan’s head as tip-off of the new college basketball season nears – is this the year Cincinnati is dethroned as champion? Seven years after the inception of Conference USA and still no Bearcat team has failed to claim […]

Conference USA Recap by Zach Van Hart What a season in Conference USA during 2001-2002. With two teams in the Top 10 throughout the second half, and the most electrifying freshman in the land, all eyes were on the conference as March came rolling around. The C-USA Tournament had its […]

C-USA Tournament Preview Strange things seem to happen in the Conference USA postseason tournament. Three times in the history of the league (Saint Louis in 2000, Charlotte in 1999 and Marquette in 1997) a team has won four games in four days to take the title, something which has only […]

C-USA Championship Preview Looks like March Madness began a little early for Conference USA. Less than one week after Marquette and Cincinnati faced off in one of the most exciting games of the season (a game and result which was predicted here on Hoopville, by the way, but more on […]

C-USA Notebook What did we learn from Marquette’s through 74-60 pounding of Cincinnati on Feb. 2? 1. Cincinnati is a very good team and will, as I said before the season started, scare the bejeezus out of Duke or Maryland or Kansas, et al before the NCAA Tournament is over. […]

C-USA Notebook OK, it’s time for some midseason awards. Without further ado… Player of the Year: Steve Logan of Cincinnati. He’s been the sparkplug behind one of the biggest surprises of the season — the Bearcats’ nation-best 19-game winning streak. I said before the season started that he could be […]

Conference USA Notebook The Men In Black are back. No, not Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, the Cincinnati Bearcats. Well, actually they never left, but judging by the preseason media coverage by some organizations (not Hoopville, of course), you’d have thought the Bearcats wouldn’t even be a factor in […]

Conference USA Notebook Kudos to South Florida coach Seth Greenberg for doing the right thing. After his star player and All-American candidate Altron Jackson headed into the locker room without shaking hands with any of the Gators players or coaches at the end of USF’s 92-73 loss to Florida on […]

Conference USA Notebook How big is too big? With continual growth through its six years of expansion, Conference USA now stands at 14 teams, and as a result each team won’t play three other league members this season. This little factoid is brought to your attention because a potential contest […]