Monthly Archives: March 2013

It looks like the Pac-12 might be on the rebound from some seriously down seasons.  But, they probably will never be the dominating West Coast league that they were for so long because of the budding programs in the Mountain … Continue reading →

This new WAC is rather interesting.  They raided the Southland of its best teams not named Stephen, coupled that with a top Sun Belt program and – voila – you’ve got yourself a totally revamped and solid basketball conference.  Well … Continue reading →

(Conference season recap upcoming…) CHAMPIONSHIP (March 16th – 30 points) #2 Pacific vs #4 UC-Irvine Bob Thomason is one of the biggest legends of West Coast basketball.  He has been the Pacific head coach for 25 years – and this … Continue reading →

(Conference season recap upcoming) CHAMPIONSHIP (March 16th – 24 points) #1 Montana vs #2 Weber St. We could have all saved a lot of time – and had a pretty fantastic viewing experience – if we had, instead of a … Continue reading →

You know when you really like some unknown band from the very beginning?  You saw them live before their first album.  The first album wasn’t big, but you got it when it was first released.  You told all your friends … Continue reading →

I have been a die-hard Temple fan for my entire life.  And, when you’re a fan of a non-power conference, you pretty much adopt the entire conference as your own.  You feel pride for the conference; you defend the conference; … Continue reading →

It was a bit of a new look Big XII this year, as they have lost Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, and Texas A&M in just the past two seasons.  They replaced them with West Virginia (nice) and TCU (not nice).  But, … Continue reading →

The MAC adjusted their tournament last year away from the stupid divisional format to the more trendy (and completely warranted and smart) multiple-bye format, rewarding regular season success.  The top two seeds will get triple-byes, followed by double-byes for the … Continue reading →

This conference used to be called – here during CTC – as simply “Conference Memphis.”  Well, after a few years back as Conference USA, it seems we got one last year of Conference Memphis before the Tigers finally get out … Continue reading →

With the departure of Boston U. to the Patriot League next year, they are excluded from the AmEast tournament festivities this year, leaving us a standard 8-team tournament without a pigtail game.  Depending on how you look at it, that … Continue reading →