The Herald-Dispatch College Basketball Preview RSS 2012-02-10T10:57:55-05:00 urn:uuid:c9b73cef-a51c-418d-9636-598ebde96c8e Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported), except where noted. Herrion stresses defense for Herd RICK McCANN http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+mu+men 2010-11-11T11:45:44-05:00 <p> HUNTINGTON -- Hardly a day goes by without Marshall University men&#39;s basketball coach Tom Herrion mentioning the importance of playing defense.</p> Crook ready to lead Marshall women GRANT TRAYLOR http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+mu+women 2010-11-11T11:46:53-05:00 <p> HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University women&#39;s basketball coach Royce Chadwick has been in the business for a long time.</p> 2010-2011 Marshall women's bios The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+mu+women+bios 2010-11-11T11:47:23-05:00 <p> Meet your 2010-2011 women&#39;s team.</p> Buckeyes look to build on last season's strong finish The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+ohio+state+men 2010-11-11T12:00:57-05:00 <p> HUNTINGTON -- Ohio State is building on last season&#39;s 29-8 finish, a Big Ten Conference men&#39;s basketball regular season title and NCAA Sweet 16 appearance.</p> With Butler gone, WVU looks to other scorers JOHN RABY http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+wvu+men 2010-11-11T11:59:23-05:00 <p> MORGANTOWN -- The video board at West Virginia&#39;s first practice showed Da&#39;Sean Butler thanking fans who rallied behind the Mountaineers&#39; first Final Four run in a half century.</p> West Liberty ranked No. 16 in NCAA Div. II The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+wviac 2010-11-11T11:42:11-05:00 <p>HUNTINGTON -- West Liberty from the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was ranked No. 16 to open the men's basketball season by (NCAA) Division II Bulletin magazine. </p> Ohio and Ball State favored to win MAC The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+ohio 2010-11-11T11:42:10-05:00 <p>HUNTINGTON -- Ohio and Ball State are preseason East Division and West Division favorites respectively in Mid-American Conference men's basketball. </p> Mountaineer women return top scorers The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+wvu+women 2010-11-11T11:42:11-05:00 <p>MORGANTOWN -- It's that time of year again in Morgantown. The weather is turning colder, the leaves are changing colors, and the sounds of sneakers sliding up and down the basketball court in the Coliseum can be heard again. </p> UCLA exhibit recreates Wooden's den BETH HARRIS http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+wooden 2010-11-11T11:42:11-05:00 <p>LOS ANGELES -- His overstuffed recliner is tucked in a corner, next to a table with a telephone and an address book open to names written in pencil. The television plays a loop of a Western and a baseball game. All that's missing from the cozy scene is John Wooden himself. </p> Big Ten player of year Lavender leads OSU women The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+ohio+state+women 2010-11-11T11:42:11-05:00 <p>HUNTINGTON -- Jantel Lavender of the Ohio State women's basketball team was a unanimous pick as the Big Ten Conference preseason player of the year. </p> Wildcat women high in preseason polls The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ss_collegebasketballpreview/2010+1107_BASK+kentucky+women 2010-11-11T11:42:09-05:00 <p>HUNTINGTON -- University of Kentucky forward Victoria Dunlap was the overwhelming preseason choice of the media for Southeastern Conference Player of the Year. </p>