The New “Nice” NCAA by Jed Tai Is the NCAA getting soft or what? In the olden days, the NCAA wouldn’t give an appeal two seconds of their time. We have our rules, we don’t care what extreme circumstances you might be under. The coach that recruited you left and […]
Month: August 2003
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, August 21st Baylor Waiver: The NCAA has granted Baylor’s request to allow its players to transfer away from the beleagered school, without sitting out the mandatory one year. The request, which was made by Baylor president Robert Sloan on August 8th, frees any additional players […]
San Francisco Summer League
Hot Town: Hoops in the City by Nicholas Lozito It takes a lot to get a hibernating bear out of its cave. Especially if that cave isn’t really a cave, but rather a house, and that house is equipped with Internet and cable television. Oh, and it’s not really a […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, August 20th Baylor Gate: Baylor’s in-house investigation panel yesterday listened to the tapes of ousted head coach Dave Bliss plotting to re-direct accusations of NCAA violations on the recently deceased Patrick Dennehy. The panel made copies available to local authorities to determine if any laws […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, August 19th Dotson Update: Carlton Dotson, the former Baylor basketball player accused of murdering teammate Patrick Dennehy, spent the past weekend under a suicide watch in his Maryland jail cell. Dotson, who is awaiting an extradition trial to Texas, was found nude in his cell […]
Top 10 Incoming Classes
New Talent, Same Old College Basketball Fun by Phil Kasiecki Recruiting remains a major challenge for college basketball coaches these days, as indicated just partly by the NBA Draft. Five players decided to skip college to declare for the NBA Draft, leaving three schools without one of the best talents […]
Off on a Tangent
Off on a Tangent by Dean Austin I’m back from summer vacation as Hoopville Managing Editor Andrew Flynn watches his beloved Diamondbacks, known here in Northern California as the Eight-and-a-half Backs, plummet in the NL West standings. I had thought it difficult to envision a more surreal off-season and then […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, August 18th Stunned Reaction: Reaction to the underhanded scheme to save his job and avoid NCAA penalties has the nation pretty angry against Dave Bliss, former head coach at Baylor. The plan was to tell investigators that slain basketball player Patrick Dennehy paid for his […]
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, August 14th Mizzou Issues: The ex-girlfriend of former Missouri guard Ricky Clemons has stated that tutors at Missouri did a fair portion of Clemons’ schoolwork. Jessica Bunge, who was interviewed by the NCAA regarding allegations against the Missouri program, told the Kansas City Star that […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, August 13th Maybin Paralyzed: Former Louisville guard Marques Maybin remains paralyzed in serious condition after surgery following a motorcycle accident last week. Maybin had surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Monday to fuse vertibrae to prevent further paralysis, according to Maybin’s father Michael Maybin. Due […]
