Splitting Adams by Adam Shandler Random, rambling commentary on basketball and beyond Love Means Never Having To Say ‘You Nitwit’: UConn coach Jim Calhoun and Phil Martelli had to serve up mea culpas for making what was deemed “insensitive remarks”. Martelli’s peccadillo occurred when his St. Joe’s Hawks were blowing […]
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Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – January 27th Pitino in Pain: Louisville coach Rick Pitino is tough, but the pain has taken its toll. Pitino will take an indefinite leave of absence to tend to a discomfort that he describes as a “urological related” pain. The Cardinals coach said he first felt […]
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The Morning Dish – January 20th Pitt Gets Hurt-ford: Well, Pittsburgh is still unbeaten at home, so they’ve got that going for them. But when the Panthers took a road trip to Hartford, they were handed their first loss of the season. UConn outlasted Jamie Dixon’s club, 68-65, and bounced […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook by Adam Shandler Tight at the Top The CAA season is not even a month old and already teams are trading paint for the top spot. There are four teams legitimately jostling for first, and quite apropo, the top team is royalty… Monarchs Own The Throne Old Dominion […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – January 13th Pitt Streaks On: Once again, the undefeated Pitt Panthers bend but do not break. Coming off an 84-80 OT win against Miami, Pitt put together a stunning second-half comeback to irk the Notre Dame Irish, 74-71. Chris Thomas had a career night for Notre […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – January 6th The Great Longhorn Escape: Providence had a chance to prove it belonged in the Hoopville Top 25 last night and almost made their case, but a PJ Tucker overtime buzzer beater sank the Friars and lifted Texas to a 79-77 win. Officials took several […]
Metro Atlantic Notebook
Metro Atlantic Notebook by Adam Shandler Penn Takes Manhattan The Jaspers were gunning for three straight Dreyfus Holiday Festival titles, but the Penn Quakers shattered that dream. One night after edging Holy Cross, 56-54, in round one, the Jaspers were steamrolled by a 25-2 run after compiling their own 13-2 […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 30th 33 Straight At Cameron: J.J. Redick caught fire, hitting 7-of-12 shots – including six from behind the arc – and Duke strolled by Davidson, 88-54. The Blue Devils extended their winning streak over the Wilcats to 17 games and have now won 33 […]
Conversation with Dawn Harmon
A Conversation with the NAIA’s Dawn Harmon by Adam Shandler I recently did a Google search for NAIA statistical leaders. The search came back asking if I meant NCAA statistical leaders instead. Even my spell check wants to make the change. There’s another league out there, and it’s called the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 23rd Zona Conquers Aztecs: San Diego State made things interesting, getting as close as 32-29, but Lute Olson’s Wildcats remain undefeated in December. Down 10 at the half, SDSU traded buckets with the Cats in the second stanza and but came up short, 83-71. […]
