Call Them IUPUI. Please! by Adam Shandler I guess you could call this a follow-up piece to my interview with new Mid-Continent commish Ron Bertovich. In that piece I referred to IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis) as “Ooey-Pooey”. I should have listened to my mother when she told me […]
Author: Adam Shandler
Interview with Ron Bertovich
The Mid-Con’s New Commish by Adam Shandler You may not have heard of Ron Bertovich, but you’ve probably seen his work, especially if you live in the Northeast. As a former A-10 commish, Bertovich was instrumental in getting conference schools some face time on regional and national cable networks. So […]
Interview with Dereck Whittenburg
Will Rose Hill Bloom Again Under Whittenburg? by Adam Shandler He’s done it a couple of times now. Perform the impossible, that is. In 1983, as a member of Jim Valvano’s Wolfpack, he launched a desperation 40-footer just before the buzzer that was grabbed in mid-air by teammate Lorenzo Charles […]
NEC 2002-03 Season Recap
Northeast Conference 2002-03 Season Recap by Adam Shandler 2002-03 was the Year of the Seahawk. Dereck Whittenburg’s Staten Island club threshed through the season with a 21-11 overall record (14-4 in the NEC), while dominating at home with a 14-1 mark. The Seahawks, the clear favorite going into the NEC […]
Interview with Joe Jones
Columbia’s basketball Jones by Adam Shandler Most aspiring college coaches would avoid a program like Columbia’s much like they would a patch of poison sumac. The Lions had two wins in the 2002-03 campaign and didn’t win a game in the Ivy League. The Harlem-based program gets a much-needed facelift […]
3 Point Arc
Move That Line Back! by Adam Shandler I’ll even hold the measuring tape. The NCAA rules committee meets this week in Indianapolis to discuss possible rule changes to our beloved game. Among them is the question of whether to pull the 3-point line back from its current 19 feet, nine […]
MAAC 2002-03 Season Recap
Metro Atlantic 2002-03 Season Recap by Adam Shandler The 2002-03 MAAC men’s basketball season definitely had it’s share of red letter moments. St. Peter’s freshman point guard Keydren Clark was in the top ten in scoring in the nation for the most of the season. Manhattan scored major victories against […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, April 1, 2003 by Adam Shandler The men’s basketball season isn’t even over yet, but so starts the carousel of possible coaching changes. Pittsburgh’s Ben Howland, UCLA’s first interviewee and purportedly the top candidate for the Bruin head coaching job, met with officials from the […]
NIT is Madness
The NIT: A Different Kind of Madness by Adam Shandler Renewed rivalries. Close contests. Clutch coaching. Final-second heroics. Ah, the NIT. How’re you doing in your NIT pool? What? You don’t have one? You say you haven’t been following? Well, what have you been doing to push off the withdrawal […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 25, 2003 by Adam Shandler Win or lose the NCAA Tournament, Texas has a winner. It was announced yesterday that Texas point guard T.J. Ford was awarded the James Naismith award for being the top mens college basketball player in the country. Fords accomplishments, […]
