In Fashion Awards by Bill Thayer No, I’m not in fashion, but if you take a good look around, you’ll find what is. You see from year to year you can pick up a variety of college basketball previews and find, well, no variety at all. So, to save you […]
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Welcome Back!
Welcome back! by Bill Thayer I’ll admit it, I got caught up in baseball all summer. I turned my attention away from the college hoops scene and really believed the Red Sox had a chance to take it all. The pieces were in place, D-Lowe was providing the perfect complement […]
RPI? R.I.P.
RPI? More like R.I.P. by Bill Thayer The RPI. Three letters that can make any college basketball fan cringe. Three letters we are going to hear over and over again as March approaches. Three letters that can make or break a team’s chances of dancing. Three letters that should no […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Notebook The Whole F’n Game! If you haven’t heard about the thrilling Notre Dame-Georgetown game from last Saturday, I’ld like to know what it’s like living under a rock. Notre Dame beat the the Hoyas in DC, despite a 35 point, 20 rebound performance from big man Mike […]
Mid-Season Awards
A Mid-Season’s Dream by Bill Thayer I recently read in an article in a North Carolina paper that one writer was glad to see that we have passed the midway point in the season because he was sick of reading mindless awards lists. That reminded me, nobody in Hoopville had […]
Site Unseen
Site Unseen One of the biggest stories of college basketball somehow flew under the radar this summer as the NCAA decided that first and second round sites will no longer be set by region. For example, Washington DC, who was supposed to host first and second round East Region games, […]
The Decline of the Regional
Site Unseen by Bill Thayer One of the biggest stories of college basketball somehow flew under the radar this summer as the NCAA decided that first and second round sites will no longer be set by region. For example, Washington DC, who was supposed to host first and second round […]
Carolina Blues
Carolina Blues by Bill Thayer I couldn’t force myself to watch the Florida State/North Carolina game last night. I tried, I really, REALLY tried to sit and watch as the Seminoles and Tar Heels battled for the right not to play in the Les Robinson Invitational (aka the 8/9 game […]
Ugly Without an Alibi
U-G-L-Y! You ain’t got no Alibi… by Bill Thayer I think we’ve all seen the video by now. Texas freshman point guard T.J. Ford chasing down a loose ball, only to end up in the stands being attacked by an angry Oklahoma State fan. It was an ugly scene that […]
How Big Are You?
How Big Are You? by Bill Thayer “Big players make big plays.” It’s a simple phrase. I don’t know who coined it, I don’t know when it started, but dammit, it’s one of my favorites. While watching the Duke/Kentucky game, something crossed my mind – Jason Williams is ready for […]
