The Big Dance by Dean Austin As observant readers will have noted, I’ve taken a sabbatical from Hoopville this season. Personal family business is the reason, I’m afraid, and indeed I won’t even be in this country when the tournament is played. However, even without watching games most evenings and […]

Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Ten College Basketball Thoughts 1. Utah State got screwed, completely and utterly. Richmond makes the field on what I can only see as the strength of beating Kansas who have been over rated all year. Is this the decision that forces the Aggies […]

Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin One of the amusing things about writing a column is the lack of immediacy even in this instant gratification internet world. It still takes time to post and Sunday is the best day to write it. I can react to Akron knocking off […]

Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Back in the saddle again after a short break I thought I would ruminate on not only this past week but the last couple as well in a Super Duper Bumper Edition of the Tuesday Morning Point Guard. Of course it might be […]

Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Greetings and salutations gentle readers on another crazy week of basketball where anyone can and will beat anyone else. The funny thing is that when all is said and done Connecticut could be a pre season No. 1 that wins it all and […]

The Austin Index by Dean Austin Lots of upsets the past couple of weeks as has been the trend throughout the season. Connecticut finally beat a team of consequence in Oklahoma only to fall subsequently to North Carolina. The good news for the Tar Heels is that they enter the […]

Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Some rather juicy match ups this week. Wake Forest in particular will play Texas, Duke and Georgia Tech in an eight day span which should define the program this season. Ten College Basketball Thoughts 1. Finally a performance from Connecticut that was worthy […]

The Austin Index (formerly the TMPG Thursday Power Poll) by Dean Austin One of the challenges of bringing my own formula to a column is communication. That sounds a little silly for a columnist but the problem is that this formula has been my way of tracking the over rated […]

Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin A column this week that is written before the Hall of Fame announcements. It’s possible that I will be surprised and that those I believe are equally deserving will get in, but it looks like only Eckersley and Molitor make it this year. […]