The Next Great Head Coach by Michael Ermitage Buckle up and hang tight – the annual coaching carousel is just beginning to spin. Except in college basketball today, it’s less like a friendly carousel and more like a hairpin turn, upside-down, 75-miles per hour roller coaster. We’ve already lost a […]
Author: Michael Ermitage
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 10th Valpo returns to tourney: Valpo coach Homer Drew never thought he’d coach another NCAA Tournament game. He was comfortably retired until his son Scott took the Baylor job, and Homer returned to the sidelines. It wasn’t a smooth transition, however, as the Crusaders […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 8th Southern Illinois bounced: It was exactly what every bubble team in the nation didn’t want to see – a loss by the Southern Illinois Salukis in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. The sure-fire NCAA tournament bound Salukis were upended by the Southwest Missouri […]
BCS’s Cousin
Profiling Purdue – No Love for the Boilermakers by Michael Ermitage Here we go again. Man’s dependence on computers is seeping into the college basketball world. It has taken the ugly form of the RPI, first cousin to the BCS bowl formula. For too many people scared to think for […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 25th Bonnies cleared to play in A-10 tournament: The Atlantic 10 presidents voted Tuesday to allow St. Bonaventure to compete in the conference tournament. The NCAA put the Bonnies on three years probation and prohibited it from competing in postseason action this year as […]
Bubble Me Not
Bubble Me Not by Michael Ermitage Being a fan of a team “on the bubble” sucks. I would wager that a vast majority of college basketball fans are in this situation since most of the schools “on the bubble” are middle of the road power conference teams with huge student […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 18th Marquette assistant coach gets lung transplants: Marquette special assistant Trey Shwab, who was suffering from an incurable lung disease, received a life-saving double lung implant Tuesday. Schwab underwent the seven-hour procedure at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hospital. He is expected to make a […]
Morninng Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 11th Syracuse hangs on without AWOL Edelin: Hakim Warrick led the Orangemen to a 63-61 win over visiting Rutgers Tuesday night. Warrick finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds. The win was much-needed for Syracuse, who had dropped four out of five. Josh Pace, […]
Rivalry Week
Rivalry Week is a Sham by Michael Ermitage ESPN’s rivalry week is a crock. It’s as fake as Janet Jackson’s breast – the one we saw anyway. As media-manufactured as any tabloid headline. The clear and simple fact is that this week is deemed “Rivalry Week” by the mega-network because […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 4th Cincinnati upset again: Coming off a home loss to Charlotte over the weekend, it seemed that Cincinnati would take out its frustrations on cross-town rival and struggling Xavier. But the Musketeers are never an easy battle for the Bearcats, and once again Tuesday […]
