Alford is Killing the Spirit of College Hoops by Michael Ermitage It has been two weeks since I have written a column. A shame, I know. I’m sure I’ve been missed about as much as Saddam in Iraq. Like everyone else north of the Mason-Dixon line, I’ve been spending the […]
Author: Michael Ermitage
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 28th Pitino may be back in action: Louisville coach Rick Pitino is saying that he’d like to be pacing the sidelines this weekend after previoiusly stating that he was going to take a leave of absence. Pitino has been sufferring from an undisclosed illness […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 21st Marquette’s Diener injured in loss: In an instant, college basketball can become so meaningless. That was the feeling Tuesday night when Marquette’s star guard Travis Diener layed virtually motionless on the floor for more than eight minutes. Diener sufferred a neck injury when […]
Checking the Polls
Rating the Ratings by Michael Ermitage Call me a geek, but I like computers. I’m not into the AGP graphics cards or the Flash SRAM memory. Nor am I into chat rooms and role-playing games. The Internet, though, is a pretty damn cool thing. Heck, without the Internet, you wouldn’t […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 14th Kentucky squeaks past Mississippi State: It looked early on as if Mississippi State’s undefeated record was merely the result of a soft schedule. Kentucky, playing on the road, dominated the Bulldogs early in its Tuesday night contest, jumping to an 18-point lead. But […]
The Day the Music Died
The Day the Music Died by Michael Ermitage Today is the day music died. Pep band music that is. And it’s disgusting. I’ve noticed it for quite some time now – the trend of phasing out pep band music at college basketball games in favor of pro-style music and ads. […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 7th UConn survives: Rutgers would love to have the last seven seconds of Tuesday’s matchup with UConn back. The Scarlet Knights battled UConn for every hoop, holding a lead as late as four minutes left in the game. They were tenacious on the offensive […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 31st Chalk up another blowout win for UConn: At some point this season, UConn is going to have to play someone good. But for now, the Huskies are whipping up on lower competition. On Tuesday night, they did away with UMass, 91-67. It was […]
Figuring it All Out
Predicting the Rest of the Season by Michael Ermitage I’m bored. I’m bored with Connecticut drubbing everyone it plays. I’m bored with Stanford vs. Harvard matchups, which frankly should only occur if a chessboard is involved. I’m even bored with Arizona’s patented “fall behind by 15 and then go crazy […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 24th Illini earn Braggin’ Rights: Early on, it looked like Illinois was going to coast to an easy win in the annual Braggin’ Rights game with Missouri. But Mizzou seniors Arthur Johnson, Rickey Paulding and Travon Bryant were not about to let Illinois beat […]
