A New Year – A New 16 by Michael Ermitage I know Bracey Wright’s cell phone number. No, I really do. I also know Omari Faulkner’s mother’s email address (Faulkner is a forward for Georgetown). I also have the entire transcript of emails sent between former Duke player Elton Brand […]
Author: Michael Ermitage
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 17th Michigan State finally gets a win: First off, I think the residents of Hoopville deserve a nice little round of applause at leaving the Michigan State Spartans out of the Top 25 this week. There are simply too many good teams in NCAA […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 10th Arizona defeats Texas: In the nightcap of the Jimmy V. Classic, Arizona topped Texas, 91-83. The game was tight at halftime, with the Wildcats holding a one-point lead. It seemed that Arizona, who had an early first half double digit lead, was ripe […]
The Ermitage Index
The Ermitage Index by Michael Ermitage “It’s good to be the King!” says one of Mel Brooks’ many characters in History of the World Part I. That’s kind of how I feel right now sitting on my throne here at Hoopville.com. But instead of a crown and a scepter, I […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 3rd Carolina downs Illini: Despite a plethora of turnovers and a sub-par effort from its star point guard, the Illinois Fighting Illini still had a chance late to steal a victory away from North Carolina. But terrible free throw shooting, where the Illini went […]
The Secret Five
The Missing Five by Michael Ermitage You have to love the preseason poll. Only in college athletics are teams so meticulously ranked before ever playing a game. You’d never see like the 7th-ranked St. Louis Rams versus the 25th-ranked Chicago Bears. It does, however, create quite a bit of excitement […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 26th Jayhawks make early statement: In the first big game of the college basketball season, Kansas was able to hold off Michigan State in Lawrence. The Jayhawks jumped out to an early lead by hitting its first six shots. It was able to build […]
Free Charlie Villanueva
Free Charlie! by Michael Ermitage When I first heard of Charlie Villanueva, I didn’t like him. It was during the whole Roy Williams to UNC, Bill Self to Kansas, and Tom Crean to nowhere dominoes this past off-season. I think I was perusing a message board (most likely illiniboard – […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 19th One Year Anniversary: Today marks the one-year anniversary of our daily Morning Dish feature. 340 dispatches (there were some slow news days this offseason and a few holidays), all starting November 19th, 2002. News that day included North Carolina’s new freshmen Rashad McCants, […]
Missouri Valley Conference Preview
Missouri Valley Conference Preview by Michael Ermitage The Missouri Valley Conference is in a state of flux. Gone is the MVC’s premiere player Kyle Korver, a second-round draft pick (51st overall) of the New Jersey Nets, and gone is perhaps the conference’s best coach, Bruce Weber, off to the Big […]
