Seniors are a Class Act by Michael Ermitage There really is nothing like your senior year in college. Your class load is light, you know the places to go and it seems as though you know everyone when you go there. You have college down and your confidence is like […]
Author: Michael Ermitage
It Happens Every Autumn
It Happens Every Autumn by Michael Ermitage Mine team is undefeated. So is yours. Hope springs eternal in gyms from little Valparaiso to basketball giant Kansas. Why? Because October 15th is approaching. Like a seven-year old on Christmas Eve, I cannot wait. The official beginning to yet another college basketball […]
NCAA West Region Preview 1
NCAA West Region 1 by Michael Ermitage The tournament committee did Cincinnati no favors by giving the Bearcats a number one seed in the West region. Bob Huggins’ squad will be hard-pressed to reach the Final Four in this loaded bracket. No. 1 Cincy vs. No. 16 Boston University Few […]
Big Sky Notebook
Big Sky Notebook Congratulations As the Big Sky season winds down, it looks like Montana State is going to walk away with the regular season championship. The Bobcats have just three games remaining with a one game lead. None of their remaining three games, however, are against any of the […]
Basketball Factories
Basketball Factories by Michael Ermitage It was Wednesday night and I was crying in my beer. My alma mater had suffered yet another embarrassing defeat. And I asked myself why? How? What makes a once-proud program turn into the whipping boys of the conference, the punch line to every message […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Notebook Championship Showdown Cal-State Northridge probably thinks otherwise, but the regular season conference championship should be decided February 9th at UC-Irvine. On that day, the Utah State Aggies visit the Anteaters. The two dominant teams in the conference will battle it out for the second time of the […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook Going into the conference season, three Missouri Valley teams had made their mark. Southern Illinois had ambushed Indiana and gave Illinois everything it could handle. Northern Iowa stunned visiting in-state rival Iowa. And Creighton topped a ranked Western Kentucky squad. With perennial contenders Illinois State and Bradley […]
Notes on the Greatest Show
Notes on the Greatest Show on Earth by Michael Ermitage You always want your first column to be like a firm handshake. Not too strong, not too sweaty but certainly strong enough to leave a lasting impression. So, it is with this column that I introduce myself as the newest […]
