NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos Feb. 29, 2008 The Interstate 95 corridor in the Northeast connects several major metropolitan centers, which can claim to be the country’s political and economic nucleus. In the world of college basketball, the Interstate 40 corridor in the South connects […]
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Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos Feb. 22, 2008 At this time last season, Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos applied the Law of Syllogism to the college basketball RPI rankings to prove that the last would be first — RPI-worst Northern Colorado could defeat RPI-best UCLA. […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos The ACC is entering its final lap of the regular season, with the conference tournament quickly approaching. For the fourth time in five years, the conference is No. 1 in the RPI. But that might not translate into a slew of invitations to […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos Feb. 8, 2008 The pursuit of perfection is the ultimate chase in sports, as it is in all walks of life. The New England Patriots came oh-so-close to a perfect season this year, until the zero in the loss column […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos The Super Bowl is over, and the first North Carolina/Duke clash is on tap Feb. 6. It’s early February, and as usual, ACC rivalries and battles for position in the standings come to the fore. The only significant change in the standings in […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos Jan. 25, 2008 T minus 51 days. 341 Division I schools will be playing thousands of games during the next two months, trying to earn one of the highly coveted 65 spots in the NCAA Tournament. Dan Hauptman and Michael […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos As conference play reaches the one-quarter mark, the ACC is off to a chaotic start. More than half of the conference is tied for fourth or within a game of the upper tier. Just about every team has an inexplicable loss to scar […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos For the ninth consecutive year, the Big Ten and ACC will square off in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, a made-for-TV, head-to-head battle royale. Despite the fanfare and several thrilling games in past years, the ACC has taken the challenge out of winning the […]
ACC Preview
Atlantic Coast Conference 2007-08 Preview by Michael Protos No discussion of the 2007-08 ACC season should start without first honoring Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser, who died July 26 of a heart attack. His death highlights the physical toll that the demands of coaching cause. Coaches regularly analyze video until […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos March 11, 2007 V-day is in February, D-Day is in June, and B-Day is today. No, Crystal Basketballers Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos are not talking about Beyonce’s latest album. They have only one thing in mind: Today is Bracket […]
