NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos February 24, 2006 There are only three weekends left – tick, tock, tick, tock. The NCAA selection committee will convene in less than a fortnight, and many issues remain unresolved. Two big debates circle the conferences unanimously regarded as the […]
Author: Michael Protos
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos With two weeks remaining in the regular season, each ACC team has no more than four games remaining. Conveniently, the 12 teams have sorted them into thirds – the top four are NCAA Tournament-bound, the next four are desperate to go on a […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos February 17, 2006 In the final four weeks, the NCAA Tournament dance card is becoming a tad clearer than it was just a few weeks ago. The fuzziness will continue to fade when the conference tournaments begin in a couple […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos The regular season is less than three weeks away now, and several ACC teams are steaming toward the finish. In particular, Duke, North Carolina State and Boston College appear to be the cream of the ACC’s crop. Although the Blue Devils will continue […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Basketball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos February 10, 2006 Now that the NFL is out of the way, the NBA is in its midseason doldrums, baseball is still months away, and the NHL is stopping for a few weeks with a giant gambling black cloud hanging […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos After turning the calendar from January to February, the much-anticipated Selection Sunday – March 12 for those looking to mark their day planners – lies barely a month away. But for a handful of ACC teams, the win-or-go-home attitude must start March 9, […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Basketball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos February 3, 2006 Last week, senior writers Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos debuted Hoopville’s Crystal Basketball. Hauptman and Protos agreed with the powers that be at the top but varied greatly in seeding the middle squads. One Crystal Basketball reader […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos By now, most teams have found their primary scoring options, if they didn’t know them already entering the season. Duke has J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams, while Miami has Guillermo Diaz and Robert Hite. Both of those duos terrorize opponents, who must scramble […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Basketball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos With the football season all but over, the attention now rightfully turns to the world of college basketball. In seven weeks, the NCAA Committee in Indianapolis will select 65 teams to play in March’s NCAA Tournament. But here at Hoopville, […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos At some point this season, Duke, North Carolina State, North Carolina, Maryland, Boston College and Wake Forest have been ranked. That’s six teams. With roughly a quarter of the conference schedule complete, only two figure to be locks for the NCAA Tournament. Let’s […]
