Midnight Madness in Chapel Hill by Michael Protos Tar Heel faithful – your savior has arrived. To welcome Roy Williams as the new coach of North Carolina men’s basketball, more than 21,000 fans flocked to the Dean E. Smith Center on Friday night for North Carolina’s Midnight Madness. Although the […]
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ACC Offseason Update
ACC Offseason News Update by Michael Protos The ACC seems to find a way to remain in headlines regardless of whether or not it’s basketball season. Duke lost a recruit through circumstances that question the sanctity of the national letter of intent. The earth-shaking coaching change at North Carolina created […]
Coaching Changes
Tracking the Coaching Changes by Michael Protos With over 300 Division I programs in college basketball, coaching changes are a fact of life. Situations may differ – some coaches retire, some are fired, some move on to better jobs, some move on to more challenging jobs. This year, 45 programs […]
John Chaney and Villanova
Big mess amidst the Big Five by Michael Protos For college basketball fans in Philadelphia, the Big Five round-robin means just as much in pride as it does in the standings. The Big Five schools – Villanova, Temple, Penn, La Salle and St. Joseph’s – do not earn any national […]
Slamball
Slammin’ Slamball by Michael Protos It is a dimension energized by trampolines and commercialized by Pat Croce. It airs between so-called professional wrestling and Strippella – between mindless entertainment and . . . mindless entertainment. And it occupies the pit of television’s time slots and the pinnacle of its degradation. […]
Hero Worship
Basketball Superheroes? by Michael Protos I think we’ve created a monster. We’ve entered into the dangerous realm of building a superhuman, recalling the madness of Dr. Frankenstein. But our creature is supposed to be a superhero. We believe we’ve given him the power to accomplish anything, to overcome all obstacles […]
East II Regional
2003 AND 1 High School Basketball Championship: East Regional II by Michael Protos Day 1 District Heights, MD – Located about fifteen minutes from Washington, D.C., the Run N’ Shoot Basketball Complex is a baller’s dreamhouse. Inside the massive facility in Prince George’s County, Md., there are a dozen basketball […]
MEAC 2002-03 Season Recap
Mideastern Athletic Conference 2002-03 Season Recap by Michael Protos The teams of the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference claimed the second most futile RPI ranking of the 31 NCAA Division I conferences. The eleven teams combined for a winning percentage of .4287. Only the Southwestern Athletic Conference finished lower on the RPI […]
Big South 2002-03 Season Recap
Big South Conference 2002-03 Season Recap by Michael Protos For the third time in five years, the Winthrop Eagles captured the Big South regular season championship. The Eagles dominated conference opponents all season, finishing with a conference record of 11-3. Guard Pierre Wooten and forward Tyrone Walker formed a lethal […]
ACC 2002-03 Season Recap
ACC 2002-03 Season Recap by Michael Protos The 2002-03 season will go down in history as an off-season for the ACC. For the first time since 1979, no ACC team advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament. The ACC fielded four teams in the tournament, but NC State […]
