Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Western conference power rankings Things are so much simpler when you get west of the Rocky Mountains. The Pacific 10 is the lone powerhouse conference, and everyone else is fighting to be the best mid-major. The Mountain West Conference, with UNLV, Utah and New […]
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College Quotebook
College Quotebook – November 10th-24th by Nicholas Lozito Where’s The Loyalty? “The landscape has changed and the Conference USA that we have known and loved will no longer exist. We needed to find a new home and the Atlantic 10 was a perfect fit.” – Charlotte athletic director Judy Rose […]
Where’s My College Star?
Have You Seen My College Star? by Nicholas Lozito Ever wonder why your favorite college star is currently passing the ball to a guy whose name you can’t pronounce in a country you’ve never heard of? Or maybe you thought he ventured into a high school coaching career until you […]
Big Sky Conference Preview
Big Sky Conference Preview by Nicholas Lozito Dear Jermaine Boyette, No offense, but thanks for getting the hell out of the Big Sky Conference. Your dominance has sickened me over the years. The conference is better off without you, as its newfound parity will make the other seven universities very […]
Big Sky Offseason News Update
Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Eastern Washington The Eagles added assistant coach Carl Howell to their staff in mid April. Howell coached at Tacoma Community College for the last eleven years, where he compiled a record of 239-83. Idaho State It isn’t necessarily offseason news, but Midnight Madness for […]
Hoops for Thought
Hoops for Thought by Nicholas Lozito Jordan had the tongue wag. D-Miles has the two fist, forehead-tap thingy. McGrady, Iverson and Kobe have the leg sleeve, because you never know when one leg might be colder than the other, right? We’re talking NBA trademarks, folks, and it sounds like former […]
San Francisco Summer League
Hot Town: Hoops in the City by Nicholas Lozito It takes a lot to get a hibernating bear out of its cave. Especially if that cave isn’t really a cave, but rather a house, and that house is equipped with Internet and cable television. Oh, and it’s not really a […]
Hoops on the Tube
Big screen ballin’ by Nicholas Lozito It’s a sad sight; I’ll admit it. An uncoordinated white kid dribbling a basketball between his legs and behind his back until it caroms off his left knee and knocks over a nearby lamp. So I’m not the next Hot Sauce. Big Deal. But […]
NCAA Draft Losers
The NCAA’s Draft Day Losers by Nicholas Lozito If anybody happens to be vacationing in Starkville this summer, please make sure to send my condolences to Mississippi State head coach Rick Stansbury. As a result of early entrees in the 2003 NBA Draft, Stansbury’s basketball program suffered a tremendous blow […]
Oakland
Oakland All-Stars give AND 1 Tour a Bumpy Ride by Nicholas Lozito Lonnie Harrell stands amongst a small group of reporters in the Oakland Arena’s media room. The 30-year-old forward has paid his dues since graduating from Northeastern University, having spent time in the cities of Huntsville, Tampa Bay and […]
