College Basketball Has Good Character by Phil Kasiecki By now, we all know about what Don Imus said about members of the Rutgers women’s basketball team and the end result. I was hoping CBS would fire him as soon as I heard about what he said on the air, and […]
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Kingwood Classic Recap
Kingwood Classic Recap by Phil Kasiecki HOUSTON – It’s often said that everything is bigger in Texas. The 13th edition of the Houston Kingwood Classic certainly fits that with 300 teams in the 17-under portion alone. All told, there were 753 teams in the tournament, which had nine divisions going […]
Boo Williams Invitational Recap
Boo Williams Invitational Recap by Phil Kasiecki HAMPTON, Va. – On the first of three weekends with travel team tournaments that are live for Division I coaches to attend, one major event stood out as not being live. That was the Boo Williams Invitational, which nonetheless had its usual share […]
Playaz Spring Fling Recap
Playaz Spring Fling Recap by Phil Kasiecki EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Final Four is the main event this weekend, no doubt. But this weekend also marks the unofficial start of the spring AAU season, led by the Playaz Spring Fling in northern New Jersey. Pool play took place mostly […]
Stop Asking About Coaching Jobs In-Season
Stop Asking About Coaching Jobs During the Season by Phil Kasiecki As the Final Four weekend plays out, off the court there is once again the presence of something that just adds to the already adversarial relationship that coaches and players have with the media. It shouldn’t be this way, […]
Could Arkansas Strike Out?
Is Arkansas Setting Itself Up to Strike Out? by Phil Kasiecki Among the head coaching vacancies this off-season is the one at the University of Arkansas, where a report of a possible firing surfaced as the team made a run through the SEC Tournament. Even though the Razorbacks made the […]
UMass Happy To Get NIT Win
Minutemen Happy to Get NIT Win by Phil Kasiecki AMHERST, Mass. – There isn’t a shortage of reasons why UMass was ecstatic about its thrilling 89-87 overtime win over Alabama in the first round of the NIT. For starters, last week was one to forget for the Minutemen, who had […]
Perception Of The Missouri Valley
Is the Missouri Valley Seen Differently Now? by Phil Kasiecki Generally speaking, perceptions don’t change quickly. That goes for a number of things in life, including college basketball. Enter the Missouri Valley Conference now that a week of hot debate is upon us. The conference tournament is in the books. […]
Oral Roberts Seniors Win Another Title
Oral Roberts rode the play of its two stellar seniors to another Mid-Continent title, on what they were told was Senior Night.
Mid-Continent Tournament Semifinal Notes
Mid-Continent Conference Tournament Semifinal Notes by Phil Kasiecki TULSA, Okla. – The championship matchup is set at the Mid-Continent Tournament, and it may look a little familiar in more ways than one. The top two seeds, Oral Roberts and Oakland, will battle it out for the conference’s automatic bid. The […]
