Northeastern Goes Across Town For Coen by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – Northeastern’s new head coach didn’t have to go far for his new job. Bill Coen, who had been the associate coach at Boston College and a member of Al Skinner’s staff since 1989, is the new leader on Huntington […]

2006 Boo Williams Invitational Recap by Phil Kasiecki HAMPTON, Va. – Early in April, the Hampton Roads area in Virginia is a good spot for basketball fans to be. Not only is there the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, an NBA pre-draft event for seniors, but the Boo Williams Invitational is usually […]

Portsmouth Invitational Tournament Player Notes by Phil Kasiecki PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The 2006 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament is in the books. The talk was that the players here this year might be the best group the tournament has seen, and the play certainly reflected that as it was at a high […]

John Chaney: A Legend Leaves College Basketball by Phil Kasiecki A few weeks ago, John Chaney’s coaching career came to a close – a rather uneventful one, unfortunately, as he was unable to be with his team in their final game so he could be with his ailing wife. My […]

2006 Playaz Spring Fling by Phil Kasiecki The 2006 spring travel team circuit got going this weekend with the Playaz Spring Fling in northern New Jersey. Whereas in past years teams would stretch as far south as Washington, D.C. and perhaps North Carolina, this year’s tournament featured two teams from […]

Northeastern’s Challenging Task by Phil Kasiecki Dave O’Brien has a challenge in front of him. The Northeastern athletic director now has to find a head coach after Ron Everhart left to take the head coaching job at Duquesne. Everhart has become known as someone who can bring programs back to […]

Is the Gap Really Closing? by Phil Kasiecki Amidst the success of four mid-major schools reaching the Sweet 16 and George Mason reaching the Final Four, there is much talk about the gap closing between schools in the power conferences and mid-major conferences. Although this has been said for a […]

Plenty of Great Stories Thus Far by Phil Kasiecki Are the first 61 games from the last two weekends a blur? It all happened so fast. The 2006 NCAA Tournament, like every other one, has been notable for a lot of reasons. On Sunday, a few more joined in: George […]

Mid-majors Know How to Win by Phil Kasiecki What are all those apologists for the power conferences thinking right now? Are they still insisting that a team that finished halfway down the standings in their conference is better than one that finished in the top two or three of another […]