New Book Chronicles Women’s Rivalry by Ray Floriani BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – One could say Richard Kent’s life centers around the court. An attorney by profession, Kent is a basketball writer and “connoisseur” in his other vocation. He has authored six books, three on basketball and the most recent, Lady Vols […]
Columns
Changing The Coach Is No Silver Bullet
Changing the Coach Won’t Always Change Fortunes by Phil Kasiecki Every year around this time, the NCAA Tournament and the coaching carousel are the two biggest topics of discussion in college basketball. The NIT is in the mix, and players transferring or declaring for the NBA Draft make the news […]
Davidson’s Run Ends In Elite Eight
Clock Strikes 12:00 on Cinderella Davidson by Jay Pearlman DETROIT – It was the best game of the weekend, forty riveting minutes of basketball, the only game in which the lower seed had a chance. And even with Stephen Curry showing his humanity in the second half (more from the […]
Big East Women Rule Bridgeport
Big East Women Rule Bridgeport in Second Round by Ray Floriani BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Second round action in the Women’s NCAA tournament saw a familiar face and a newcomer advance to the Sweet 16. UConn dominated Texas en route to their 15th consecutive regional appearance, while Louisville, also dominant in […]
Detroit Regional Notes
Curry Too Good for Wisconsin; Kansas Next by Jay Pearlman DETROIT – In life as in basketball, certain time periods are about learning, about catching up, about intense focus on a singular subject; yes, about tunnel vision. Three years ago when this writer rejoined the sports media, my focus was […]
Tough Season-Ending Loss For Old Dominion
Singletary Gives Virginia Comeback Win Over ODU in CBI by Jay Pearlman In last week’s article about Old Dominion’s CBI win over Rider, we noted that while nominally more for seniors (Virginia’s Craig Littlepage called UVA’s participation in the tournament a “reward”), this tournament is really more of an opportunity […]
Tale Of Stephen Curry
Curry Turning Heads, Finishing What His Father Started by Zach Smart There’s a quaint, old-world Deli/Bakery on the corner of the Ichabod’s Landing in the historic village of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. You ever heard of Sleepy Hollow? Every Halloween this area garners some national visibility due to that classic, legendary, […]
The 10 Toughest Places To Coach And Win
The 10 toughest places to coach and win by Bill Kintner There are a lot of schools in college basketball where it is tough to win. Just go look at the bottom 30 schools in the RPI, with schools like Bethune-Cookman, North Florida, Longwood, Prairie View A & M, and […]
Hoop Mountain Greater Boston All-Star Game
Hoop Mountain Brings Back Event For Local Stars by Phil Kasiecki CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For the first time in over a decade, Hoop Mountain held the Greater Boston All-Star Game on Saturday night at Harvard’s Lavietes Pavilion. It was actually two games in one, with the first game featuring top […]
Different George Mason Team Bows Out
No Help for Thomas, as Mason Falls to Notre Dame by Jay Pearlman For a week and a half, George Mason Coach Jim Larranaga has been telling us that “this isn’t two years ago; this is a different team, and most of the players on this team weren’t on that […]
