NCAA Tournament Crystal Basketball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos With the football season all but over, the attention now rightfully turns to the world of college basketball. In seven weeks, the NCAA Committee in Indianapolis will select 65 teams to play in March’s NCAA Tournament. But here at Hoopville, […]

Wolff Reaches 200 at Boston University by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – Not unlike the entire 2005-06 season thus far, Wednesday night’s win over Hartford was not a thing of beauty for Boston University. But it was a special win for their head coach, as Dennis Wolff added to his school […]

Balancing Act for UNH’s Herrion by Phil Kasiecki DURHAM, N.H. – Bill Herrion is trying hard – really hard. He’s trying to turn around a program that hasn’t won much over the years, but in the midst of it, there’s something else he’s trying to do: keep a level head […]

The first 5X5 Player Ranking Report by George Rodecker Each week, I’ll list the top 5 players ranked by their likely NBA positions. The rankings are a result of watching players live, reviewing game tapes and discussing players and their NBA potential with dozens of scouts, player personal directors and […]

The Newer Next Kid by Jesse Ullmann Saturday night. No big plans. Earlier in the week I caught wind of a show that was going down out in Westchester that sounded interesting. I had just remembered about it that afternoon. The show featured a bunch of side acts leading up […]

Panthers Keep Unblemished Record in Tough Road Setting by Ray Floriani PISCATAWAY, N.J. – No. 9 Pitt took an unblemished record into the confines of the RAC on Wednesday evening. Rutgers entered he game excited about the possibility of an upset. The Scarlet Knights took Villanova into overtime a week […]

First looks and early trends by George Rodecker January is historically a month in which the NBA’s scouting consortiums (The Gang of 30) will begin to lower their opinions regarding NCAA players as their international colleagues start to sing the praises of the overseas prospects. There’s a simple explanation for […]

Harvard Also Has a Guard Who Can Play by Phil Kasiecki CAMRBIDGE, Mass. – Things are a little different now than they were two years ago for Jim Goffredo. The difference isn’t just that he wasn’t having 33-point outings back then. The Harvard junior guard has come alive this season […]

The Great ‘Weit’ Hope: Weitzen Embraces Role As Scorer by Zach Smart MEDFORD, Mass. – Famous comedian Dave Chappelle once said it: For every clique of black men present in his old Washington, D.C. neighborhood, there is always one white guy amongst them. The scene is quite similar at the […]