Splitting Adams by Adam Shandler Random, rambling commentary on basketball and beyond Love Means Never Having To Say ‘You Nitwit’: UConn coach Jim Calhoun and Phil Martelli had to serve up mea culpas for making what was deemed “insensitive remarks”. Martelli’s peccadillo occurred when his St. Joe’s Hawks were blowing […]
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Interview with Brian Donoher
An Interview with Wright State Assistant Brian Donoher by Bill Kintner They talk about Brian’s playing days, his legendary father, the Wright State Raiders and his new life in Dayton. It all started with a voicemail I left for Coach Donoher. A few days latter he called back and we […]
Touring the Northeast
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Get Big Win, Then Bad Loss Boston College started the week with a big 66-65 overtime win over North Carolina State at home, then dropped a 65-62 decision at West Virginia on Saturday. With the win over North Carolina State, the Eagles […]
Gonzaga at Portland
No Upset This Time by Jed Tai You’d never guess it from their relative places in the WCC standings the past few years, but Gonzaga has had a devil of a time with the Portland Pilots. Last season in their two meetings, the Zags beat Portland by only three on […]
Wright State at Butler
Raiders off to best start ever by Nick Dettmann INDIANAPOLIS – During the off-season, Cleveland State and Wright State made coaching changes. In Cleveland, former Michigan State assistant Mike Garland was selected as their new coach. In Dayton, Ohio, another Big Ten assistant, Paul Biancardi was picked as the Raiders’ […]
College Quotebook 7
College Quotebook – January 15th – 24th by Nicholas Lozito Alisa Lewis: Long Socks And Big Smiles “Can’t you just see her watching over us? I can see her, sitting on that rim, smiling that smile, swinging her legs and just smiling down on us.” — California women’s basketball coach […]
Early Bracket Projections
The Season’s First Bracket by Matt Jones Well we have now passed the midpoint of the season and are in the homestretch towards glory. Yes we have now reached the time of year where everyone’s attention begins to focus on the upcoming NCAA Tournament and announcers begin to use terms […]
Touring the Northeast
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Split, Learn Lesson From Midweek Loss Last Wednesday, Boston College struggled at the defensive end for much of the second half as Villanova broke open a close game before hanging on for a 92-89 win. The Eagles allowed the Wildcats to shoot […]
Tuesday Morning Point Guard
Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Greetings and salutations gentle readers on another crazy week of basketball where anyone can and will beat anyone else. The funny thing is that when all is said and done Connecticut could be a pre season No. 1 that wins it all and […]
The Whiner of Westwood
Right and Wrong in the Southland by Joaquin Mesa For a while in Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount was the king of the castle. They nestled themselves up on top of the library tower in downtown and they proclaimed to the helicopters circling that it was indeed a town of Jesuits. […]
