Illinois-Chicago at UW-Milwaukee: A heated rivalry reunited by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther fans can remember the beating UWM gave to Butler in the Horizon League conference championship game last season. But not many will recall how they got to that all-important game. On March 8, 2003, […]
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Tuesday Morning Point Guard
Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Ah the wonders of TiVo. While the creeping crud visited last week and lingered this weekend I was able to queue up a number of important match ups. Took me a while to get through all of it, but finally caught up on […]
Portland vs Oregon
Ducks looking for Redemption and Revenge by Jed Tai Two years ago, the Oregon Ducks came up to the University of Portland in desperate need of a win. Unfortunately, they went away empty-handed and it was such a bad loss that they’ve never forgotten it. So when they came up […]
New Head Coach Recruiting
Getting it Done on the Recruiting Trail by Phil Kasiecki When a new head coach takes over a program – often with an entirely new staff – recruiting can suffer. Players being recruited may not know what to make of the new coach and if he’s significantly different from the […]
Touring the Northeast
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki When the Going Gets Tough, These Eagles Get Going Boston College may be young, but the Eagles are playing like a veteran team when it comes to pulling out close games. Saturday was the latest example, as they pulled out a 58-54 overtime […]
Conversation with Dawn Harmon
A Conversation with the NAIA’s Dawn Harmon by Adam Shandler I recently did a Google search for NAIA statistical leaders. The search came back asking if I meant NCAA statistical leaders instead. Even my spell check wants to make the change. There’s another league out there, and it’s called the […]
Thursday Morning Power Poll
TMPG Thursday Power Poll by Dean Austin I got some great feedback this week taking me to task over various items of the Poll. I’m more than happy to receive it, especially from the impassioned Wake Forest fans. I also got some negative comments that attacked me personally. Now you […]
Mike Jarvis Fired
Mike Jarvis Out at St. John’s by Phil Kasiecki St. John’s fired head coach Mike Jarvis on Friday, news that comes as little surprise to anyone familiar with the program in recent times. Jarvis had plenty of success prior to St. John’s and in his early days there, but the […]
Tuesday Morning Point Guard
Tuesday Morning Point Guard by Dean Austin Rather more Thursday Morning Point Guard than Tuesday Morning this week. And given my current state it occurs to me that you never see a notice that a columnist is out sick. Peter King, Don Banks, Dick Vitale etc. etc. they occasionally take […]
Nightmare of the Rankings
Nightmare Before Christmas by Joaquin Mesa Far from now, when my grandson awakes from a nightmare on a stormy night and asks me why life has to be so unfair, why we die, why there is such a word as sadness, I will take a deep breath, stroke his hair […]
