The Unknowns of the Pac-10 by Joaquin Mesa As Arizona was playing Texas last night, I recalled how in an earlier article I pretended not to be a Pac-10 fanatic. I spoke of how the Pac-10 was not as strong as previous years. I based this assumption on the fact […]
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Touring the Northeast
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Continue to Win – Barely Boston College continued its winning ways this past week to improve to 6-0, though they needed overtime on Saturday in the Commonwealth Classic against struggling Massachusetts. The Eagles disposed of Holy Cross on Tuesday, nearly a year […]
College Quotebook 3
College Quotebook – December 3rd – December 10th by Nicholas Lozito Jailhouse Confessions “When I first got here, they did, they did everybody. I mean, they do A.J. and Rickey. If they need money, they’d go to Harvey. He, he’d get it for ’em… But it was him first, and […]
The Ermitage Index
The Ermitage Index by Michael Ermitage “It’s good to be the King!” says one of Mel Brooks’ many characters in History of the World Part I. That’s kind of how I feel right now sitting on my throne here at Hoopville.com. But instead of a crown and a scepter, I […]
The Tuesday Morning Point Guard
Tuesday Morning Point Guard – December 9th, 2003 by Dean Austin Another crazy week, another No. 1 team bites the dust. All good stuff early this season. Ten College Basketball Thoughts 1. You know if Bobby Knight was dead he would be rolling in his grave after Indiana let a […]
Big 5 Classic
Live from Philadelphia – The Big 5 Classic by Phil Kasiecki PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – The Big 5 has a storied history in Philadelphia, and third annual Big 5 Classic stayed true to that. With all six Division I teams in the city playing in three games, the snow that hit […]
Thursday Power Poll
TMPG Thursday Power Poll by Dean Austin Good Morning and welcome to a slight change. After a couple of weeks of Tuesday Morning Point Guard we’ve decided to split out my Power Poll into a separate column. Rather than wait 9 days from the last column, especially given all the […]
College Quotebook
College Quotebook – November 25th – December 2nd by Nicholas Lozito “Can I Get A Sub…Anybody?” “I’m playing with a 5-10 shooting guard and my backup point guard is a midget. Halfway through the game, I went to press row and started asking guys if they had eligibility left.” – […]
All Whoops Team
Pitching the Wooden Whoops Team by Joaquin Mesa Four teams in the Hoopville top ten lost this last week, leaving the number one spot up for grabs, and Kansas took it ready and willing. Kansas’ jump from number No. 5 to number No. 1 is impressive, and they are worthy […]
The Secret Five
The Missing Five by Michael Ermitage You have to love the preseason poll. Only in college athletics are teams so meticulously ranked before ever playing a game. You’d never see like the 7th-ranked St. Louis Rams versus the 25th-ranked Chicago Bears. It does, however, create quite a bit of excitement […]
