The Most Famous Midnight Madness by Zach Van Hart There is something about Midnight Madness. It’s quirky, it’s late, it’s not a real practice; yet we always come to watch. Friday the tradition returned to college basketball arenas all over the country. For the school I attend, the University of […]
Columns
NABC Summit
Coaches Meet to ‘Raise the Standard’ by Nick Dettmann In the wake of the scandals from this past summer, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the NCAA decided to meet and try to come up with a way of correcting the problems that faces college basketball and its […]
Hoopville First Team All-Americans
Hoopville First-Team All-Americans by Jed Tai Emeka Okafor, Connecticut Emeka Okafor is Hoopville’s pre-season player of the year. It only makes sense when you think about it – he’s the only returning player from last season that made any post-season All-American teams last season. But that’s not the only reason […]
Hoopville Second Team All-Americans
Hoopville Second-Team All-Americans by Phil Kasiecki Ike Diogu, Arizona State (6’8″, 250, So. F, 19.0 ppg, 7.8 rpg) A quiet kid hidden away on one of the Pac Ten’s middle teams, Diogu had one of the best seasons of any freshman last year. He could be a 20-10 player this […]
Hoopville Third-Team All-Americans
Hoopville Third-Team All-Americans by Phil Kasiecki Dee Brown, Illinois (6’0″, 175, So. G, 12.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 5.0 apg) With Big Ten Player of the Year Brian Cook gone, Brown becomes the focus of the young Illini. But he won’t have to do it alone; he’s the floor leader of […]
Boston College and the ACC
Boston College and the ACC by Phil Kasiecki Boston College leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference seemed inevitable in the spring. As such, it should come as no surprise that the school is now headed to the ACC after all, though there were some major developments in […]
Doing the Conference Shuffle
Doing the Conference Shuffle by Andrew Flynn This offseason has drawn to light the best and worst of what happens when folks look at a map and say, “We should have these guys in our conference.” It seems that’s exactly what ACC commissioner John Swofford did with his quasi-successful power […]
Conversation with Kevin Stallings
A Conversation with Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings by Adam Shandler Have you heard the news? The media loves the Commodores! (Personally I thought they were better with Lionel Richie.) Okay, no more Shecky Green impressions. Different Commodores. Many preseason college hoops pundits are picking Vandy to win not only the […]
College Football vs. Hoops
College Football is Nice, but . . . by Michael Ermitage It was early September and a fresh college football season was born anew. Chris Fowler was back again playing his referee role to the sparring Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit. I was planted firmly on the couch, shorts and […]
Hoops for Thought
Hoops for Thought by Nicholas Lozito Jordan had the tongue wag. D-Miles has the two fist, forehead-tap thingy. McGrady, Iverson and Kobe have the leg sleeve, because you never know when one leg might be colder than the other, right? We’re talking NBA trademarks, folks, and it sounds like former […]
