Roddy’s Rant: The End of Fall by Chris Roddy The summer is finito. Sunshine is replaced with suit ties and jackets. Outdoor dining leaves only to be supplanted by long-necked sweaters. Air conditioners come out and homework comes in. Blegh. There is a silver lining though. Or, so it seems. […]

The Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2003 by Jed Tai It’s September, and once again the sport of basketball celebrates some of the greats in its history with the induction of the Class of 2003 to the Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend in Springfield, Massachusetts. Seven members will […]

Review: NCAA March Madness 2003 by Dean Austin   Title: NCAA March Madness 2003 Publisher: EA Sports Platform: Playstation 2 Score (out of 10): 7 Help support Hoopville. Click to purchase through Amazon.com In many ways the sport of college basketball has been an after thought in the very successful […]

The New “Nice” NCAA by Jed Tai Is the NCAA getting soft or what? In the olden days, the NCAA wouldn’t give an appeal two seconds of their time. We have our rules, we don’t care what extreme circumstances you might be under. The coach that recruited you left and […]

Hot Town: Hoops in the City by Nicholas Lozito It takes a lot to get a hibernating bear out of its cave. Especially if that cave isn’t really a cave, but rather a house, and that house is equipped with Internet and cable television. Oh, and it’s not really a […]

Off on a Tangent by Dean Austin I’m back from summer vacation as Hoopville Managing Editor Andrew Flynn watches his beloved Diamondbacks, known here in Northern California as the Eight-and-a-half Backs, plummet in the NL West standings. I had thought it difficult to envision a more surreal off-season and then […]

New Talent, Same Old College Basketball Fun by Phil Kasiecki Recruiting remains a major challenge for college basketball coaches these days, as indicated just partly by the NBA Draft. Five players decided to skip college to declare for the NBA Draft, leaving three schools without one of the best talents […]

Vincent Mallozzi’s Asphalt Gods by Adam Shandler It was an atmosphere more befitting of the neighborhood pizza joint than the Barnes and Noble on the Upper East Side. Gathered in the corral of the upstairs periodical section were jolly Italian-American guys from “da naybahood” who weren’t afraid to hug, genuinely […]

Slammin’ Slamball by Michael Protos It is a dimension energized by trampolines and commercialized by Pat Croce. It airs between so-called professional wrestling and Strippella – between mindless entertainment and . . . mindless entertainment. And it occupies the pit of television’s time slots and the pinnacle of its degradation. […]

Charlie Weber Maryland Invitational Tournament by Phil Kasiecki In the heart of the most important month of the year for college basketball recruiting was the latest of Charlie Weber’s tournaments, held at the University of Maryland from Sunday through Tuesday. Charlie’s tournaments always feature a good deal of Division I […]