Crowd Control by Adam Shandler Indulge me as I recite this anecdote. I posed on the sidelines like a track star, shoulder-to-shoulder with all the other co-eds, counting down the seconds to Hofstra’s America East Championship win over Delaware in 2001. When the timer read 0:00, I ran like a […]

Former College Standouts still have Hoop Dreams by Nicholas Lozito University of San Francisco graduate LyRyan Russell still dreams of one day playing in the NBA. The 6-foot point guard lit up Sacramento on Wednesday night for 24 points. Russell, however, wasn’t sporting a professional jersey as he would have […]

Last Hurrah by Jed Tai On March 24, 1999, a select group of the nation’s top high school players gathered at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa for the premier showcase of U.S. prep basketball talent – the McDonald’s All-American game. After two-plus hours of spectacular passing, shooting, and dunking, the […]

Notes on the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic by Bill Thayer I had the opportunity to go to Madison Square Garden for the opening of the college hoops season last night at the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. My thoughts from the night: • Carmelo Anthony was impressive, but until Syracuse finds […]

Are You Excited Yet? by Phil Kasiecki College basketball fans, it’s that time of the year again. Midnight Madness has come and gone as teams have begun preparing for the 2002-03 college basketball season. The Road to the Final Four™ leads to New Orleans this time around, and it is […]

Tourneys, Tourneys, Oh My Stars! by Adam Shandler Seems like the college hoops season starts earlier and earlier every year. Pretty soon, you’re going to have to bring your kids back just a little earlier from trick or treating just to see that first game. This Thursday, November 14, the […]

A Tutorial to Preseason Basketball by Michael Ermitage You’ve done it. I know you have. There you are hunkered in front of your computer, one window open to the live stats, one window tuned to Yahoo radio. You may even have one open to a message board. On the computer […]

Fantasy Hoops: Top 25 Players by Position by Rick Young Well, as promised, here is the list of Top 25 “Fantasy” players by position on the court. This is a listing from all Division I-A, not just the major conferences. You’ll be surprised by the lack of “big” name players […]

Best of the Northwest by Jed Tai When one thinks of the Pacific Northwest, the images of rain, coffee, and the grunge scene immediately come to mind. It may be time to add college basketball to the list. Natives of the Northwest would argue that hoops was always on the […]