Coaching Legend Calls it a Career by Phil Kasiecki On Wednesday, a legend in the basketball coaching world decided to move on, as DeMatha Catholic High School (Hyattsville, Maryland) head basketball coach Morgan Wootten retired after 46 incredible seasons at the helm. Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in […]
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El Paso
A Mess for the Miners by Kevin Reilly A coach resigns five days into the preseason. The basketball program at a major school left leaderless mere weeks before opening night. How do things play out? Can there possibly be a happy ending? Coach Jason Rabedeaux has left The University of […]
Duke: Now What?
Now What? by Jason Drucker It’s not easy for Mike Krzyzewski to look out onto the hardwood of Cameron and see young faces who haven’t been displayed on SportsCenter for the past few years. It’s like waking up from a dream and wondering where you are. Or better yet, waking […]
DFW Prep Stars
Movin’ On Up by Jed Tai Football has been, and likely will always be, king in the state of Texas. It’s all gridiron talk at the water cooler in the fall. There’s America’s team, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Houston Texans have now joined the fray. The Longhorns and Aggies […]
Senior Class
Seniors are a Class Act by Michael Ermitage There really is nothing like your senior year in college. Your class load is light, you know the places to go and it seems as though you know everyone when you go there. You have college down and your confidence is like […]
Boston’s Best
Beantown’s Best by Phil Kasiecki When it comes to sports in Boston, the professional ranks rule without question. This is a town known for its love affairs with the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and especially the Patriots in recent times until they started to spiral out of control in the […]
Dicky V’s Lists
A Dose of Dicky V, Baby! by Adam Reich As another season of college basketball approaches we must begin to prepare ourselves for the annoying banter of our favorite college hoops wacko. That’s right, I’m talking about Dicky V, baby. The bald, one-eyed PTP’er is dusting off his microphone as […]
Putting the Major in Mid-Major
Putting the Major in Mid-Major by Adam Shandler Peel back the layers of all those “Games of the Week”, All-America Teams and “Most Likely to Be an NBA Lottery Pick” votes, and you have a whole mess of exciting mid-major players that you won’t hear of until March. Some of […]
New West Coast Tourney Format
Pepperdine and Gonzaga Love the New Format by James Burns I would like to say that this year’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament from the West Coast Conference is up for grabs. Especially with the departure of Dan Dickau, Gonzaga’s All-World guard, and a revamped WCC tournament format. But […]
Sac State Hoop-la
Hoop-la a Substitute for Madness by Nicholas Lozito While their was no madness in Sacramento this October, there was hoop-la. Sacramento State’s Midnight Madness was cancelled when two of the slam dunk participants — Jameel Pugh and Joel Jones — were unable to participate. Pugh, a University of Massachusetts transfer, […]
