It’s His Turn by James Burns When you think of the mystique Duke basketball emanates, you think of a perennial Top-5 program, championship-caliber seasons and Christian Laettner’s turn-around jumper against Kentucky. Images of Bobby Hurley dribbling the ball up court or Grant Hill on the receiving end of an alley-oop […]
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WNBA Move Helps Fans
Can a WNBA Move Entice Women’s Hoops Fans? by Shannon Shelton Although this is not a professional basketball website, news of the WNBA is often received with interest by women’s college basketball fans and players, since many see the health of the league as a general statement about national interest […]
The In Fashion Awards
In Fashion Awards by Bill Thayer No, I’m not in fashion, but if you take a good look around, you’ll find what is. You see from year to year you can pick up a variety of college basketball previews and find, well, no variety at all. So, to save you […]
Brand the new NCAA Sheriff
School Ties by David Mosse Somewhere in Lubbock Bob Knight is either rolling in laughter or seething in anger, and the smart money is on the latter. This past week the NCAA announced that none other than Myles Brand, the man who unceremoniously pulled the plug on Knight’s Indiana career, […]
Fantasy Hoops 101
Fantasy College Hoops 101 by Rick Young Fantasy College Basketball is upon us, once the clock stuck midnight on Midnight Madness baby! Ah Yes! The thrill of searching for those ‘hidden’ gems no one else knows about, compiling useful stats, waiting up late to get those West Coast box scores […]
Early Season Highlights
Early Season Highlights by Tracy Granzyk With women’s NCAA basketball season officially open for practice as of this week, it’s time to start thinking hoops once again. Even as the ever-elongating baseball season provides for the illusion of summer, the crisp fall air beginning to blanket college campuses nationwide is […]
New York Hoopsters
All New York-Area Team by Adam Shandler New York is an all-rear-round basketball city, but it really comes alive during the college hoops season. The Big Apple hosts the Preseason NIT Semifinals and final game, as well as the Coaches versus Cancer Classic and the MSG Holiday Festival. But when […]
Offseason Coaching Changes
While You Were Sleeping Offseason Coaching Changes by Adam Shandler Hey, the college hoops off-season is a long one, and while you were preoccupied with baseball, the World Cup and co-ed beach volleyball, stuff happened. Here’s what how it went down on the coaching circuit — who’s in, who’s out, […]
Midnight Magic of UC Irvine
Midnight Magic of UC Irvine by Shaan Hassan Most parents believe nothing good happens at night. But to college students, that’s when the fun’s just getting started. The fun began for the basketball fans of UC Irvine Oct. 11 at the Bren Events Center for Midnight Magic at 10:30 p.m. […]
World Series Wildcat
“The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!” While it was not quite the legendary moment that Bobby Thomson’s famous homer was in 1951, Kenny Lofton’s game-winning, pennant-clinching single in the bottom of the ninth against the St. Louis Cardinals in 2002 will certainly rank up there when […]
