Paying Tribute by Jed Tai As the nation takes the time to mark the anniversary and reflect back on one of the most tragic events in the country’s history, we here at Hoopville would like to do the same. The events of September 11, 2001 touched us all, and no […]
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Fantasy Hoops
Fantasy Hoops by Adam Shandler For Fantasy Sports participants, the end of summer is a crossroads. Baseball is winding down, so owners scramble to make that decisive 7-player trade for Pedro. Fantasy Football is in its gearing-up phase with sports web sites dishing out the spam like an Army mess […]
A League For All Reasons
A League For All Reasons by Adam Shandler Welcome to a Night at the Nike ProCity Basketball League. It’s 6:18 on a Tuesday night in the Hunter College gym. Ten minutes from now there should be a tipoff, but a few of the players are either just coming in or […]
Charlie Weber Invitational
Summer Camping in the Phil Nation Postcard from Pennsylvania Charlie Weber Invitational by Phil Kasiecki The 2002 Charlie Weber Spring Invitational, held at Villanova University, saw more than 200 teams participate in terrific basketball action. The non-stop action was excellent, with many good Division I prospects participating. While Division I […]
Kingwood Classic
Summer Camping in the Phil Nation Postcard from Texas Kingwood Classic by Phil Kasiecki The 2002 Houston Kingwood Classic, held at various sites in metropolitan Houston, Texas, saw more than 200 teams participate in terrific basketball action. The non-stop action was excellent, with many good Division I prospects participating. Hal […]
Old School Gear
Old School Gear: For Those who Want To Be Like. . .Wes? by Adam Shandler Everything old is new again, at least on the sports apparel front. What, you don’t believe me? Did you happen to check out Kobe at the postgame conferences of every playoff game? The Lakers’ Number […]
Providence JamFest
Summer Camping in the Phil Nation Postcard from Rhode Island Hoop Group Jam Fest by Phil Kasiecki As we gaze into the summer sun, the college season is now in the history books and every state has determined their champions in high school basketball. That means it’s time for the […]
Tricky Dick
Tricky Dick by David Mosse Over the past three weeks, college basketball’s most famous cheerleader showed himself to be more than just the obnoxious, overbearing voice we hear seemingly every five minutes during ESPN’s coverage. Dick Vitale proved to be a hypocrite in his assessment of the different coaches in […]
Women’s First Round Wrap-Up
Women’s First Round Wrap-Up by Tracy Granzyk East Region Playground dreams are built upon endings like UC-Santa Barbara’s 57-56 victory over Louisiana Tech. You know the scenario – down by two, a little over one second left in the game. In this case it was the Gauchos’ Jess Hansen who […]
2nd Round Summary
Monday, March 18th, 2002 by Dan Hauptman News and Notes On Sunday, Fran Fraschilla announced his resignation as head coach at New Mexico. At the news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Fraschilla said that he feels that he “let down” New Mexico A.D. Rudy Davalos. The Lobos finished the season 16-14 […]
