The Sun Belt was one of the best-kept secrets of the college basketball season, with improved teams and an improving cache of star power leading to its best year collectively in more than a decade.
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2016-17 West Coast Conference Post-Mortem
Gonzaga reached the national championship game, the big highlight of several in a year where much of the West Coast Conference was in some transition.
Talking Hoops With Ted Sarandis – May 17, 2017
In our latest podcast, we start with the NBA Draft Lottery, then talk about a big pickup for Duke, important transfers, the coaching carousel winding down and much more.
After lots of speculation, Tom Crean lands nowhere
The coaching carousel began with plenty of speculation as to whether or not Tom Crean would leave Indiana to land elsewhere, and is ending with him not having landed anywhere else at all.
Talking Hoops With Ted Sarandis – April 27, 2017
In our latest podcast, the business of college sports, as well as that of sports media, takes center stage. We talk about the layoffs at ESPN, college basketball’s opening night, and Wichita State’s departure from the Missouri Valley Conference. We close with thoughts on a departed friend of the media business as well.
Thornwell rides a big NCAA Tournament back to NBA interest
Sindarius Thornwell was once on NBA radars, but had fallen off of them. After a big run in March, however, NBA teams have their eye on him, and getting drafted seems like a realistic possibility.
Remembering Jack Grinold, and an unplanned car ride to New Hampshire
My first memory of the late Jack Grinold came on an unexpected car ride to a basketball game while a student at the school Jack loved so much.
For St. Anthony’s, an end of an era
So many times, St. Anthony’s in Jersey City could be saved. This time around, it was not meant to be, and the school Bob Hurley put so much into and made his life’s work is now closing down.
Second look: For Dunne and St. Peter’s a title well earned and deserved
One last look at St. Peter’s run to the CIT title, one well-deserved for a program led by one of the good guys in college coaching.
Talking Hoops With Ted Sarandis – April 11, 2017
In our first off-season edition, we look back on the season that just ended, including redemption for one team and a big development for a conference that has had more questions than success on the hardwood. We also look at players coming and going, as well as big coaching news on a day where there was a lot of it.
