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March Madness 2003 Review

Review: NCAA March Madness 2003 by Dean Austin   Title: NCAA March Madness 2003 Publisher: EA Sports Platform: Playstation 2 Score (out of 10): 7 Help support Hoopville. Click to purchase through Amazon.com In many ways the sport of college basketball has been an after thought in the very successful […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, August 23rd Swan Death Ruled Suicide: William Swan, former St. Bonaventure board of regents chairman, took his own life Thursday, at the age of 55. According to emergency dispatchers, Swan had hanged himself. New York State Police released a statement that Swan had been “despondent […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, August 22nd As usual, there’s a lot of Baylor news, so here’s the breakdown: • New Head Coach: Valparaiso head coach Scott Drew is leaving Indiana to take over the ruined Baylor basketball program. Drew, who will be announced as the new head coach at […]

Nice NCAA?

The New “Nice” NCAA by Jed Tai Is the NCAA getting soft or what? In the olden days, the NCAA wouldn’t give an appeal two seconds of their time. We have our rules, we don’t care what extreme circumstances you might be under. The coach that recruited you left and […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, August 21st Baylor Waiver: The NCAA has granted Baylor’s request to allow its players to transfer away from the beleagered school, without sitting out the mandatory one year. The request, which was made by Baylor president Robert Sloan on August 8th, frees any additional players […]

San Francisco Summer League

Hot Town: Hoops in the City by Nicholas Lozito It takes a lot to get a hibernating bear out of its cave. Especially if that cave isn’t really a cave, but rather a house, and that house is equipped with Internet and cable television. Oh, and it’s not really a […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, August 20th Baylor Gate: Baylor’s in-house investigation panel yesterday listened to the tapes of ousted head coach Dave Bliss plotting to re-direct accusations of NCAA violations on the recently deceased Patrick Dennehy. The panel made copies available to local authorities to determine if any laws […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, August 19th Dotson Update: Carlton Dotson, the former Baylor basketball player accused of murdering teammate Patrick Dennehy, spent the past weekend under a suicide watch in his Maryland jail cell. Dotson, who is awaiting an extradition trial to Texas, was found nude in his cell […]

Top 10 Incoming Classes

New Talent, Same Old College Basketball Fun by Phil Kasiecki Recruiting remains a major challenge for college basketball coaches these days, as indicated just partly by the NBA Draft. Five players decided to skip college to declare for the NBA Draft, leaving three schools without one of the best talents […]