A look at some numbers gives an idea of how Pittsburgh knocked off Maryland at Madison Square Garden.
Tag: Big East
Providence is Young Again – Very Young
This wasn’t supposed to be another rebuilding year for Providence. But after a couple of off-court incidents led to three players leaving the school before their eligibility was up, including the team’s top scorer and rebounder, the Friars will enter this season in a very similar place to last year.
Hoopville’s Player Rating System: The TIQ
Hoopville launches its player rating system, known as the Total Impact Quotient, which gathers a whole mess of statistics and boils them down to a single number. We then compare players based on their respective positions.
Scary Good
Hoopville’s Halloween edition of our weekly roundup gets you ready for a Thriller of a weekend. The season is right around the corner, but don’t forget to enjoy other great action in American sports at this time of year.
Second Practice
Hoopville’s new roundup takes you through some of the top headlines, most entertaining links and best work of our staff.
Big East Does Well to Preserve Double Bye in Tournament
It looked like the Big East Tournament might have a change in format, but that will not happen now after athletic directors and the board of directors opted to keep the current format. That’s a good thing.
Conference Shakeup: Back to the Drawing Board
With conference realignment emerging as the most ridiculous storyline of the off-season, let’s just go all the way with it. What if we could start over and create eight super-conferences that have 14 teams apiece?
Cream of Draft Crop Have Plenty of Promise
The top five picks in the NBA Draft feature a pair of energetic scoring guards and forwards and three potentially dominant big men.
Evan Turner, Wesley Johnson Look to Defy Recent Trends
Point forwards often dominate the college game. But in recent years, their collegiate success hasn’t translated in the NBA.
Connecticut Flaunts Compliance Rules
With the release of eight major allegations against Jim Calhoun’s coaching staff, the Huskies have a lot of explaining to do. And that includes the complicit university big dogs.
