Archive for the ‘College Basketball’ Category
5 Burning Questions: A-10 Edition
1) Can anyone challenge Dayton for the league title?
Yes and no. Xavier seems the obvious choice, but lost their top 4 scorers and coach Sean Miller. The Musketeers are a virtual minor league for major coaching jobss, but expecting a conference title this soon might be a bit ambitious.
Richmond returns 4 starters from last year’s 20-win [...]
What to Watch Tonight: Without Bias
Without Bias: 8:00 P.M. ESPN
If you haven’t watched any of the 30 for 30 documentaries on ESPN, you are missing out on award-winning material. Tonight’s documentary should be one of the best yet, as Without Bias focuses on Len Bias’ death in 1986 from a cocaine overdose at the age of 22. The former Maryland star was [...]
Breaking News: John Wall’s Amateur Status in Question
Some people picked Kentucky freshman John Wall to be the SEC Player of the Year. Some college basketball analysts picked Wall as the National Player of the Year. Those same people might not even see him play college basketball this season. The Louisville Courier-Journal asked SEC Commissioner Mike Slive at SEC Basketball Media Day if [...]
Latest Celebrity to Cheat on Spouse: Jim Nantz
We have never met CBS play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz, but we always looked at him as a great guy that is one of the best announcers of all time. Then we read the shocking news from over the weekend that Nantz and his wife are getting a divorce after 26 years of marriage. Many people get [...]
Happy 99th Birthday John Wooden
The great John Wooden turns 99 today and we hope he has many more birthdays left in his life. I have never had the privilege of meeting Wooden, but the former UCLA coach is still one of the biggest icons left in sports. Imagine a coach today trying to tell his players that they can’t curse [...]
Gillispie May Have a Drinking Problem
We will never understand why celebrities get arrested for a D.U.I. charge. These idiots could pay one of their buddies $100,000 a year to be their Turtle and they could drink as much as they want and never have to worry about driving under the influenece. Former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie was arrested this morning [...]
Isiah Thomas is Already Making Headlines
Florida International is listed on UNC’s basketball schedule as the opening home game for the Tar Heels in the Coaches vs. Cancer tournament. The problem is that FIU thought they were opening at Ohio State and there is talk that the school is examining how to get out of the contract. We love that Isiah [...]
Stephen A. Smith Defends Burress
Leave it up to the talking head that is Stephen A. Smith to find a way to be sad over the Plaxico Burress ruling. Here is the latest message from Smith’s twitter account: “So sad about Plaxico going to jail for 2 years. Damn Shame! Too bad ignorance of the law is no excuse. Gun was [...]
Memphis Shouldn’t Be Alone
The King gave us a call today and brought up a great point. How is it that Memphis has to vacate their 2008 final four run because Derrick Rose was ineligible, but Kansas gets to keep their NCAA title? Darrell Arthur, a key member of Kansas team in 2008, had a grade changed while in [...]
If Tubby Smith Pulled a Pitino, Would You Give Him a Free Pass?
From Steve McNair to Rick Pitino, it amazes me that celebrities get a free pass when it comes to having affairs. Over 50 percent of married couples get divorced and it surprises me that I feel like I am in the minority for thinking it is horrible for sometime to cheat on their wife or [...]