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Kentucky Basketball: A Stab At Next Year's Starting Five
Now that we have reached a "dead period" in college sports (except softball, which, as of this writing, is still alive for Kentucky), I was thinking today of the possible starting five for the Wildcats next year. In my opinion, the best group, without seeing them play together, looks like ...
Legendary Iowa broadcaster Jim Zabel dies at 91
Jim Zabel, a legendary broadcaster who was the colorful voice of University of Iowa sports for more than a half-century, has died. He was 91. Zabel died Thursday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., his wife Jill told The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/16dk6N8). "He loved everybody, and his world was ...
Kentucky Basketball: Calipari Shows The Cleveland Cavaliers What "Players First" Means
One of the things you really have to love about John Calipari is that sometimes, you can really tell that he runs a "players first" program. Consider this article by Mary Schmitt Boyer of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In it, she discusses Calipari's desire to see Cleveland draft Nerlens Noel ...
Kentucky Basketball: Duke Blog Mistakes Calipari's Confidence For Paranoia
The Duke Basketball Report goes off the rails on John Calipari: The truth is that while Kentucky has prospered, they won the national championship under Calipari for three distinct reasons: 1) an extraordinary talent in Anthony Davis; 2) an extraordinary freshman leader in Michael Kidd-Gilchrist); and 3) critical injuries to ...
Pac-12 Basketball Recruiting: Top 5 2013 Point Guards
The spring signing period is over and each Pac-12 school has completed its recruiting class of 2013. This post begins a short series of three posts covering the top five players signed at the point guard position, the following two posts will rank the top five wings and the top ...
Big Ten basketball 2013 Review, Pt. II
The what and why can be found here, but my efficiency stats, in a nutshell, try to value each players' contributions (points, rebounds, assists, etc.) and efficiency (how many missed shots, turnovers, etc.). I calculate both per-game and per-possession rankings by taking the box scores from Big Ten teams' regular-season ...
Jamie Dixon downplays potential Pitt-Penn State basketball series
With news of Pitt and Penn State possibly starting up another annual football series, you knew it was a matter of time before things switched to the basketball side. The Post-Gazette's Sam Werner did a great interview with Jamie Dixon at the ACC meetings. So be sure to read the ...
College Basketball: Time For Court-Storming To End
Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News had a piece the other addressing a few questions about college basketball, including Andrew Wiggins, Dick Vitale's recommendation to appoint a college basketball "czar," and this: 3. Speaking of czars, let’s say Mark Emmert gave you free rein to ban fans from storming the ...
Some Odd IU-Purdue Football/Basketball Scheduling
Within the past week, IU's 2014 Big Ten basketball schedule was announced. As is common each year, IU will play certain teams only once. Unfortunately, one of those teams this year is one of our biggest rivals, Purdue. As stated in this article by Alex Bozich, IU will play Ohio ...
Big Ten Basketball 2013 Review, pt. I
I listed the teams in a bit of a final power poll format, but I found it a little difficult to rank at the top within conference, because Michigan, Ohio State, and Indiana each had different high points in the last few weeks of the season. So, I considered them ...
Kentucky Basketball: Reviewing John Calipari's Media Availability Of Tuesday
With the final recruit signed and no further additions likely for next year, John Calipari opened the 2013-14 campaign yesterday by laying out his vision for the team. The theme for the coming season would seem to be, "chasing perfection," two words he used in his press conference yesterday. Naturally, ...
Big Ten Basketball schedule 2013-2014: The single-play winners and losers
In case you missed it, we know Ohio State is only getting one crack at four teams in conference play next season. They get Michigan and Northwestern at home, and have single road trips to Indiana and Wisconsin. Only playing Wisconsin in the Trohl Center is a tough break, but ...
Ohio State basketball to play Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin just once in 2013/2014
The Ohio State men's basketball season may feel a little bit different than it has in recent seasons. Per a spokesman for the basketball team, the Buckeyes will not take the return trip to Ann Arbor during the 2013-2014 Men's basketball season, instead only hosting their arch rival. Of course ...
Kentucky Basketball: Andrew Wiggins Selects Kansas, Basketball Universe Shocked
So the word has been given, and Andrew Wiggins has chosen the Kansas Jayhawks as his school for (most likely) then next year. Here is the tweets from Grant Traylor: Andrew Wiggins will be attending Kansas — Grant Traylor (@GrantTraylor) May 14, 2013 Announcement at 12:09 pm that he will ...
Kentucky Basketball: Handicapping Andrew Wiggins' Selection
This was linked yesterday, I think by Wild Weasel (corrections welcome), and it deserves a comment. Jeff Borzello, Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander all believe Andrew Wiggins wind up at Florida St., while Jeff Goodman predicts Kansas. All I can say is, all these guys predicting Florida St. are going ...
Kentucky Basketball: Why Waiting For Andrew Wiggins Is Good For UK
Before I delve into this, let me qualify my remarks. I want Andrew Wiggins at Kentucky. Wiggins will be very successful anywhere he goes, but his skills are best displayed here at UK. I personally believe he will be in Blue and White when all is said and done tomorrow ...
Kentucky Basketball: Andrew Wiggins Sets The Date
The word has finally come that Andrew Wiggins will announce his college choice Tuesday, May 15th arund 12:15 PM. No big press conference, no hat-picking, just his family and one member of the media, according to reports. As to the whys and wherefores of waiting until the penultimate day of ...
Mountain West basketball to have unbalanced league schedule
With Utah State and San Jose State joining the Mountain West, and conversely Boise State and San Diego State staying, the basketball side of things gives the league 11 members. With 11 teams, creating a basketball schedule is not very easy as if the league had eight, nine or even ...
Utah State building basketball practice facility
Utah State has always been a basketball school, last two years being an exception, and with the move from the WAC to the Mountain West the school is upping their commitment to the hardwood. The school is in the process of adding a basketball and volleyball facility. This move allows ...
Kentucky Basketball: It's Round Table Time Again
I meant to post this last week, but time got the best of me. Once again, we are doing a short, two-question round table for our front-page authors. As usual, I offered my response before I read the others. Now that last year’s results have had time to cool, what ...
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