Category Archives: College Hoops
One Night, Three Games
Monday night was a great night of sports watching for me, as I watched three games, one in person and two on TV, and all three were good wins for Philly sports fans. I was in North Philly for the … Continue reading
Charting a Course to March: Kentucky Wildcats
December 5th: #4 Kentucky 68, #10 North Carolina 66, at Kentucky December 9th: #4 Kentucky 64, #13 UConn 61, at Madison Square Garden December 12th: #4 Kentucky 90, Indiana 73, at Indiana With the arrival of John Calipari and the … Continue reading
Charting A Course to March: North Carolina vs. Michigan St.
December 1st: #11 North Carolina 89, #9 Michigan St. 82, at Chapel Hill North Carolina: This team’s relying on a lot of underclassmen, and they’ll only get better as the season goes on, but they look pretty good already. Deon Thompson … Continue reading
Charting a Course to March: College Basketball Notes
Throughout the college basketball season, I’ll give my observations on random teams and players, assessing where they are at that point of the season, and looking ahead to where they could be in March. We’ll give it the highly creative … Continue reading
Relatively Encouraging Start for the Owls
I know the baseball season just ended, but it’s college hoops already (I guess World Series trips don’t give us nearly as much of a “break,” huh?). Everything is different under Dunphy than it was under Chaney. Under Chaney, the … Continue reading
4 NBA Draft Sleeper Picks
I’ll be the first to admit that I am no NBA draft guru. First of all, my first-hand knowledge of players is basically limited to guys that have played big-time college basketball. Also, I’ve been notoriously inaccurate in projecting which … Continue reading
Cimorelli’s Question of the Day
Ty Lawson or Eric Maynor?
Tell Me I’m Crazy – The ‘Zags
Tell me I’m crazy, but I think that this year’s Gonzaga team is the best team that they have ever had. I know, I know, they have had 3-seeds and even a 2-seed, but did they really have better years … Continue reading
The Sweet Sixteen – Day Two
7:07 on Friday in Indianapolis, IN #1 Louisville vs. #12 Arizona The one “Cinderella” is one of the winningest programs in NCAA history–Arizona. A 12-seed, who very few thought should even have made the tournament proved themselves and now gets … Continue reading
Tell Me I’m Crazy – “Chalk”
Tell me I’m crazy, but I really like it when an NCAA tournament is “chalky.” Yes, I know, the games you “remember” are when Bryce Drew and Valpo beat Ole Miss or when Harold “The Show” Arceneaux and Weber St. … Continue reading