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Charting A Course to March: 3 Games to Watch on Saturday
The NFL season is down to its final game and on Monday the calendar will flip to February, which means it’s about time for all of you fair-weather college basketball fans out there to start paying attention so you can sound … 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
More Ridiculous Stats (NBA Draft Edition)
Sorry this is two weeks old, but there were some amazing stats dropped at the NBA draft. Here are just a couple that I remembered: 1). Blake Griffin had 30 double-doubles last year for Oklahoma. This was the second most ever, … Continue reading
The Sweet Sixteen – Day One
The Sweet 16 round of the tournament is probably where we all get to see the best basketball of the year, in my opinion. The stage is not yet “too big” for anyone, yet almost all of the games are big enough for that … Continue reading
College Basketball Preview: The Contenders
[DISCLAIMER: most of this was written before the preseason tournaments, so I apologize if some new developments were not addressed. Oh, and one of these teams is written facetiously–see if you can figure out which one.] I wrote a column … Continue reading
First Impressions of the 08-09 College Hoops Season
The glory that is the college basketball season is well underway, and I’m looking forward to settling in tonight for two top teams in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, when Duke travels to Purdue. Baseball is the only sport I look forward … Continue reading
Looking Ahead to Next March
One of my favorite columns to read every year are the ones where, in the aftermath of the championship game, the writers project the top teams for next year’s college basketball season. I’ll attempt to beat them to the punch this … Continue reading
Cimorelli’s Question of the Day
Is it possible that Duke is the best team in college basketball this year?
Tell Me I’m Crazy…
In the spirit of full disclosure, I am currently wearing my “Wild Cherry” t-shirt–the gift to all Temple basketball season ticket holders one year in the mid-90’s. But, tell me I’m crazy thinking that the Owls have a real chance … Continue reading
BSB In-Attendance: #7 Duke vs. #9 Pitt, Madison Square Garden
Last night I headed back over to MSG for some college hoops, this time to see two undefeated (both 10-0), top-10 teams square-off in the Aeropostale Classic. I wasn’t aware that anyone had actually worn Aeropostale clothing since about 1999, but … Continue reading