Welcome back! by Bill Thayer I’ll admit it, I got caught up in baseball all summer. I turned my attention away from the college hoops scene and really believed the Red Sox had a chance to take it all. The pieces were in place, D-Lowe was providing the perfect complement […]
Month: September 2002
Top Ten Freshmen Classes
New Talent, Same Old College Basketball Fun by Phil Kasiecki With more and more players entering the NBA Draft before exhausting their college eligibility, or choosing to skip college and go for the NBA straight out of high school, recruiting is changing for college basketball coaches these days. They need […]
It Happens Every Autumn
It Happens Every Autumn by Michael Ermitage Mine team is undefeated. So is yours. Hope springs eternal in gyms from little Valparaiso to basketball giant Kansas. Why? Because October 15th is approaching. Like a seven-year old on Christmas Eve, I cannot wait. The official beginning to yet another college basketball […]
Evansville: Sleeves vs. Tanks
Is This Something from a Mock-umentary? by Jason Drucker It began, apparently, in the 1947-48 season when Basketball Hall of Fame coach Arad McCutchan decided that his Evansville players would be more comfortable in t-shirts. In a 1964 interview, he explained, “I use the T-shirt style of uniform because I […]
‘Roid Rage
Avoiding a ‘Roid (Out)rage by Adam Shandler A Cautionary Piece On How Performance-Enhancing Drugs Might Affect College Hoops I hope I don’t have to write a follow-up to this column. Consider this particular piece not an attempt at whistle-blowing or paranoia or rabble rousing. It’s merely a heads-up to all […]
College Dream Team
College Dream Team by Adam Reich Following the debacle that was the World Basketball Championships, it reopens the thought that USA Basketball should once again be represented by collegiate all-stars. The last time that scenario was still in place was the 1988 Los Angeles Olympics, when John Thompson coached a […]
Shining in Springfield
Shining in Springfield by Jed Tai The Basketball Hall of Fame is ready to induct its Class of 2002. In fact, the enshrining ceremony of this year’s members on September 27th will lead into the grand opening and christening of the Hall of Fame’s brand new $103 million dollar facility […]
Hoya Saxa, Patrick!
Hoya Saxa, Patrick! by Jed Tai After a long and prosperous career in the NBA, he’s calling it quits. Patrick Ewing is moving from the court to the sidelines. Everyone will have their own way of looking back on Ewing’s basketball legacy. But while the New York media will malign […]
Paying Tribute
Paying Tribute by Jed Tai As the nation takes the time to mark the anniversary and reflect back on one of the most tragic events in the country’s history, we here at Hoopville would like to do the same. The events of September 11, 2001 touched us all, and no […]
Fantasy Hoops
Fantasy Hoops by Adam Shandler For Fantasy Sports participants, the end of summer is a crossroads. Baseball is winding down, so owners scramble to make that decisive 7-player trade for Pedro. Fantasy Football is in its gearing-up phase with sports web sites dishing out the spam like an Army mess […]
