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Friday, April 19, 2024
In our latest podcast, the business of college sports, as well as that of sports media, takes center stage. We talk about the layoffs at ESPN, college basketball’s opening night, and Wichita State’s departure from the Missouri Valley Conference. We close with thoughts on a departed friend of the media business as well.
Sindarius Thornwell was once on NBA radars, but had fallen off of them. After a big run in March, however, NBA teams have their eye on him, and getting drafted seems like a realistic possibility.
My first memory of the late Jack Grinold came on an unexpected car ride to a basketball game while a student at the school Jack loved so much.
So many times, St. Anthony’s in Jersey City could be saved. This time around, it was not meant to be, and the school Bob Hurley put so much into and made his life’s work is now closing down.
One last look at St. Peter’s run to the CIT title, one well-deserved for a program led by one of the good guys in college coaching.
The Northeast Hoops Festival helped bring in the new spring travel season in New England, and we have notes from some of Saturday’s action.
In our first off-season edition, we look back on the season that just ended, including redemption for one team and a big development for a conference that has had more questions than success on the hardwood. We also look at players coming and going, as well as big coaching news on a day where there was a lot of it.
Even without Wichita State, the Missouri Valley Conference has plenty of schools in it that have proven rather recently very capable of being very, very good. The conference needs some of them to be again.
Thursday brought us a reminder that the best-laid conference moves don’t always work out as expected, sometimes even before a school has made a move.
Roy Williams has now led North Carolina to three national championships during his tenure. While his first two were no surprise as they were loaded with talent, this one was a little different, and has to feel a little different as well.
