A Day With The Memphis Tigers by Bill Kintner MEMPHIS – The Memphis Tigers are a big-time program in a conference that is on the very upper end of the Mid-major conferences. When you look at the resources available to this program, it is clear they are near the upper […]
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Cincinnati vs. Kentucky
Catfight Between The Bearcats and Wildcats! by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – Only 85 miles separate the University of Cincinnati from the University of Kentucky, but for the last 14 years it might as well have been 8000 miles. For years the fans of both programs that live in the Greater […]
Miami’s Season Ends
Coles: I’m Proud, But Not Satisfied by Bill Kintner OXFORD, Ohio – It happed in last 1:03 of the game. With the score tied at 58-58, Miami’s Doug Penno had a three point shot blocked, a charge by Miami’s Chet Mason, a jumper with three seconds left that goes in […]
St. Bonaventure’s MVP
St Bonaventure’s Man With a Mission by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – When the St. Bonaventure basketball team came to Cincinnati for the Atlantic 10 Championship, they left their pep band in New York. They didn’t bring their dance team. They didn’t even bring their cheerleaders. They brought someone even more […]
Atlantic 10 Tournament Notes
A Big Live Bird, A Little Dead Bird and Various Goings-On At The A-10 by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – Tiny Saint Joseph’s University of Philadelphia is known for several things. Most of them are basketball-related: going undefeated last year in the regular season, their zany coach, Phil Martelli, and that […]
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic 10 Kicks Things Off In Cincy With a Bang by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – The Atlantic 10 Conference went to a football stadium to kick off their basketball tournament when they held their annual Commissioner’s Reception at the Bengals’ beautiful Paul Brown Stadium on the banks of the Ohio […]
Bracket Buster in Ohio
CigarBoy’s Bracket Buster Extravaganza by Bill Kintner DAYTON – It is Bracket Buster (BB) Saturday – you know, that ESPN-created mid-major college basketball match up. There are a ton of games featuring all the teams from the Horizon League, MVC and MAC. Then other teams are mixed in from the […]
Interview with Paul Biancardi
Coach Biancardi Spills the Beans by Bill Kintner An interview with Wright State Coach Paul Biancardi where he talks about the Raiders, how he coaches, the Horizon League and even where to get some good Italian food. When I arrived at Coach Biancardi’s office he came out and greeted me […]
Todd Lickliter Interview
An Interview with Butler’s Todd Lickliter by Bill “CigarBoy” Kintner Butler Coach Todd Lickliter sits down right before practice to discuss his team. He talks about how he recruits, the Butler Way, the status of college basketball and he even tells a story about a Butler Hall of Fame basketball […]
Horizon Commissioner Jon LeCrone
An Interview with Horizon League Commissioner Jonathan LeCrone by Bill Kintner In this installment of my coverage of the Horizon League, the Big Cheese weighs in on league expansion. With all the speculation concerning potential expansion I thought it was time to get some answers. Jon LeCrone is certainly the […]
