Author: Matt Jones

College Basketball Announcers

Live, Coming to You Courtside by Matt Jones With the football season having now come to an end and the Tom Brady-worship on a bit less of a fevered pitch, it is time for the nation to do what it always does in February, take sides on the new American […]

Look around the nation

Some Things Just Never Change by Matt Jones Well folks, it is time to finally admit to ourselves something that we have been putting off for far too long. Like a group of long-haired hippies in Ohio who still insist that there could be enough voter fraud to change the […]

Joe Crawford Situation

What Does It All Mean? by Matt Jones A famous rock philosopher (who looked really old Sunday night at the Golden Globes), once said… “You can’t always get what you want… but if you try sometimes, you get what you need.” With the news that freshman sensation Joe Crawford has […]

Indiana Basketball

Not Indiana Basketball As We Knew It by Matt Jones Stretch your mind back for a second to 1987. The Cosby Show was ruling the television roost (pre-Pam days), Ronald Reagan was in the last days of his cowboy presidency (enjoying his post Iran-Contra bounce) and the Twins were doing […]

Top 12

Our 2004-05 National Champion by Matt Jones Wow, what a week! As with many of you, I have been obsessively following sports for my entire life, and I do not think I can remember a week where the line between the top stories in the world of sports and the […]

Four-week Checkup

Four Week Checkup by Matt Jones We are now four weeks into the season. When I played tennis in high school (it was extremely cool at my school… I promise), our coach used to say in a thick Italian accent, “Guys the volleys should be crisp after the first month.” […]

Seven Keys to a Better Basketball Season

Seven Keys to a Better Basketball Season by Matt Jones Recently I came to a realization. I have decided (after much deep thought) that the beginning of October may be the best time of the entire year to be a sports fan. No matter what your favorite sport is, it […]

STL Second Round Preview

Second Round Preview – St. Louis Region by Matt Jones (1) Kentucky vs. (9) UAB Columbus should be rocking on Sunday as the Kentucky Wildcats get ready for their second round showdown with the UAB Blazers. The Blazers are coming off an impressive and entertaining performance in their win late […]

SEC Semifinals Recap

Southeastern Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Matt Jones Kentucky 78 South Carolina 63 The Big Blue Nation was out once again in full force for this opening game of the semi-final session and they certainly had to be pleased with the show that Kentucky put on. The Cats got off […]

SEC Finals Recap

Southeastern Conference Finals Recap Recap by Matt Jones Kentucky 89, Florida 73 Utter and complete domination. Within six seconds of the game beginning, Gerald Fitch had hit a three pointer, cracked a devious smile on his face and given notice to all the fans in the Georgia Dome that this […]