Every day there are rumors and supposition regarding conference realignment and expansion. “Super” conferences. The end of the Big East. The end of the Big XII. The expansion of same. Overtures made. Invitations sought. Repeat. While the primary focus of these machinations is football (and the money that sport’s automatic […]
Author: Andrew Flynn
The Onion: NCAA Expands March Madness to Include 4,096 Teams
Things are getting serious with conference tournament action and the build-up to next Sunday’s NCAA Selection Show. I know we here at Hoopville have been toiling with bracket scenarios and the latest in Championship Week upsets. Leave it to The Onion to provide a fresh perspective on things. Such as “June Madness.” Or the all-important 637-678 seed matchup. The expanded field will include teams that “couldn’t get over that 5-win hump.”
Florida State: Seminoles Face Four-Year Probation and Sanctions
The NCAA has just announced a sweeping four-year probation sentence for Florida State University Seminole athletics, encompassing ten varsity sports. While lauded for cooperating with NCAA investigators, the school-recommended two-year probation sentence was doubled, and additional penalties were levied.
The Mid-Continent’s Next Step
The Next Step for the Mid-Continent Conference by Andrew Flynn The Mid-Continent Conference is reeling, having just lost one of its more storied programs in founding-member Valparaiso to its geographic rival, the Horizon League. This news comes less than a month after another Mid-Con member institution, Chicago State, announced they […]
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 27th Dukies Downed in Durham: Well now there are only two. Previously undefeated and No. 2-ranked Duke lost last night to Maryland 75-66. The Terrapins used a crushing second-half defense to stay with the Blue Devils, allowing only two points in the final four […]
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 13th Illini Stays Unbeaten: Raining down a school-record 15 three-point baskets, Illinois kept its record perfect at 17-0 with a 90-64 win against Penn State. Luther Head notched 19 and Dee Brown added 15 points against a Penn State zone defense that allowed plenty […]
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 30th La Salle’s Larkai to Stand Trial: Former La Salle basketball player Dzaflo Larkai has been ordered to stand trial on charges of raping a former member of the La Salle’s women’s team. Larkai, who was arrested this past summer based on allegations that […]
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 16th Wallace Hospitalized: Hawaii head coach Riley Wallace was hospitalized due to heart surgery yesterday. Wallace, in his 18th season at the helm of the Warriors, underwent angioplasty surgery, where a stint was inserted into his right coronary artery to improve blood flow. He […]
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 8th Auburn Mess: The NCAA finally released the details of September’s notice of allegations to Auburn. In the notice, the NCAA claims that Auburn basketball representatives provided a car to the mother of Huntsville, Alabama prep star Chadd Moore, and also arranged wire transfers […]
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 8th More Baylor Mess: Earlier this week Baylor lost two players to academics for the rest of the season. Yesterday, former Baylor player Chad Elsey filed suit against Baylor and then head coach Dave Bliss alleging that Bliss breached an oral contract that Bliss […]
