Summer Camping in the Phil Nation Postcard from Texas Kingwood Classic by Phil Kasiecki The 2002 Houston Kingwood Classic, held at various sites in metropolitan Houston, Texas, saw more than 200 teams participate in terrific basketball action. The non-stop action was excellent, with many good Division I prospects participating. Hal […]
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Charlie Weber Invitational
Summer Camping in the Phil Nation Postcard from Pennsylvania Charlie Weber Invitational by Phil Kasiecki The 2002 Charlie Weber Spring Invitational, held at Villanova University, saw more than 200 teams participate in terrific basketball action. The non-stop action was excellent, with many good Division I prospects participating. While Division I […]
Providence JamFest
Summer Camping in the Phil Nation Postcard from Rhode Island Hoop Group Jam Fest by Phil Kasiecki As we gaze into the summer sun, the college season is now in the history books and every state has determined their champions in high school basketball. That means it’s time for the […]
Old School Gear
Old School Gear: For Those who Want To Be Like. . .Wes? by Adam Shandler Everything old is new again, at least on the sports apparel front. What, you don’t believe me? Did you happen to check out Kobe at the postgame conferences of every playoff game? The Lakers’ Number […]
Tricky Dick
Tricky Dick by David Mosse Over the past three weeks, college basketball’s most famous cheerleader showed himself to be more than just the obnoxious, overbearing voice we hear seemingly every five minutes during ESPN’s coverage. Dick Vitale proved to be a hypocrite in his assessment of the different coaches in […]
NCAA Finals Preview
Finals Preview by Phil Kasiecki Monday night’s national championship game is surely not one that many had in their brackets at the beginning of the NCAA Tournament. Many probably had Maryland getting this far, but few if any imagined that the Indiana Hoosiers would be playing on Monday night. How […]
KU/Maryland
Final Four Recap by Phil Kasiecki The national semifinal games had one great game that came down to the final minutes and had many lead changes, and another where one team was in the lead for most of the game and took over late in the game, only to have […]
IU/OU
Final Four Recap by Phil Kasiecki The national semifinal games had one great game that came down to the final minutes and had many lead changes, and another where one team was in the lead for most of the game and took over late in the game, only to have […]
Women’s Finals Preview
And Then There Were Two by Tracy Granzyk With one more day of basketball left in the 2001-02 season the question still remains: “Can anyone beat UConn?” The Huskies, sporting a pristine 38-0 record, take on the Oklahoma Sooners in this year’s championship game. For Connecticut, this was the expected […]
NIT Finals Recap
NIT Finals Recap by Phil Kasiecki In the NIT Championship game on Thursday night, Memphis shot 49%#37; from the field and held South Carolina to just 34.3%#37; shooting en route to taking home the NIT title with a 72-62 victory at Madison Square Garden. The Tigers got a huge night […]
