by Jim Feist
It’s time! Time for college basketball teams to begin conference tourney play, also known as separating the contenders from the pretenders. It’s important to understand and closely examine the schedule of college hoop teams. Some teams start off the season playing a bunch of cream puffs, while others face a mixture of [...]
by Bryan Leonard
Many times during the season and even in some conference tournament games coming up, you can find teams that are less likely interested in wanting to play hard. That is, they know they’re going to hammered, or they’ve slumped so badly down the stretch that they realize they have no shot at going anywhere [...]
by Jim Feist
Tournament play is on the horizon! It’s the start of a wild few weeks with conference tournament play helping to whittle the field. In the Big 10, Ohio State made the title game three years with Greg Oden while Michigan State won it all in 2000. Here’s a look at some of [...]
by Dave Cokin
We’ve all heard the expression “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Not a bad catchphrase, but it’s also kind of dopey, not to mention totally unenlightened. I’m more a believer in “even if it ain’t broke, try and make it work better”. If a better idea comes along, go with it. [...]
Tags: College Basketball. Dave Cokin.by Scott Spreitzer
It was a big week in the NBA, starting the second half of the season plus all the trades that did (and didn’t) happen. The Cleveland Cavaliers have the best record in the NBA, and they were so fired up about acquiring Antawn Jamison…they went out and lost to the Nuggets, [...]
by Jim Feist
The SEC has a bunch of teams that are loaded with talent, depth and athleticism. Kentucky won the national championship in 1998, Florida knocked on the door in 2000 getting to the title game against Michigan State, the won it all with back-to-back titles. Here’s a look at some of college basketball’s best [...]
by Roz Juarbe
With the All Star game this weekend, teams can’t wait to get a break with this long season at the official halfway point. Notice that some teams have been coasting defensively of late. Golden State is on a 5-3 run over the total, and just hung 132 on the Clippers. Stephen Curry had [...]
by Big Al McMordie
For the third straight year we had an exciting Super Bowl. Perhaps the most striking thing that stands out is that the Saints outscored the Colts 31-7 after falling behind 10-0 in the first quarter. New Orleans really wasn’t as dominant as that may seem, as it was a close game all [...]
by Jim Feist
With the Super Bowl in the rear view mirror, the next big event on the sports stage is college basketball’s season-ending tournaments. Since 1997, college basketball’s national champion has come from several different conferences: the Pac 10 (Arizona), SEC (Kentucky and Florida), Big 10 (Michigan State), the ACC (Duke, Maryland, North Carolina), Nig [...]
by Big Al McMordie
Yes, the Colts have been here before, winning the whole thing after the 2006 season. Many of the players and coaches from that team are still here, including MVP quarterback Peyton Manning. But does that matter?
Sure, the Patriots and Steelers won 5 titles in the decade, [...]