The VCU big man is loading up on preseason hardware. There’s this, and there’s this, and there’s this. There’s more, but you get the point.
And while the preseason player of the year debate is hot–Sanders, Gerald Lee, Charles Jenkins, Matt Janning–other than Jenkins there is not a more important player to his team in the [...]
This is today’s salvo to the “other people can be way smarter than I can” strategy of how you will get good content.
Brian Mull writes over on the Wilmington Star News website about his top 10 CAA players to watch. Enjoy the list–there’s a ton in there that is spot on, except that he may [...]
A perfectly awful EESH! this morning, in the best Mr. Wong from Norbit.
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Lots of Blue Ribbon chatter, and the book’s head honcho, Chris Dortsch, tells me it is on the printer and on its way very soon. In this video, produced with EA Sports for its new college basketball video game, Dortsch sums it up [...]
Deadlines abound, so you get this early. Or, right on time. Of note: we’ll summarize and wrap this up, to give you some continuity. But that’s a next week thing.
We’ll start with the #9 Georgia State Panthers. They also shuffled a smoodgie when Rashanti Harris did not show up on campus and thus cannot enroll [...]
We interrupt these previews (two to go, Ga State and Towson) to bring you a handful of what will likely become a staple:
Links of Interest
Tom Pecora takes questions from the masses today at 1:00. (Two-Corny minimum.)
Mull catches up with UNCW newdude Trevor DeLoach.
Mull also chats with a former Pirate who looks at 40 (minutes).
Georgia State’s [...]
In a development as shocking as a <bleep> on the Iron Chef, the we’ve got Nor’easter slotted at #2 this year.
Blue Ribbon Open
LAST SEASON: 19-13 (.594)
CONFERENCE RECORD: 12-6 (t-3rd)
STARTERS RETURNING: 4
HOMECOURT: Mathews Arena (6,000)
COACH: Bill Coen (Hamilton College ‘83)
RECORD AT SCHOOL: 46-49 (3 years)
CAREER RECORD: 46-49 (3 years)
ASSISTANTS: Jim McCarthy, Thomas Murphy, Antonio Reynolds-Dean
TEAM WINS [...]
To recap, we’ve precapped:
1. Old Dominion
2. N/A
3. Mason
4. VCU (today)
5. James Madison (today)
6. Hofstra
7. Drexel
8. N/A
9. N/A
10. N/A
11. William & Mary
12. UNCW
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We’ll start with the #4 team, VCU:
Blue Ribbon Open
LAST SEASON: 24-10 (.706)
CONFERENCE RECORD: 14-4 (1st)
STARTERS RETURNING: 4
HOMECOURT: Verizon Wireless Arena (7,500)
COACH: Shaka Smart (Kenyon College ‘99)
RECORD AT SCHOOL: First Season
CAREER RECORD: First Season
ASSISTANTS: Mike [...]
Double-duty this week to try to finish these up. Lots of mph work to be done late this week and next and I don’t want to shortchange you.
Hofstra checks in at #6, and Mason at #3. (Previously, ODU #1, UNCW #12, W&M #11, and Drexel #7).
HOFSTRA
Blue Ribbon Open
LAST SEASON: 21-11 (.656)
CONFERENCE RECORD: 11-7 (5th)
STARTERS RETURNING: [...]
I must admit something: I had to re-open the file to see where I slotted The Tribe. There was so much movement this summer in where teams were predicted I lost track of most of them. However I found them, down at 11th.
Blue Ribbon Open
LAST SEASON: 10-20 (.333)
CONFERENCE RECORD: 5-13 (t-10th)
STARTERS RETURNING: 4
HOMECOURT: William & [...]
The Seahawks certainly have the talent to finish in the middle of the pack. Benny Moss has brought in a couple freshmen, a couple jucos, and gets an impact East Carolina transfer and gets back an injured player missing from last year’s bunch.
It can happen, but you cannot predict that. Everyone else in the league [...]
