We’ve added a new section to your melange…Boxscore Flunkies celebrates the guys who made a difference but didn’t post crooked numbers on the stat sheet. You won’t notice a thing from the stat sheet, but the coach will give the kid a game ball. We also added our favorite coach quote from the weekend. It’s [...]
We nearly always advocate getting to games instead of watching them on teevee. The experience is different, and way better. However up to a foot of snow is about to be dumped on most of us, and it’s the holidays. There is a greater good in play. I admit “honey, let’s go Christmas shopping in [...]
Snow in the forecast, cold is abating, last night’s action, weekend flurry, real work, updates, Christmas shopping, etc. Love it. Keep checking back, because I don’t know when more is coming but it is coming. (And we’re not advertising supported here, so this isn’t a ploy for more page views and thus money. Just a [...]
<whining> There is no worse place to be than to have a very bad headcold that makes you feel terrible, but not so bad that you are out of commission and need to get into bed. Misery. </whining> Tonight, we have James Madison facing off against Gardner-Webb. The Patients could use one of those games–you [...]
Boxscore from last night’s lone game, a Georgia State loss to Florida State. Of note, the Joe Dukes Factor. Dukes scored 19 second half points to lead a charge from 17 down. The Panthers had the ball down just four in the final minute. Dukes played 38 tough minutes. Goergia State needs that in order [...]
We’ll get to Georgia State (last night), The Dub (tonight), and lots of links later today. First, let’s address the Yeager letter: We may be seeing the CAA version of the Sad Hill Cemetery scene at the end of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Tom Yeager’s letter to the folks who run the [...]
If you have a chance today to completely lose one hour–in the fascinatingly geeky world of college basketball–I suggest checking out what Ken Pomeroy has done. Put simply, he’s applied his ratings system, which is brilliant, to every team and every player. You read that right. The breakdowns are phenomenal, including season projections and player [...]
Campbell travels to Wilmington–yes, I’m jealous–and here’s everything you need to know. The Dub is webstreaming. The view from Richmond is that moving Johnny Wolf off the point is a very good move by Benny Moss. The Seahawks seem to be wearing really heavy shoes with Wolf running the show. High octane with Tomko all [...]
Later today: tonight’s action, Yeager’s letter, and every email I get. Weekend Boxes Dayton 58, Old Dominion 50 Mason 75, Creighton 72 VCU 65, Richmond 57 Hofstra 75, New Hampshire 58 GW 73, Towson 69 Ohio 86, Delaware 70 Eastern Michigan 75, James Madison 64 Drexel 57, St. Francis 35, Samme Givens 24 Florida A&M [...]
We’ll get back on the horse next week. Bill-paying detour these past few days. *** Nor’easter lost last night to Rhode Island, and it wasn’t a moral victory. It stinks. There’s no room for close losses, if you are a coach, because you either win or lose. So many games come down to late-game execution, [...]
