Last Thursday evening, long-time VCU play-by-play announcer Terry Sisisky lost his bout with stomach cancer. Tim Pearrell wrote a very good article detailing the facts of Sisisky’s 28-year VCU career. Sisisky’s passing is very sad on every imaginable level, personal to professional, and whether you knew him or not. For me, the striking memory is [...]
“Three male Drexel University students have been charged in a single robbery incident that occurred on July 21. All three students have voluntarily surrendered themselves to the Philadelphia Police Department Southwest Detectives. The University has placed the students on interim suspension pending the outcome of the investigation. Drexel University’s Department of Public Safety is fully [...]
In what has easily been the most turbulent off-season in the history of the CAA, the past five days should not come as any surprise. (The summer of 2000 when the league nearly blew up is excepted.) As first reported last night, Drexel’s Jamie Harris and Kevin Phillip are wanted by Philadelphia police on suspicion [...]
I’ve always known I have the mind of a sports information director. They are my friends around the league and we have the best conversations. This is likely because we are wired to appreciate the numbers and have an analysis framework to the way we approach college basketball. Digging up the nuggets and thinking about [...]
Circling The Association with a pile of things I didn’t write. Promise for tomorrow: quotes from Matt Brady, Bruiser Flint, as well as some questions to ponder. Heck, depending how real life plays out today, you may have it by 5:00. (Not a promise.) Anyway: Brian Mull finished off his summer preview series with UNCW, [...]
There’s an error in the CAA record book. It says that Jim Larranaga’s 149 regular season CAA wins are the most in CAA history. Technically that’s accurate, and technically it isn’t. If we factor in assistant coaches—those guys that make suggestions and serve as the player conduits to the head coaches—Larranaga is a distant second. [...]
This is the best thing I’ve read in months. Dave Fairbank of the Daily Press sat in on a recent talk Tony Shaver gave to a group of high school coaches. It is an outstanding piece worth your time and a look into how Shaver approaches basketball, and life. Top of my list was Shaver’s [...]
Prep work always yields nuggets. The more prep, the better the nuggets. (In fact, we stumbled onto one yesterday that will be blown out to post later this week.) Anyway, here’s some tidbits for you to track and put on your calendar. Order the cake now to beat the rush: Tony Shaver is five wins [...]
Today’s unrelated to hoops tip: next July 4, head to Colonial Downs in Williamsburg for horse racing and fireworks. It’s everything you get from the outdoors park experience, plus a 10-race card. You never know who you will run into. Easy in, easy out. Great family atmosphere–surprisingly Disney considering why the track was built. We’ll [...]
Having lunch with smart people always pays dividends. Its biggest benefit is usually the unexpected tidbit that sticks with you the rest of the day. That happened again yesterday for CAAHoops and I highly recommend you make “lunch with smart people” a to-do. Smart Guy throws out an internal debate to chew: what is the [...]
