I can take a hint. UNCW chancellor Rosemary DePaolo isn’t going to hire me. We’ve been through two athletics directors, two men’s basketball head coaches (or five, depending upon how you quantify the Moss to Peterson transition), and several assistant coaching positions. She never returned my (fictitious) emails. And that’s fine. I can move on [...]
Unidentifiable but familiar watery substance falling from the sky today. Quick round-the-league in what has easily been the strangest, most news-filled offseason in CAA history: UNCWs athletics director Kelly Mehrtens has resigned. There was a 10am presser, and Mull will have the details you need. I don’t know where all the reportage will live but [...]
It’s unfortunate Hofstra guard Brad Kelleher lost roughly two-thirds of his division one career in a battle over his eligibility. In sum: five years ago Kelleher played four games in Australia’s professional league, alongside professionals but wasn’t paid. This is common in Australia and across Europe and has become a focus of various NCAA eligibility [...]
In case you missed it, we’ve added the composite schedule back onto the site, sorted by date. Keep in mind that teevee may move a game here or there. Your job: update me on anything you hear re: moves, or mistakes I’ve made. That said, here’s three more teams (we outlined Hofstra and ODU last [...]
We’ve confirmed Hofstra has exhausted its entire appeals process for Brad Kelleher. The Aussie guard will sit the Pride’s first eight regular season games as a penalty for playing in a summer league with professionals five years ago. We discussed the registration-form-as-contract when it first popped up last year. In the months since that time, [...]
Let’s jump into our Nearback Machine this morning and head to March 2007. It’s the CAA men’s basketball tournament at the Richmond Coliseum. Yes, there’s a leaky bathroom, but Eric Maynor is in the middle of his incredible performance to lift VCU over Mason to the title and an NCAA bid. During a timeout I [...]
It’s funny how something seemingly innocuous and routine to one person becomes devastatingly important to others. Take, for example, yesterday’s announcement that the city of Richmond and the CAA extended their contract for two years (link includes video of the presser). The extension keeps the CAA tournament in Richmond until 2014. It merited a blip [...]
Some of the schools in our fine conference can be annoying when it comes to scheduling. UNCW, Old Dominion, Hofstra, and probably a couple others have released their 2010-11 schedules. And while I understand the ink may not be dry on some nonconference contracts, and I understand there remains a significant number of games that [...]
