December 2008

Pistons Struggles: Not All Iverson

December 12, 2008

Since the trade of the year went down between the Denver Nuggets and the Detroit Pistons, which sent Allen Iverson to the Pistons, Detroit has turned in a record of 7-9. Not exactly the champagne toasting winning percentage Dumars and his organization was looking for. I argued at the time of the trade that the [...]

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Jim Valvano and the V Foundation

December 11, 2008

As I wrote about yesterday, I watched the Jimmy V Classic Monday night. Every time I see a clip on Valvano, either running around the court after they won the Championship, or a clip from his famous speech at the ESPY in 1993, or any other mention of Jimmy V., it brings a smile to my face.  It’s [...]

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Stephen Curry

December 10, 2008

I watched the Jimmy V Classic doubleheader last night involving Davidson vs West Virginia in the first game, and Villanova vs Texas in the second game.  I was particularly interested in watching Stephen Curry of Davidson.  After Curry’s great run in last year’s NCAA’s, I was pleasantly surprised that he stayed in school for another year. [...]

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Why Not to Recruit “One-and-Dones”

December 9, 2008

Before the great Lute Olson decided to hang up his whistle, he said he would no longer recruit “one-and-done” players after being burned by then Arizona recruit, Brandon Jennings, who went on to play professionally in Italy versus hitting the books in Tucson, Arizona. They have books at Arizona? Anyways…     Olson said at [...]

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Stick To Defensive Fundamentals at the End of a Game

December 8, 2008

One of the most memorable lessons George taught me in High School was how to play defense at the end of a game.  His exact rules or explanation may differ, but my interpretation was basically to stick to your normal defensive fundamental strategy on the final play of the game. There is a reason that [...]

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ACC vs Big Ten

December 5, 2008

With this year’s victory, it now is ten straight years that the ACC conference has won the annual ACC-Big Ten Challenge.  The last two years it was 8-3 in favor of the ACC.  This year the record between the two conferences was 6-5, ACC.  So, I guess, Big Ten fans will be encouraged.   I was pleased when [...]

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Rodney Rogers: Our Prayers are with You

December 4, 2008

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Rodney Rogers the former NBA and college basketball star. Last week, Rogers was in an all-terrain vehicle accident in which he is now paralyzed from the shoulders down. Rogers was riding in the woods in rural Vance County, N.C. when he fell off of his ATV. He has [...]

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Houston, We Have a Problem

December 3, 2008

Buried under a pile of early season basketball storylines is one that may be a forbearer of things to come. The Houston Comets, winners of the first 4 WNBA championships, are being dissolved by the league. In August, the WNBA took over operations of the team from its owner, while pursuing a new ownership group [...]

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Basketball Announcers: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

December 2, 2008

The four-day weekend enabled me to watch plenty of basketball thanks to the NCAA, ESPN and the NBA. While analyzing the players and teams, I could not help myself but become entrenched with the announcers. I guess the topic came about when we were watching the CBE Classic and Coach Bobby Knight was doing the color [...]

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All-Bruiser Team

December 1, 2008

Over the long weekend, ESPN had plenty of college basketball tournaments to keep us enthusiasts occupied and away from the dreaded Christmas shopping. I think ESPN referred to this week of college basketball as “feast week,” however I think it should have been titled “beast week.” I can not remember a time when there were [...]

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