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The First Annual Feinberg Academic All-American Basketball Classic

May 14, 2009

This past Saturday at Citizens Bank Arena, in Ontario, CA, the culmination of a new kind of sporting event took place. A high school all-American weekend dedicated to celebrating the participating scholar-athlete’s character as well as their caliber of play and (to quote the founder and chairman Robert Icart) “promoting the education and athletics at [...]

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Nike Hoop Summit 2009

April 16, 2009

This weekend I watched the Nike Hoop Summit All-Star Game 2009. Usually I avoid all-star games like the plague. There is usually no intensity, except on the offensive end of the floor.  No defense.  No real caring who wins and loses.  They just bug me.  I guess it’s the basketball purity in me. However, this [...]

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2009 NBA Mock Lottery

April 13, 2009

The NCAA champion has been crowned and the NBA regular season is just a few games away from coming to an end.  So, at this time of year I’m always wondering how the upcoming crop of draft candidates will help the prospective teams in the lottery and, perhaps, how a few maybe able to affect [...]

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UNC – “One Shining Moment”

April 7, 2009

As we all know, last night the UNC Tarheels won the 2009 NCAA Men’s basketball championship. To many, their win came as no surprise and the Tarheels were hands down the best team in the tournament. From the beginning of the year, even with their slight hiccups, they had the most talent in the nation [...]

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March Madness

March 18, 2009

It snowed in the state of Washington over the weekend. Right now, it is mid-40′s in New York City. LA was even a little cold over the weekend in the lower 60′s. Yet, all I keep hearing is, “I love this time of year!” That’s right, the best time of year is back–March Madness. A [...]

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The Revolving #1 Door

March 10, 2009

Well, U Conn gets beat this weekend in a hard fought and entertaining game at Pitt.  This is the second time Pitt has beaten UConn this season, both times when UConn was ranked #1 in the polls.  North Carolina was the pre-season #1.  Then UNC went on to hold that position for the next 7 weeks.  In the last [...]

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How Much Pressure is on UNC?

January 8, 2009

Recently, we saw the #1 UNC Tarheels, who had been dominating their competition, get knocked off at home by their conference foe, the Eagles of Boston College. Ironically, just last night, the mighty Crimson of Harvard beat these same Eagles, and I am not talking about at a debate match but a full regulation basketball [...]

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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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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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National Signing Day

November 12, 2008

November 11th marks the beginning of the signing period for college basketball. North Carolina leads the pack with five outstanding recruits.  Here is a look at the rest of the top 25 recruiting classes for 2009 provided by Scout.com. 1. UNC 2. Texas 3. Florida 4. Villanova 5. Duke

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