In This Unpredictable Season, Why Not A Surprising Final Four?

Seems to me this isn’t the year to rely on conventional wisdom when filling out your NCAA tournament bracket sheets. Might be like using conventional Continue Reading

An Early Return For Coach of the Year Honors

After noticing how painfully slow it’s been for the Iowa Caucus to announce a winner, I’m kitbashing the “Too Early To Call,” mantra and predicting Continue Reading

Then Some Big 10 Clearly The Nation’s Best Conference

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist, or even an ex-college coach like myself, to figure out who is the best college basketball conference Continue Reading

Mid-Major Alert: College Basketball Up For Grabs

No great teams. No great players. It doesn’t sound like much to get excited about if you’re a college hoops junkie like me. Sure, I Continue Reading

Oregon Starts Season In A Zone

So who’s the best college basketball coach at successfully flipping a team with new players from one season to the next? Kentucky’s John Calipari and Continue Reading

For Tony Bennett and Wahoos, “A Rags To Riches,” Story

From college basketball’s best conference, the ACC, a tale of two cities. A Charlottesville victory parade for the Virginia Wahoos and a Durham funeral for Continue Reading

Michigan State Makes Sure One Duke Is Done

It’s not easy being a Duke fan these days. The top-ranked Blue Devils were knocked out in the East Regional Finals by No. 3 seeded Continue Reading

Yes, There Is A (D) In March Ma(d)ness

Printed out just enough bracket sheets for my NCAA pool, so it’s a good thing I filled mine out in pencil. My eraser marks equaled Continue Reading

Looks Like The ACC Is Nation’s Best Conference Once Again

Two questions I’ve been pondering the entire season and a couple of gigantic match-ups in the ACC provided me the answers to both. Is the Continue Reading

Houston Escapes Temple Of Doom (For Now)

Houston, do we have a problem? Certainly doesn’t look that way for the No. 13 ranked Houston basketball team, which beat Temple, 73-66, Thursday night Continue Reading