Winthrop’s Athletic Director, Tom Hickman, announced that the school has dismissed men’s basketball coach Randy Peele after five seasons. The team finished this season 12-20, their first 20-loss season in more than a decade. Add to that the first back-to-back […]
Tag: NCAA Hoops
Calapari indirectly shows us: Pay players
It’s another year, another dollar (or millions) for John Calipari. The old Kentucky hoops coach has got this recruiting thing down huh? John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight leave. Enter Terrence Jones, Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and […]
UConn’s Calhoun returns to bench
Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun is a fighter. Less than one week after having back surgery the Hall of Fame coach is back on the sideline. Calhoun received a standing ovation as he walked on the court before the UConn-Pitt […]
Sports Illustrated reports UCLA basketball in disarray
Ryan Finney, the Assistant Sports Information Director at UCLA in charge of Men’s Basketball probably wishes he hadn’t gotten out of bed this morning. Or skipped that extra cup of coffee. That’s because a Sports Illustrated report is painting the […]
Roz’s Weekly Roundup: Rock Chalk Jayhawk and Mid-Major Madness
We are less than two weeks away from Selection Sunday, can you believe it?! All excitement aside, this week features the start of Championship Week as well as teams fighting for seeding and tickets to the Big Dance. But first, […]
Roz’s Weekly Roundup: New Mexico’s Mountain West Rise
Team of the Week: New Mexico (22-4) The Lobos had one of their best weeks in the program’s recent history. They beat San Diego State by 10 on the road, never letting the Aztecs within reach. Then they came back […]
Fab Melo doesn’t travel with No. 1 Syracuse
The No. 1 team in the country will be without their stand-out sophomore. Syracuse will take the floor in South Bend on Saturday night without Fab Melo. Melo did not travel with the team. The team did not say why […]
Inside College Basketball: Roz’s Weekly Roundup
It’s only January and conference play is starting to heat up. Yet it already feels like March Madness has come a little early. This past week featured eleven ranked teams losing, the most in a week all season. While we’re sifting through […]
Cheerleaders nearly cost Louisville OT win
In overtime of the Louisville-Pittsburgh game, A few cheerleaders ran onto the floor after a Louisville basket – which put the Cardinals up 62-57 – and threw the basketball into the air. Officials called Louisville for a delay of game […]
The Led Pipe Lock: Games of the Week
NBA: Tuesday, February 22nd Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors The Warriors were one of the hottest teams in the NBA heading into the All Star break winning seven of their final ten games. They have a tough test coming […]