This long, seemingly never-ending saga the NCAA has going with the University of North Carolina has more than run its course. With the latest notice of allegations, the NCAA is having its objectivity with discipline the big schools questioned yet… Read More ›
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How About Them Syracuse Orange!
We all have witnessed epic tours in our lifetime. U2’s 360° Tour. Rolling Stone’s vintage Voodoo Lounge Tour and more recent A Bigger Bang Tour. Anything involving Madonna and Bruce Springsteen. And you haven’t lived until you have the “Prince experience”. It’s time… Read More ›
2015 – 2016 College Basketball Preview
Similar to the 2015-2016 NBA season, the college basketball season is upon us – as in right now. Another season has snuck up on me. I guess that’s what happens when you are a consultant and have a five-year-old son…. Read More ›
The Buck Stops with Pitino
It sometimes cracks me up when I hear college coaches say the following quote whenever a scandal threatens to rock their athletic programs. “I didn’t know”. “I have no know knowledge of the situation.” Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino is… Read More ›
30-Second Shot Clock a Good First Step in Men’s College B-Ball
In the midst of the hoopla that are the NBA Playoffs and #DeflateGate, the NCAA took what I thought was a good, bold first step in improving men’s college basketball: reducing the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30. A… Read More ›
Believe It or Not, Geno Auriemma Has a Point
UConn’s women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma is a lot of things to a lot of people – most of them not so good. He comes off as an egotistical blowhard, always seemingly bloviating over how great the women’s game is… Read More ›
Thoughts on the 2015 NCAA Tournament’s Opening Weekend
There were lots to love about the first weekend of the 2015 NCAA Tournament: a few upsets here, a couple of shockers there (sorry Kansas). And my bracket has officially been shot to hell (gee thanks Michigan State for eliminating… Read More ›