Category Archives: March Madness
Note To Thad Matta: Sometimes A Coach Must Coach.
I understand DeShaun Thomas is a very, very good basketball player and that he makes a lot of baskets. But I got the feeling watching the Ohio State University get pounded by a team from Wichita, Kansas that Thad Matta really doesn’t know that much about actually coaching basketball. Rather than getting upset at his [...]
No Harm, Foul.
The games have become cringe-inducing. The best players have to sit down because the guys in stripes loving blowing whistles as if they were noisemakers on New Year’s Eve. Count the basket. Count the basket. Offensive foul. Defensive foul. Count the basket. No basket. Count the basket. “And one” has become a routine play. Yesterday I [...]
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Finally, A “Real” Final Four.
That was a comment this morning on the B1G’s network talk show featuring Toledo’s own Jimmy Jackson. I won’t debate that each of these schools has a long and storied basketball tradition, but how is a final four featuring a Butler or a VCU any less of a final four? Tradition is important in some [...]
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Bo Ryan Is Clueless.
I’m by no means a fan of Syracuse, and I can’t for the life of me believe that Boeheim still has a job, but what he did in the last 10 minutes of the game yesterday is to be commended, especially when compared to that dunderhead Bo Ryan. Syracuse’s zone defense is notorious. For much [...]
Steve Kerr Channels His Inner Joe Theismann
During the B1G championship yesterday, Steve Kerr made a comment just after Michigan State had scored with the shot clock running down with several minutes remaining in the game. He said that the teams cannot stop playing. He explained that the teams have to continue to look for the shot and not be so concerned [...]
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