Meanwhile, Wake keeps gaining steam in what is turning into a dream season for the school. Long the fourth member of the ACC’s Carolina contingent, this small, academically competitive school doesn’t have the national championship banners, monster fan base or media attention of Carolina, Duke and N.C. State.
Three Billy Gillispie Articles
You need to know this name: Texas A&M Off to Best Start in 40 Years By The Associated Press Texas A&M wasn’t getting any national recognition for its 11-0 start and a close loss to Kansas. After a 74-63 upset of No. 10 Texas on Wednesday night, it’s going to be tough to ignore the […]
Different Programs; Different Results Tonight?
If programs’ recent histories provide any kind of harbinger for performance, then Pack could be in for a tough night tonight against the Blue Devils
BBall Stat of the Day: Hurricanes in the NBA
BBall Stat of the Day: Hurricanes in the NBA
Football News Heating Up
On the heels of yesterday’s entry, lots of information related to Assistant Coaches is leaking into the public domain. Offensive Coordinator The most important news of the day comes from Shreveport, Louisiana where Jimbo Fisher has chosen to remain at LSU. This is the toughest news because I had heard weeks ago that things looked […]
Technician on Point: Amato Hires Important
NC State’s Student Newspaper, Technician has an article titled, “Hires could make, break Amato” written by Austin Johnson. This is the first work by Johnson that I have read and I think that the basis of his article is on point with reality…even if his accuracy could stand a little improvement: The Wolfpack just kept […]
N&O Highlights Coaching Carousel in Raleigh
The News & Observer ran a front page feature today proclaiming that off-field turnover is occupying Amato . In the physical newspaper, the article was accompanied by a table that listed the 10 assistants that have left the program in the last five years. The table was not included on the internet. The article comes […]
CBS Reminds Madness is Coming
I saw my first CBS “March Madness” commercial from CBS today after Indianapolis’ first touchdown mid-way through the first quarter. Samuel L. Jackson stars. I liked it. But, I couldn’t understand what he said in the climactic line. Jackson was talking about being a coach’s son. CBS highlighted Bryce Drew’s last second shot over Ole […]
Wow! UNC-CH 109 Maryland 75
So…I titled my entry for today’s Tar Heel pasting of Maryland as “Wow!”…and then I started writing. As I was writing, I was surfing the internet for URL’s to hotlink in the article and it seems that we have consensus on today’s performance. And, it is not just Tar Heel fans giving props – even […]
ACC Basketball Tips-Off
Since just yesterday we learned that the Atlantic Coast Conference was the best college football conference in 2004, one might think that it would be time to step aside and let another conference have the spotlight for basketball season. But, as we head into the first real weekend of conference cage action, it is clear […]