You have to hand it to UNC: those guys have unmitigated gall. Before their new chancellor has her first day on the job, and before lame-duck Chancellor Holden Thorp can announce whatever his “blue-ribbon” panel led by led by Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, has come up with, UNC athletic director [...]
Et tu, Jim Calhoun? (Update: NCAA Investigation Coming)
“Quite frankly, we bring in $12 million to the university, nothing to do with state funds,” UConn Head Coach Jim Calhoun shouted at a reporter back in February, when he was asked about being the high paid employee of the Commonwealth of Connecticut. “We make $12 million a year for this university. Get some facts [...]
NCAA Tournament Teams That Get All The Calls – Carolina, Connecticut and Chattanooga?
During our ACC Tournament viewing party, the subject came up of how much more North Carolina goes to the free throw line than their opponents. One of the excuses we had always heard was that their talent level discrepancy leads to the free throw discrepancy (and absolutely nothing to do with biased officiating…) This led us to wonder about a team like Memphis that utterly dominates Conference USA and is head and shoulders above the rest of the league, what sort of free throw advantage do they have?
State Perspective: ‘Barnes Beats out UNC, UConn’
The headline on the 4th page (Welcome to Texas) last week’s Houston Chronicle says it all: UT stages coup by luring recruit from powerhouses Barnes beats out North Carolina, UConn for Durant The NC State Message Boards have been having some (surprisingly) calm discussions about the topic…that invariably produces the question: “Depsite NC State’s significant [...]