I told you about the new buzz phrase earlier in the week. I honestly don’t know why anyone spends the time interviewing him when everything is exactly the same: “I’m much more inclined to put my finger on all the things that have gone well and not continue to dwell on those last couple of […]
63 Greatest Games in NCAA Tournament History
Each March, the air becomes full of lists, “look backs” and NCAA nostalgia. Last year we highlighted that NC State dominates one writer’s All-Time Comeback List. This year, we add to the mix NC State’s presence in the 63 Greatest Tournament Games ever played with 3 of the top 34 games. One game that I […]
Lavin: Don’t Lose in the First Round
“You don’t want to lose in the first round at UCLA because your whole offseason is miserable. Talk Radio. Letters to the editor. Wooo!” Former UCLA Head Basketball Coach, Steve Lavin on ESPN Television talking about the standards of the great programs. Related Kentucky quotes here. Similar Carolina quotes here. Lavin was 5-1 in first […]
Tommy Burleson Says it is “Time for a Change”
Tommy Burleson was on Triangle Sports Talk 1090 AM this morning and said that he thought “there needs to be a change at this point in time”. It would be interesting to know what DT felt about the situation.
Take A Lesson, Lee
Lee, pull up a chair and sit down. We’ve had our differences over the years. I’d be lying if I said otherwise. Given free reign over the athletics program I’d put you on a slow boat to China with a quickness. Trust me on this. But thanks to a feckless decision by our Board of […]
Oregon Not an Option for Sendek
We turned your attention to this earlier in the week. Looks like Oregon has decided to stick with Ernie Kent rather than potentially pursue a relationship with Herb Sendek.
Sprouts of Ineptness
I have not added much to this blog for far too long. I have been trying to get into the supporting Sendek mode and so have been avoiding writing anything negative (you know what your mother told you about not being able to say anything nice). And since Vawolf is the master of anything statistical, […]
“Five Straight NCAA Tournaments”
“Five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances” You hear it all the time. This^ factoid has become this year’s primary and almost exclusive battle-cry of the Herb Sendek Sunshine Squad. It is the foreward written for the 2006 edition of the HSSS Handbook. It is everywhere. You cannot hide from it. And, it is quite an accomplishment…isn’t […]
Random NCAAT Thoughts
First of all, I agree with EPSN Radio’s Erik Kuselias in my hatred for the 64/65 play-in game. I agree that the little guys have earned the right to play in the tournament proper, and get their asses handed to them by the likes of Connecticut, Villanova, and Duke. But I also don’t want to […]
Tudor Turns Up The Heat
UPDATED @ 11:45AM This entry has received a lot of positive comments from various sources. I am going to continue to clean the entry and make additions/subtractions/links to it. With the presence of hyperlinks, I think that this piece can eventually evolve into a centralized, “Definititve piece” about the coaching issue. When I was younger, […]
