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The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...real. But this man wins the lottery in college, and that's why he's here. Calipari...needs players. They need relevancy. In this state, basketball is the religion, Rupp Arena is the biggest...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2009They Are Who We Thought They Were: Value of Pre-season Polls
Chris SprowIn 2002, Gonzaga recorded their best regular season in school history: the team was 29-3, ranked No. 4 in the AP poll. Yet, when the tourney seeds cam...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...matter what your level of cynicism is toward college basketball—if you insist on pointing to the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2009W2W4: The Rise of Willie Warren
Chris Sprow...scorer on the 15-1 squad. "Coming into college I was overshadowed by some of the bigger...and outside the arc," says John Gasaway of Basketball Prospectus. "They are also both quite capable of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 12, 2009Love the Hate ... While it Lasts
Chris Sprow...with called it the "if he can do it, I can do it" effect among mostly white college hoops fans. It made the pair easy targets; mere mortals with superstar numbers. That phenomenon comes into...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2008The Morning According to Us
Chris SprowPeople tend to think college basketball is a little more egalitarian. Everybody has a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2008The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...sample size to evaluate -- high school, er, AAU basketball players have played a hundred-plus more meaningful...out that the jump from high school to college ball is far more challenging physically for players...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 28, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...of struggle. When you're filling out your NCAA Tournament brackets, he has a point, but a...fewer teams compete in any kind of postseason basketball than even football, where we complain that a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris SprowIf this country falls to the most brilliantly diabolical attack the Nepalese government has ever concieved—when they create a mechanism that spe...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 25, 2009One and Done Wins
Chris Sprow...was a good month for those who see college hoops as a a mere stepping stone for...Sonny Vaccaro) are soon touting the kind of basketball and cultural education a kid can get in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2008Malcolm Gladwell Talks Sports (And His New Book) With Us
Chris SprowMalcolm Gladwell is a serious observer of sports. The author of iconic books Blink and The Tipping Point has no problems applying his theories to our ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2008The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...who is good and who is bad in basketball was in the news from the Olympics to...who is looking out for the soul. The college coach claims "Educator!" The AAU coach claims "Facilitator...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2008OUT OF NOWHERE
Chris Sprow[Ed's Note: This week, Rick Reilly writes about a team where most of the guys have to play both ways. Could that school develop an NFL player? They mo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 01, 2008PAY TO PLAY
Chris Sprow...call it a social life, you'll have to pony for a couple of these bad boys. Basketball — Even your medical bills as a stuntman might be a bit outrageous. Starbury's are always...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 14, 2008ANNALS OF FASHION: MICHIGAN GETS STRIPED
Chris Sprow...in the ever increasingly marketing-dominated world of college sports. Michigan, we know, was married before. They...Somebody needs to help UofM perform better. The basketball program should rebound, but it hasn't sniffed...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 14, 2008EDITOR'S PICKS
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