JT3 wants Hoyas to be tested with schedule
Andy Katz...month. • Gonzaga lost five games prior to the NCAA tournament last season. If Robert Sacre was healthy, the Zags may have lost only three. That's Mark Few's opinion. The Gonzaga coach...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009Bzdelik's work cut out for him at Colorado
Andy Katz...to the NCAA tournament in 2006 and the NIT in 2007. Bzdelik, 56, coached for 31 years prior to CU, including taking the Denver Nuggets to the NBA playoffs. His two-year win total of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 28, 2009Downey, Archie still weighing options
Andy Katz...ago, Alabama didn't make the field once because of its weak nonconference schedule and then-coach Mark Gottfried promptly upgraded his schedule. The answer to the problem, though, is to simply to win the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 26, 2009Evaluating the draft process and other musings
Jay Bilas...NBA draft will be relatively weak, with very few obvious, sure things and a bunch of question marks. With so many unknowns, it can be attractive for a "lesser talent" to jump into the draft...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 07, 2009
Badgers taking it to the Musketeers
Graham Watson...shots consistently going in. Prior to Xavier's five points in the final minute of the half, the Musketeers had not scored a field goal since the 8:21 mark. Some of it was...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 22, 2009Griffin injury won't hurt Sooners in long run
Andy Katz...away the award. Griffin put up 40 points and 23 boards in a win over Texas Tech, prior to the loss at Texas. "Blake will be back. It's not if, it's just when...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009Maryland vs. Georgetown a big deal
Andy Katz...the 2001 NCAA tournament. The last regular-season game between the two teams was in 1993-94. Prior to that game, the two teams last met in 1980. This is a big deal. Georgetown athletic...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 28, 2008Huskies impress in Paradise Jam
Andy KatzNo national title contender has looked as impressive as Connecticut did in the Virgin Islands. It's still hard to judge North Carolina, in part, be...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2008Final checkups with USC, LSU, Alabama
Andy Katz...on Saturday. Alabama (unranked) Five key points about the Tide as the season approaches, according to coach Mark Gottfried: • Point guard Ronald Steele is back and healthy. Steele missed last season with knee injuries...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2008Beverley chooses Europe over D-League
Andy Katz...player who would have much rather stayed home and created even more of a name for himself prior to the NBA draft. The trend, if one does exist, is for an ineligible American college player...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2008Gaels adding even more Aussies
...in the John Wooden Classic in the warmup prior to UCLA vs. Davidson in Anaheim on Dec...home and road nonconference games. • Gonzaga's Mark Few and his wife Marcy once again hauled...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2007
Giddens puts drama behind him
...New Mexico coach Steve Alford. Giddens was at the game last Friday night watching former Lobos like Mark Walters, whom he knew during Giddons' redshirt year in 2005-06. "I look at what happened as...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 17, 2007
Fox pushes for more heart tests
Skip Prosser's heart condition prior to his sudden death Thursday is unknown publicly. Regardless, Nevada coach Mark Fox wants to get out a message about preventive measures for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2007
Jones' return a boost for Turgeon
...primary post option was going to be incoming freshman DeAndre Jordan. He was right. But new coach Mark Turgeon said that Jones can play the high post quite well and sees no reason why Jones...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2007
Fence sitters leaning toward NBA
"Right now, I want to play in the NBA." That was the statement Georgia Tech freshman Thaddeus Young made to ESPN.com Friday afternoon in Orlando. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2007
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