Hold on to the ball, hold on to hope

During the 2006-07 season, Butler and Southern Illinois figured prominently in the national polls all season, and each ended up taking a trip to the S...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 07, 2009

I want to watch VMI vs. Duquesne

...break. I'm talking about Virginia Military Institute and Duquesne, no shot...to a military college, the Keydets want to run, shoot and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 06, 2007

A-14 madness

CINCINNATI -- O Atlantic 10, you confounding conference of cloaks and veils! You tempt and fascinate like a mysterious lady. I am haunted by you ever...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 09, 2006

Gonzaga to the Big East

Gonzaga wrapped up its sixth consecutive outright West Coast Conference regular-season crown Monday night against a clearly overmatched Pepperdine Wav...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 22, 2006

Gentlemen prefer blindfolds

SHREVEPORT, La. -- R. Buckminster Fuller was a 20th-century inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician and part-time poet. He pioneered the geodesic...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 01, 2006

How Cow Saturday and foul results

Five weeks until Bracket Buster Saturday, but every conference weekend in Mid-Majorville is totally epic. We've had Smackdown Saturday and Spazztasti...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 20, 2006

...embarrassing losses to power-conference teams and coaching changes. Take the Virginia Military Institute, for instance -- first-year coach Duggar Baucom's Keydets play at the nation's second-highest rate of speed (81...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 10, 2006