Every year as part of the NFL combine, they administer an intelligence test to every draftee. You may have heard of the test – the Wonderlic. Basically, you have 12 minutes to answer 50 questions. Some are really easy and some are a bit tougher or require some math. You can take a 15 question…

Gregg Doyel has an interesting article up today about referee Rick Hartzell and his dual role as college basketball referee and Athletic Director of NCAA team Northern Iowa. (Hat tip to Tar Heel March for the link) Now, to me the issue is pretty plain. While I don’t think Hartzell would cheat because of his…

Evidently, all East Carolina alumni aren’t happy that Terry Holland, their new AD, fired basketball coach Bill Herrion. Check this email exchange between Holland and one frothing alumnus. Holland’s reply was great – firm, self-deprecating and honest. He’s a good dude, that Terry Holland. ECU should be proud.

Chris Chase has an article up on the surprising transformation of Lawrence Joel Coliseum into a true homecourt advantage for Wake Forest. Unfortunately for Chris and other Wake Fans is that it isn’t going to last. It’s a triple wammy – a small school, a private school and an off-campus arena. Things are great now,…

Sports Shack poster pope_ttb_xxx alerted me to this Barry Jacobs article about UNC and Duke. I’ve written before of my love for Jacobs’ work, so you shouldn’t be surprised that I’m linking him up again. He writes what I’ve been feeling about this Carolina team. They are good, but they aren’t that good. It’s not…

David Madurzak has a new college basketball blog (because God knows we need more) and has a nice post comparing the ACC to other major conferences this season. I have to say that I was pretty surprised by his numbers. From what he shows, the ACC has actually had a pretty phenomenal year. It doesn’t…

Yes, I’m linking to another Al Featherston article. As long as he keeps writing these great pieces, I’m going to link to them. This one is a great look at college basketball recruiting, focusing of course on local stories and Shavlik Randolph in particular. Like his earlier works, this one has some nice stories from…

Fast food makes me think of fat. Looking at this year’s list of McDonald’s All-Americans makes me think of the fat getting fatter. Duke and Carolina each have three recruits selected to the prestigous team. NC State has one. No other ACC team has any. What’s that mean? You know. It means that Duke and…

Caulton Tudor says that he thinks Wake Forest’s Taron Downey is the ACC’s best sixth man ever. Wow. I have a hard time believing that, but as I’ve thought about it all weekend I realize that I have a hard time disproving it too. I know there have been some great non-starters, but I just…

The News & Observer ran a nice, long piece this weekend on college basketball referees, focusing largely on how much they work. I really didn’t realize how many games these guys officiate, but apparently it’s common for them to work 80-100 games a year! Think about that. The guys are typically older and they are…