In a stunning act of accountability and good sportsmanship, Clemson and South Carolina have each agreed not to accept any bowl bids this year after their brawl on Saturday. What a great step by the Presidents and ADs of each school. The fight, particularly coming less than 24 hours after the big NBA donnybrook, was…

Ken Pomeroy says that the numbers show him that it’s more important to get to the line to line to shoot free throws than to make free throws. In other words, the percentage a team makes, while important, is less critical than just creating the opportunities. Makes some sense, actually. He also points out that…

This is great. You may recall the hubub in the Show Me State when huge donors Bill and Nancy Laurie pitched in $25 million for the Mizzou basketball arena. The controversy wasn’t over the donation so much, but because the Lauries, Wal-Mart billionaires, decided to name the arena after their daughter! Yes, the new arena…

Like the Sports Guy and the NBA, Chris Chase writes his best stuff on college basketball. Both guys write about baseball and the NFL and do so pretty well, but hoops brings out their best. Or maybe I’m just biased. Either way, Chris has a very nice little preview of both the national rankings and…

Mike Boone at Fanblogs.com wrote up a nice synopsis of the various possibilities for who will get the BCS bid out of the ACC. In my opinion, and you know I’m never wrong, Florida State and Miami are locks for tying for the lead. The winner of the Virginia – Virginia Tech will share the…

I have a friend who is a UNC-Wilmington alumnus. We used to love to joke about UNC-W’s programs for the basketball season. They haven’t had a very stellar history, so the program included articles on near wins against such powers as Indiana and UMass. Fortunately for the Seahawks, they actually built up a little real…

This is a very interesting editorial in Maryland’s student newspaper. Jeremy Craig says he is no longer going to games. He’s fed up. He’s fed up with the school’s crackdown on fans. He’s fed up with the sterile environment in the new Comcast Center. He’s fed up with the idiot fans. Lastly, he’s fed up…

I’ve written a bit before about the curious situation with Duke recruit Greg Paulus. There isn’t too much new to report on the story. And that by itself is something. You see, Paulus orally committed to Duke a couple of years ago, but his first chance to officially sign a letter of intent ends today.…

I recently found a new blog, The Mid-Majority. It’s slick and well-written and as you might guess, it focuses on mid-major hoops programs. It’s definitely one to add to your regular reading schedule. In this article, Kyle makes a great argument that the NCAA Tournament is better for having the at-large bids, even if they…

For some reason, I haven’t celebrated in this space yet. Allow me to rectify that – yaaaah, college basketball is here again! I watched some of the Wake Forest game the other night. It felt good. Wake looked good (and so did GW, by the way. That’s a pretty good team). NC State played last…