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2 Mich. men charged with making Molotov cocktails
Authorities say two Ann Arbor men had Molotov cocktails the night the University of Michigan basketball team lost in the NCAA championship game to Louisville. Justin Dozier and Rosario Bruno are charged with two counts each of possessing/manufacturing explosives, a four-year felony. The 20-year-olds were arraigned Wednesday in Ann Arbor ...
Kentucky Basketball: Calipari Shows The Cleveland Cavaliers What "Players First" Means
One of the things you really have to love about John Calipari is that sometimes, you can really tell that he runs a "players first" program. Consider this article by Mary Schmitt Boyer of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In it, she discusses Calipari's desire to see Cleveland draft Nerlens Noel ...
Krzyzewski returning to coach USA Basketball
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski just couldn't pass on "the ultimate honor" of representing his country again as the U.S. men's national team coach. Krzyzewski is returning as coach through 2016, extending a run that included leading the Americans to two straight Olympic golds while helping reshape a program that needed ...
Kentucky Basketball: Duke Blog Mistakes Calipari's Confidence For Paranoia
The Duke Basketball Report goes off the rails on John Calipari: The truth is that while Kentucky has prospered, they won the national championship under Calipari for three distinct reasons: 1) an extraordinary talent in Anthony Davis; 2) an extraordinary freshman leader in Michael Kidd-Gilchrist); and 3) critical injuries to ...
Pac-12 Basketball Recruiting: Top 5 2013 Point Guards
The spring signing period is over and each Pac-12 school has completed its recruiting class of 2013. This post begins a short series of three posts covering the top five players signed at the point guard position, the following two posts will rank the top five wings and the top ...
Carroll names Carson Cunningham men's hoops coach
Carroll College athletic director Bruce Parker announced Tuesday that former Purdue basketball player and DePaul instructor Carson Cunningham has been named the men's basketball coach for the Fighting Saints. Cunningham spent the past five years as head coach at Andrean High School in Merrilville, Indiana, where his teams won 43 ...
Sports world keeps eye on Oklahoma tornado
The massive tornado that ripped through a handful of Oklahoma City suburbs and killed at least 50 people grabbed the attention of the sports world on Monday, especially the players and coaches with ties to the area. Kevin Durant, a three-time scoring champion for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, posted ...
Kansas lands transfer Tarik Black from Memphis
Memphis forward Tarik Black is transferring to Kansas and will be eligible to play immediately. Black has graduated from Memphis and has one year of eligibility left. Last season, Black started five of 32 games played for Memphis and averaged 8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds. His 58.9 field goal percentage ...
UM basketball player charged with DUI
University of Montana basketball player Spencer Coleman faces a misdemeanor drunken driving charge. The Missoulian reports (http://bit.ly/10fKzBH ) Coleman was arrested at about 2:45 a.m. Monday after an officer spotted a broken tail lamp on his car as it was stopped on a street for several moments before pulling into ...
Big Ten basketball 2013 Review, Pt. II
The what and why can be found here, but my efficiency stats, in a nutshell, try to value each players' contributions (points, rebounds, assists, etc.) and efficiency (how many missed shots, turnovers, etc.). I calculate both per-game and per-possession rankings by taking the box scores from Big Ten teams' regular-season ...
Jamie Dixon downplays potential Pitt-Penn State basketball series
With news of Pitt and Penn State possibly starting up another annual football series, you knew it was a matter of time before things switched to the basketball side. The Post-Gazette's Sam Werner did a great interview with Jamie Dixon at the ACC meetings. So be sure to read the ...
College Basketball: Time For Court-Storming To End
Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News had a piece the other addressing a few questions about college basketball, including Andrew Wiggins, Dick Vitale's recommendation to appoint a college basketball "czar," and this: 3. Speaking of czars, let’s say Mark Emmert gave you free rein to ban fans from storming the ...
Some Odd IU-Purdue Football/Basketball Scheduling
Within the past week, IU's 2014 Big Ten basketball schedule was announced. As is common each year, IU will play certain teams only once. Unfortunately, one of those teams this year is one of our biggest rivals, Purdue. As stated in this article by Alex Bozich, IU will play Ohio ...
Big Ten Basketball 2013 Review, pt. I
I listed the teams in a bit of a final power poll format, but I found it a little difficult to rank at the top within conference, because Michigan, Ohio State, and Indiana each had different high points in the last few weeks of the season. So, I considered them ...
Evan Gordon transferring to Indiana
Evan Gordon is coming home. Indiana announced Thursday that the former Arizona State guard will transfer to Bloomington and enroll in graduate school so he can be eligible immediately next season. Gordon, an Indianapolis native, is the brother of former Indiana star and NBA guard Eric Gordon. Evan Gordon left ...
Kentucky Basketball: Reviewing John Calipari's Media Availability Of Tuesday
With the final recruit signed and no further additions likely for next year, John Calipari opened the 2013-14 campaign yesterday by laying out his vision for the team. The theme for the coming season would seem to be, "chasing perfection," two words he used in his press conference yesterday. Naturally, ...
Rutgers makes Louisville's Hermann AD
Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal-scarred program following the ouster of its men's basketball coach and the resignation of other officials. Hermann replaces Tim Pernetti, who quit last month after the firing ...
Big Ten Basketball schedule 2013-2014: The single-play winners and losers
In case you missed it, we know Ohio State is only getting one crack at four teams in conference play next season. They get Michigan and Northwestern at home, and have single road trips to Indiana and Wisconsin. Only playing Wisconsin in the Trohl Center is a tough break, but ...
Top prep prospect Andrew Wiggins signs with Kansas
Top prep basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins told a small gathering of family and friends at his high school gym Tuesday that he will play at Kansas. Then the Huntington Prep star signed his letter-of-intent and officially became a Jayhawk. No big speech. No bands, live TV coverage or props. Just ...
Ohio State basketball to play Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin just once in 2013/2014
The Ohio State men's basketball season may feel a little bit different than it has in recent seasons. Per a spokesman for the basketball team, the Buckeyes will not take the return trip to Ann Arbor during the 2013-2014 Men's basketball season, instead only hosting their arch rival. Of course ...
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