0 comments by Michael Rogner on 10/22/2013
You're going to hear it. How do I know? Because I've been watching basketball for a long time and I hear it every year. Fundamentals. FUN-DA-MEN-TALS. More importantly, the loss thereof. When announcers talk about these fargone fundamentals, they do so with a reverence typically reserved for topics like the Bethany beyond the Jordan. Fans […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 10/21/2013
Of the many rating systems out there, Ken Pomeroy's is the widest known and my favorite. Now, the formula behind the ratings is getting a tweak or two. You can read the full explanation at Pomeroy's site, but a couple of main points: 1. Margin of victory is at least semi capped now. While in […]
0 comments by Michael Rogner
One of the things that drives me crazy with preseason coverage is lists of potential breakout players. The problem is that no one defines what "breakout" menas. This year, for example, people are just throwing out long lists of names (all the hits!), double checking to make sure that Montrezl Harrell is on the list, […]
0 comments by Michael Rogner on 10/18/2013
Mark Gottfried spoke to the kids at Roseville Middle School this morning. I'm sure the kids learned a lesson, but the world got this picture. The world wins. My favorite kid is the one in the black shirt, about four people away from Gottfried at 10 o'clock.
0 comments by Steve Fetch
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z_xXKlVh9XU Andrew Wiggins might be the next victim of the ESPN hype machine, but he's getting ESPN (and Sports Illustrated. And GQ) to promote college hoops before they ever would in a normal year, so on balance I think everyone should be fine with the hype. I can't wait for the backlash of people calling […]
0 comments by Michael Rogner on 10/17/2013
It's that time of year when fans start fantasizing about how good their team could be. This might be the year! But in the end, if you're a betting man, you know that the last team standing is likely to be a pretty predictable choice. In other words, it's not about the X's and O's, […]
0 comments by Michael Rogner on 10/15/2013
It doesn't matter where Andrew Wiggins would have gone in this year's NBA draft. No. 1? No. 2? Who cares. Whatever contract he would have signed would have been an awful lot of money. Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 pick, signed a 4-year deal worth upwards of $23 million over four years. If not for […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch
Michael Rogner sort of stole my thunder by looking at 5 teams underrated by the media, but today we are going to go one step deeper and give you a sleeper or two from every BCS (plus a couple others). Sleeper is, of course, a bit of a nebulous term. Does it mean a sleeper […]
0 comments by Michael Rogner on 10/14/2013
St. Mary's Every year it's the same thing. Gonzaga is going to dominate the WCC, and then a pack of teams are going to compete for the crumbs. Yet in the past five years the Gaels have won the regular season twice, and won the conference tournament twice. And it's been seven seasons since they […]
0 comments by Michael Rogner on 10/13/2013
0 comments by Michael Rogner on 10/10/2013
Kevin Aronis, G, Sr Aronis played two seasons at Santa Rosa Junior College before transferring to New Mexico State. Ian Baker, G, Fr Enrolled at NMSU out of Arlington Country Day High School in Jacksonville, FL. Remi Barry, F, Jr From Paris, France. Enrolled at Del Oro High School (Loomis, CA) which eventually led to infractions […]
0 comments by Michael Rogner
I'll use Kentucky as an example for why you should care about returning possession minutes (RPMs). Last season, not a single preseason poll had Kentucky lower than 4th. Then – despite being more talented than every team they faced – they promptly became an NIT team and got booted in the first round by Robert […]
0 comments by Michael Rogner on 10/8/2013
Rodney Hood, F, Duke (from Miss State) Rodney Hood's freshman year at Mississippi State was defined by what he didn't do. He didn't turn the ball over. He didn't commit fouls. He didn't force shots outside of the offense. When Rick Stansbury was forced out, Hood instantly become the hottest commodity on the transfer market. […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch
Most sites have already noted that Kansas did a nice parody of Old School at their Late Night festivities, borrowing long time radio broadcaster Max Falkenstein to play Blue. But even better than that, in my opinion, was Bill Self's imitation of Ron Burgundy of Anchorman fame. Self reenacted, so to speak, the intro to […]
0 comments by Michael Rogner on 10/7/2013
Last week Steve Fetch put up a list of "under the radar freshmen", and while Steve and I may disagree about the definition of the word "under", it was nonetheless an excellent list. Here, I'm setting forth to dig a little deeper, and will not be naming anyone who is a consensus top 100 recruit. […]
