by Matt Zemek | Feb 9, 2015
Significant games can be great, and great games can be significant, but they don’t always overlap — far from it. The 1982 NCAA Tournament national championship game (North Carolina 63, Georgetown 62) is quite possibly the greatest basketball game Dean...
by Matt Zemek | Feb 9, 2015
On Friday, the story hit: The postseason NIT will experiment with a 30-second shot clock, down from the current 35-second clock. It’s also true that the restricted area underneath the basket (governing block-charge calls) will be expanded from three to four...
by Matt Zemek | Feb 8, 2015
For many Americans, Dean Smith is best known as the man who coached Michael Jordan in college. Smith is, quite simply, the man who mentored one of America’s two greatest team-sport athletes from the 20th century, Babe Ruth being the other. (Muhammad Ali, of...
by Matt Zemek | Feb 8, 2015
For many Americans, Dean Smith is best known as the man who coached Michael Jordan in college. Smith is, quite simply, the man who mentored one of America’s two greatest team-sport athletes from the 20th century, Babe Ruth being the other. (Muhammad Ali, of...
by Matt Zemek | Feb 3, 2015
The Australian Open is done, and so is daily coverage of tennis at Attacking The Net… for now. This is still a major-tournament-focused blog. We hope to branch out in the coming months, but at the present time, our resources only enable us to cover the majors in...