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Category Archives: College Basketball
Time to ignore cheating rather than punish it in college basketball
June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019
CBS Sports college basketball reporter Dennis Dodd posted yesterday that the NCAA is sending notices of allegations for Level I violations to six college basketball programs this summer. It is believed evidence against these six programs was driven by the federal trials of shoe reps Merl Code and Jim Gatto, and agent (sort of) Christian Dawkins. I hate cheating […]
Idiot of the Day – Bob Bowlsby wants all transfers in all sports to wait one year for eligibility
June 12, 2019
June 12, 2019
College athletes should be allowed to transfer without penalty, but only at the end of a semester and season. If a student-athlete believes his or her needs are better served elsewhere regardless of rationale, there should be no impediment toward studying and competing at that university. I believe that because collegiate athletics should exist solely […]
NCAA rules changes include moving three-point line back – good for hoops; great for Indiana
June 5, 2019
June 5, 2019
College basketball’s three-point line is moving back to the international distance of 22 feet, 1 ¾ inches, and I love it. As shooting has improved, teams have gone to an offensive scheme where the midrange game no longer exists. The game has evolved into chuck it or dunk it, and basketball has suffered as a result. […]
LSU’s Will Wade still protecting his job – convenient & evasive in answering questions
May 29, 2019
May 29, 2019
LSU head basketball coach Will Wade lawyered up immediately when reports surfaced of a phone call captured by federal wiretap in which he claimed to have made “a strong ass offer” for a recruit. He was suspended in early March – within a day of the report – and it was rescinded in mid-April after the turbulent […]
