November 29, 2021
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Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. That’s the word to the wise who consider transferring from their current college basketball program to a new address. There are very few players recruited at the power five conference level who don’t believe they are just a few years away from earning tens of millions […]
The question of allowing graduate transfers to compete without loss of eligibility is very complicated because transferring is rarely beneficial for a student-athlete or his sport. Our childhoods are about dreams – what we aspire to be. Adolescence teaches us what we cannot become and how we need to adjust our sites toward what we […]
Nojel Eastern decided to transfer from Purdue. He communicated that decision on Tuesday. Yesterday (Thursday) it was revealed that he will play for Michigan. This morning on “Breakfast with Kent,” I mocked Eastern’s shooting, saying “If Juwan Howard promised Eastern a green light to shoot, I hope he uses it liberally when Michigan plays Purdue […]
One Indiana championship dream ended today as Kofi Cockburn swatted away a potential game-winning reverse layup by De’Ron Davis. Another began as the MMFAA (Make March Fun Again Association) Tourney Bracket was revealed. The Hoosiers narrowly missed their first ever Big 10 Tournament Championship this afternoon, losing 67-66 – the exact same score as the game Indiana lost […]
A simple basketball game became a showcase for the wisdom and old-school parenting from an 83-year-old mentor 15 years removed from coaching his final game. “I just wanted to get those two guys focused on their kids. We can’t have Big 10 coaches squaring off like Ali and Frazier in front of 18,000 people. Someone had to […]