tom-izzo Stories - Bucky's 5th Quarter
College Basketball Preview: The All-Sleeper Final Four
Around this time last year, the Connecticut Huskies were unranked in the college preseason polls. Not only that, they were ranked an ignominious tenth in the Big East preseason coaches polls. 5 months and change later, Kemba Walker and Jim Calhoun were cutting down the nets in Houston as NCAA...
ACC Hoops "Down Year" Pegged To Coaching Tenure?
Remember all the talk this past season of the ACC basketball being in a down year? Well, consider for a moment the coaching tenure of the 12 men's basketball coaches in the conference. With Miami's Frank Haith leaving Miami for Mizzou, Boston College coach Steve Donahue is now the seventh most...
2011 NCAA Tournament: The Coaches of March
When it comes to March Madness, many people like to base their picks off of the coaches of the various teams. "Can you imagine Mike Krzyzewski being outcoached by Rick Barnes? There's no way Texas is beating Duke!" And so on. But how good exactly are these coaches in March? One way to measure it is...
KNOW THY ENEMY: Iowa State Cyclones
It's time again for BOTC's "Big 12 Days of Christmas," a.k.a. my KNOW THY ENEMY series of conference opponent previews. I'll do one of these per day, in reverse order of how the teams were picked before the season by the Big 12 coaches. First up are the Iowa State Cyclones. Picked 12th in the...
MSU Basketball Recruiting Round-Up (11/19/10)
High school basketball season is just warming up and that'll give fans of the game opportunities to watch how the 2013 class looks once players start stepping out for their sophomore years. We'll have a chance to see which Michigan point guards start to distinguish themselves and also who joins...
Signing Day Recap - Michigan State's 2011 Basketball Class
As a recruiting junkie, National Signing Day is a bit like a holiday. Today, MSU officially welcomed four new players to the Spartan family - Dwaun Anderson, Branden Dawson, Brandan Kearney, and Travis Trice. One of the most interesting parts of this week is that Tom Izzo can go on the record for...
Monday Evening Clippings
[Videos] Spurrier, players after practice | GoGamecocks Practice report: Spurrier hopeful about O-line | GoGamecocks Football: Paulk puts injuries in past | GoGamecocks USC part of ESPN’s 24 hours of hoops | GoGamecocks Ark. broadcaster wears Gators hat, loses job | GoGamecocks Pair of...
Five Years From Now, Will Anyone Still Hold A Grudge Against BC? and the Big Finish
Brian: The wheels appear to be in motion now. The death of the Big 12 appears to be imminent, and Nebraska and Colorado seem to be the ones that have written the Big 12’s epitaph. With Nebraska set to join the Big Ten, Colorado officially joining the Pac Something, and 5 other Big 12 schools...
Profiles of the Big 10: Michigan State
This page intentionally left blank That's the total sum of how I view Michigan State. Not with disdain, nor with any level of affection, but instead a high level of ignorance. Every time I make a list of Big 10 teams, I come up with ten and then have to look up who I've forgotten (oh, the...
Oregon coaching search shows that money won't solve every problem
Ernie Kent was fired almost a month ago, and Oregon still does not have a new head coach. There are many adjectives to describe this coaching search. It has seemingly lacked a coherent plan. It has not been realistic, and coupled with the situation surrounding the Mike Bellotti buy-out and...
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