Big news hit the college basketball off-season last week as two 5-star recruits decided to spend their “one and done” season in a new program developed by the NBA’s G League. The news was big enough on its own, but because of the current barren desert of a sports world we’re living in right now,… Read more »
Tag: College Basketball
Media Musings: Freddie Kiger has the best seat on Tobacco Road, and he’s earned it
By R.L. Bynum From courtside, Freddie Kiger is a longtime master stats man for TV viewers Unless you’re a Civil War history buff, you might not know his name. You probably recognize his face because he has a great seat at the scorer’s table for all the big ACC games. You see him wearing a… Read more »
Simple. Duke destroys Notre Dame
Who Won: Duke Why: Marvin Bagley is not fair GIF: : Duke basically to Notre Dame via GIPHY What will people be talking about? A possible Duke/UNC rubber match in the ACC Semifinals should UNC win against Miami. What should people be talking about? How a Duke with Grayson Allen dialed in, Marvin Bagley being not… Read more »
Media Musings: FBI Coverage Gets Clicks–Was It Fair?
by R.L. Bynum Was treatment of FBI story–on the web, in print; national and local–a fair presentation? There is quite a bit of difference between a player who is reportedly accused of accepting thousands of dollars in loans from an agent and players who are reportedly accused of being linked to a meal with an… Read more »
College basketball scandal: Embrace corruption
You can’t search through sports Twitter these days without running into countless columns and think pieces on the college basketball scandal and the “corrupt NCAA”. Ever since Yahoo’s bombshell report last week that linked a handful of high profile players to alleged impermissible contact with agents, everyone has thoughts on how to fix college basketball…. Read more »
Tar Heels make “University of National Champs” ring true again
Who Won: UNC beat Gonzaga 71-65 to win the National Championship Why: Tar Heels were able to navigate through a sloppy game marred by fouls and bad shooting. Ultimately UNC just had more better players. GIF: via GIPHY What will people be talking about? Fouls. There were a lot of them. What should people be… Read more »
Tar Heels Rebound their way to Final
Who Won: UNC beat Oregon 77-76 Why: UNC got 2 offensive rebounds in last 5 seconds after missed free throws, thus not allowing Oregon a chance to win the game. GIF: I imagine a lot of UNC fans were like this watching Oregon cut it to 1 and then UNC missing 4 straight free throws. via… Read more »
Final 4 Betting Primer – Stick with Roy
UNC punched it’s ticket to Phoenix for the Final Four last week off the heroics of Luke Maye. UNC will face off against the Oregon Ducks on Saturday night for the right to face the winner of Gonzaga and South Carolina. Depending on which book you use, UNC is a 4.5 or 5 pt favorite… Read more »