BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — Looking forward to the four day weekend, how about you? A boatload of turkey; some quality family time; throw in a touch of Black Friday madness and add a little UD hoops on Saturday afternoon…what’s not to like?
It would have been nice for UD to have returned from PR 4-0, but given the short bench and the competition, 3rd place ain’t all too bad.
The links await!
— Villanova’s win Monday night is evidence of why VCU
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Having senior PG Ryan Bass healthy for the VCU game will be critical to UD’s success vs. “Havoc.”
— Ole Miss and Arkansas look to be the class of the SEC this year (after UK, of course) and they are both on the Flyers’ OOC slate:
http://collegechalktalk.com/2014/11/11/rebels-razorbacks-ready-run-ncaa-play/
The Razorback game in Fayetteville will be one tough road test for Archie & Company.
— “The Hometown Coach” Mark Adams has been named National College Basketball Analyst for American Sports Network:
https://www.facebook.com/enthusiadams
Coach will continue his duties as “Mid-Majorologist” for ESPN, focusing on the MVC. Mark’s travels bring him to Detroit on December 13th for the UDM/Wichita State tilt and I’m looking forward to spending some time with him while he is here in the Motor City.
— RushtheCourt.net provides us with their Atlantic 10 season preview:
— Ken Pomeroy says that we may be entering the “slowest” college hoops season — ever!
http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/the_slowest_season
— The NCAA has announced the sites for the 2017-2021 Final Fours:
— Former UD recruiting target Adonis De La Rosa is doing his best Steve McElwene imitation for St. John’s:
— The Sporting News has the Top 140 College Basketball Twitter Accounts to follow in 2014-15:
— Former Yankee Derek Jeter’s The Players Tribune website lacks the intangibles of its founder:
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/
— One would think that a guy who writes mostly in bullet points would not be a fan of long-form articles, but then one would be wrong, wouldn’t one? Here are some excellent long-form sports profiles I have come across recently:
“Bond Beyond Basketball” the 40 year friendship of Coach K and Temple Hoops Head Dude Fran Dunphy
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/feature/24826459/bond-beyond-basketball
“Paul Silas, NBA Lifer”
Silas is living proof of the difference between todays’ NBA and the old days. Red Auerbach traded for Silas for his rebounding, defense and toughness; today guys are acquired because their contracts are expiring.
Brian Roberts’ former Pelicans’ teammate Ryan Anderson tries to move forward after girlfriend Gia Allemand’s suicide
http://www.si.com/nba/2014/11/13/ryan-anderson-gia-allemand
“Lisa Saxon, the Woman Who Helped Change Sports Writing Forever”
Baseball HoFer Buck O’Neill profiled by the great Joe Posnanski
http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/buck-oneil-joe-posnanski/
— “The Sweet Tweets of the Week” come to us from Jay Bilas, who wasn’t in Puerto Rico but was obviously watching the Red & Blue play on TWWL:
Not sure I get it in Dayton-UConn: incidental contact on a ball handler, a foul. Hit a shooter, no call. Should be the other way around.
Dayton-BC shows silliness of the charge/block problem we have in college basketball. Kyle Davis called for charge, then block. Lame.
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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