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NCAA Shouldn’t Change Rules
OK. So the latest bandwagon to jump on is, “OJ Mayo is a bad guy for accepting gifts from a ‘potential’ agent”. Oh my. Isn’t that just awful?
Get serious.
There’s nothing cynical about the belief many student/athletes are getting money and gifts on the side to keep them happily enrolled in a particular university […]
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NCAA Doles Out Penalties
There have been a number of spins taken after the release of the latest Academic Performance Rate (APR) rankings by the NCAA. Along with the rankings came a boatload of penalties handed down to universities, in the form of lost scholarships.
So what’s the NCAA using APR to judge? The APR is intended to quantify […]
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Pac-10 Basketball: Will The West Be Best? Part 5
In the final segment of this series on Pac-10 basketball for the coming season, we’ll take a look at the two “Dubh Ya” schools: Washington and Washington State. Yes, those two northwest universities which are separated by more than just the Cascade mountains.
University of Washington
Since Coach Lorenzo Romar has been at the helm of […]
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Pac-10 Basketball: Will The West Be Best? Part 4
Part 4 of this series on Pac-10 basketball will focus on the two “U” schools. We’ll be looking at UCLA and USC. Both schools are coming off great seasons. So what’s ahead for the Bruins and Trojans?
University of California - Los Angeles
For the third year in a row, Coach Ben Howland led […]
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Pac-10 Basketball: Will The West Be Best? Part 3
In part three of this series, we’ll take a look at Oregon State and Stanford. First up, let’s look at one of the classic college campus settings in the country, Corvallis, OR.
Oregon State University
When talking Oregon State basketball, just about everyone associated with the Beavers believe that it’s time for a change. In […]
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Pac-10 Basketball:Will The West Be Best? Part 2
Moving on through the Pac-10, let’s consider what the future might hold for the Cal Golden Bears and Oregon Ducks. Can those two animals co-exist? Not likely. Even in the world of college basketball, there are many reasons why these two programs are incompatible.
University of California, Berkeley
Those wily Cal Bears are ready […]
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Will West Be Best? Part 1
This past season was a great year for college basketball in the Pac-10. Some will dispute that overall the best conference in the country was the Pac-10. There’s no question that top to bottom, it was a banner year out west.
So what does the future hold? That’s the question.
In the coming days, […]
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Pac-10 Looked Overrated and Overmatched
On the eve of The Final in college basketball tonight, can’t help but lament how poorly Pac-10 teams showed in the NCAA tournament this year.
Year after year, those of us West of the Grand Canyon complain about an East Coast bias by establishment media. This season looked and sounded to be different. The […]
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WSU Glad Bennett Ball Continues
The stories, speculation and rumors about Coach Tony Bennett being courted by Indiana University finally became a reality Saturday night. It’s been reported by reputable sources that a Hoosier representative (more than likely their athletic director) put a call in to Bennett.
Word is that Indiana wasn’t going to make the call if they weren’t […]
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Sweet 16 Aftermath
For some Cougar fans, basking in the afterglow of a terrific season of basketball may not have lasted very long. It’s lasted about as long as it takes to flame the fires of blogger’s keyboards. That doesn’t take long…unless the blogger is waiting for his pc to boot up Vista!
So what’s the concern? […]
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