tom-izzo Stories - The Smoking Musket
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...
NCAA Rules: Media Trashes Rulebook To Rush To Defense Of Krzyzewski
It's remarkable to watch, really. Sportswriters from around the major outlets are rushing to trash the NCAA bylaw that Mike Krzyzewski of Duke apparently violated as "inane" and "just plain silly." Matt Jones correctly wondered on Twitter where that same concern was for the Committee on...
NCAA Basketball Coaches: Figuring Out Who Is Earning Their Money
Ever wonder which coaches among the top ten highest paid are earning their money? It's hard to compare, and any comparison is largely subjective, but just for fun I took the top 10 highest paid coaches as indicated by USA Today and tried to quantify their worth. For this exercise, there are...
In Which I Praise Northwestern Because Ugh Let's Just Get This Over With
Yesterday, I wrote at CBS about the gigantic new contract Northwestern gave Pat Fitzgerald. 10 years, ~$1.8 per year, and more money for assistants and facilities. Not bad for Fitzgerald or jNWU. In fact, I argued that this was the best move Northwestern could have made, regardless of Fitzgerald's...
Indiana Keeps (Over)Filling Up With Remy Abell
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:ApplyBreakingRules /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:UseFELayout />...
Canadian Content
Today we have a great highlight video of Andrew Wiggins courtesy of our people at Flagrant Fouls, a whole lot of Rainmen news, Aaron Best picking his school next month and more in this edition of Canadian Content ... First we start off with some stuff from the National Program ... Canada...
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...
BRACKET BLOG: Southeast Region
My previews of four regions in 48 hours continues unabated. While you're waiting on the next preview, which I expect to publish at midnight, make sure you go here to enter the 293rd annual BOTC Bracket Challenge. The group ID is 104278 and the password is FearTheBeard. Then follow the jump for a...
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...
Fact Checking Kansas' NCAA Tournament Performances
One of the popular topics around the Internet in the days leading up to NCAA Tournament is Kansas and their early exits. Bucknell, Bradley, and Northern Iowa have made it easy for fans of all teams to point at Bill Self and start the wisecracks. The best reply is obviously- 2008. Most fans that...
Showing 1 - 10 of 68 Next
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
