NCAA

April 6th, 2010 – Dr. Dime Last night’s NCAA National Championship game between Duke and Butler was one of the best championship games i’ve seen in many years. You either love or hate Duke but can’t deny they are well-rounded and successful, and Butler was as close as you often get to having a ‘home [...]

April 5, 2010 – Kevin Burke The simple fact that Steve Lavin’s hire at St. John’s flew under the radar is evidence that he alone may not be enough to reenergize the proud New York program. St. John’s is one of those programs with rich tradition and that is highly repsected. However, of late, the [...]

April 5th, 2010 – Allen Moll NCAA announcer Gus Johnson’s booming voice is legendary. He has used a number of his now patented catch-phrases like “Boom” and “Here comes the pain” to call a number of March Madness’ biggest games over the past few years. Here’s a sample of Johnson going absolutely nuts, calling the [...]

Check out some video footage of the highlights from the 2010 State Farm NCAA Dunk Contest won by Vermont's Marqus Blakely. He then celebrates by doing the "John Wall Dance." [...]

March 31, 2010 – Allen Moll For most teams, losing your starting point guard heading into the NCAA Tournament would be a death nill, but for a team as talented as the West Virginia Mountaineers, it only served as a speed bump on the way to making to their first Final Four since 1959. News [...]

March 29, 2010 – Allen Moll If you haven’t had the chance to check out the quality content over at theOnion.com, you absolutely should for some pretty humorous pop culture commentary and especially for their comedic take on the world of sports. The Hoop Doctors are big fans of “The Onion” since we have showcased [...]

March 29, 2010 – Allen Moll Kentucky basketball. Opposing players and fans either love them or hate them. Apparently we found out that a number of West Virginia players, namely Da’Sean Butler and John Flowers, aren’t exactly fans of Kentucky freshmen John Wall or DeMarcus Cousins,…………or more specifically their dance moves. After pulling off a [...]

March 26, 2010 – Allen Moll I guess you could say that Butler’s senior guard, Willie Veasley absolutely loves the friendly rims in Salt Lake City. For those of you who didn’t have the pleasure of watching the game, Veasley hit a three pointer from the corner with just under 2 minutes to go that carromed [...]

March 25, 2010 – Allen Moll This year’s NCAA Tournament has been as exciting as any in recent memory up to this point, by giving us a number of buzzer beaters. Cinderella stories, and catchy new player names like Farokhmanesh and Samhan. But now that we have reached the round of 16, can these upstart [...]

March 24, 2010 – Allen Moll Vitamin Water has partnered with a number of Hollywood celebrities and NBA superstars recently in variety of very funny commercials. Fans and readers of the The Hoop Doctors know that we have been all over their creations by showcasing them right here, like Steve Nash’s spoof on the Sham-wow [...]