NCAA

November 11, 2010 – Allen Moll More than any other NCAA team, the Duke Blue Devils are hands down the most hated squad on the college hardwood. Maybe it’s the evil empire effect, similar to that of baseball’s New York Yankees, Coach K’s sometimes odd facial expressions, or maybe it’s just jealousy since the Blue [...]

November 9, 2010 – Allen Moll Back in the 80‘s and 90‘s it was the North Carolina Tarheels who kept plugging players onto NBA rosters like Michael Jordan, Rasheed Wallace, and Vince Carter. In the 2000‘s it was Duke and Connecticut who turned collegiate stars like Jay Williams, JJ Redick, and Rudy Gay into NBA [...]

November 6, 2010 – Dr. Dime Do you love the excitement that college hoops can provide? The emotions, the clutch plays, the buzzer beaters? Well you’re going to love this amazing finish to an NCAA Division II basketball game this week between Kansas Wesleyan and Baker. With two seconds remaining in regulation, Kansas Wesleyan tried [...]

November 2, 2010 – Allen Moll Surely this isn’t the way that former Villanova stand-out Scottie Reynolds had hoped to start his professional career. Reports out of Europe are coming in that the former 2,000 point scorer has left his 2nd division Italian League team Prima Veroli because he is homesick. Maybe he misses Philly’s [...]

October 28, 2010 – Allen Moll Of course the highlight of every school’s Midnight Madness is the annual dunk contest. We have seen creativity taken to a whole new level this pre-season with a number of amazing jams and throw-downs, most namely Andre Dawkins skying over a freshman at Duke and Pepperdine’s Keion Bell setting [...]

October 26, 2010 – Allen Moll After the highly successful Lute Olson led era of Arizona Wildcats basketball came to an un-ceremonial end following the ‘06-’07 season amidst recruiting violations and Olson’s deteriorating health concerns, the once proud program was in need of a fresh start. And after two lackluster seasons under interim coaches Kevin [...]

October 25, 2010 – Allen Moll Even though elite level, high school baller LeBryan Nash (#2 ranked player by Rivals, #10 by ESPN) is new to the national spotlight, there’s no doubting that after his press conference to announce his college choice, that the rising HS senior in addition to dominating on the basketball court, [...]

October 22, 2010 – Allen Moll Baylor Bears men’s basketball coach Scott Drew is on a role lately. Fresh off taking last year’s squad on a program defining Final Four run, Drew has hit recruiting gold for the the next few seasons by getting commits from a number of top tier recruits. The fruits of [...]

October 21, 2010 – Allen Moll Pepperdine University’s rising junior Keion Bell is quietly one of the most athletic and high flying point guards in the country. Ever since high school, he was turning heads back in Pasadena, California with his highlight reel dunks. If it wasn’t for a transfer violation in his junior HS [...]

October 20, 2010 – Allen Moll The 2010-2011 version of the Duke Blue Devils are almost unanimously the odds on favorites to repeat as National Champions. After all, Coach K has national Player of the Year candidate Kyle Singler back for his senior season, in addition to the ever improving junior Nolan Smith, and incoming [...]