2011

March 24, 2011 – Joshua Sexton It seems as though sports fans are always hasty to dismiss proven champions. I have fallen victim to this perilous habit as well. Defending champions are either too old, their previous championships were flukes of some kind or other teams seem primed to knock them off their pedestal. Last [...]

March 24, 2011 – Allen Moll Every year, the fine folks at McDonald’s select 24 of the very best boys and girls high school players to participate in the annual McDonald’s All American Game. It’s high school basketball’s version of an all star game with the participants almost certainly destined for big things on the [...]

March 22, 2011 – Allen Moll With the NBA season now hitting the homestretch with nary a month to go before the post-season, this year’s talented crop of rookies are either hitting the rookie wall or taking their game to a new level. Even though not many of these young ballers will get to taste [...]

March 22, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Now that the regular season is heading into its home stretch, fans can really start looking forward to all of the excitement this year’s postseason will bring. Along with all of the exciting playoff games, there will be plenty of postseason awards handed out. One of these awards is [...]

March 21, 2011 – R.S. De France We see it all the time. Bad seasons often lead to coaching changes. The average tenure for an NBA Head Coach is only 3.2 seasons. Legends like Phil Jackson (in his 12th season with the Lakers) and Jerry Sloan (with Utah for 23 years) and Gregg Popovich (16th [...]

Butler and Pitt played one of the most exciting games of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, but don't blame the refs for the outcome... [...]

March 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors This week in our video mash-up we are going with a Top 10 NBA Plays of the Week recap. Who will get the number one spot? Is it Paul Pierce’s shake and bake for the flush, Russell Westbrook’s monster windmill on the break, or one of the many [...]

The Hoop Doctors had a chance to talk with college basketball analyst Greg Anthony in New York this week about all things 2011 NCAA tourney related... [...]

March 15, 2011 – Allen Moll After defeating the Boston Celtics 89-86 in Philly last Friday night to avenge a disheartening 102-101 home loss in December, are the 76ers out of line for rubbing it in Celtics fans’ faces by essentially boasting, ”Thanks for coming. Please come back and get another *ss whooping in the [...]

March 14, 2011 – Alex Rosencutter With the NCAA Tournament field announced on Sunday, there were a few teams that were kicked to the curb and a few that received a ticket to the dance that clearly did not deserve one. The floodgates opened as angry basketball analysts and fans around the country criticized some [...]