NCAA

August 11, 2010 – Allen Moll When Division II basketball powerhouse Kentucky Wesleyan College released a statement last week that they were bringing in a super talented player on scholarship, who averaged 19.2 ppg, 4.3 ast, and shot over 43% from behind the arc, not many people took notice. After all, the tiny KWC Panthers, [...]

August 9, 2010 – Allen Moll It’s become customary for native New York ballers in the HS, NCAA, and NBA ranks to go back to their roots and help hone their skills on some of the most legendary playgrounds of NYC during the off-season. We have all heard of some of the exploits of Kobe Bryant [...]

August 7, 2010 – Allen Moll Head coaches Bill Self of Kansas, Josh Pastner at Memphis, and even John Calipari at Kentucky received some disheartening news in the past few days that each of their top recruits, primed to be major players for this upcoming ‘10-’11 NCAA season, have been ruled ineligible. Josh Selby, ranked [...]

August 6, 2010 – Allen Moll With the college game’s best players every season continually coming from the freshman class, nothing is more important than recruiting to an NCAA coaching staff. Regal recruiters like John Calipari at Kentucky, Thad Matta at Ohio State, and Bruce Pearl of Tennessee annually get commitments from elite level recruits [...]

July 29, 2010 – Allen Moll For a team that has only 1 NCAA Tournament appearance in program history, the IUPUI Jaguars thought they finally had a star in the making in top tier recruit Steven Jamison, who could help make them perennial Summit League contenders and earn some national respect for their hoops program. [...]

July 28, 2010 – Allen Moll In a move that just makes sense, the US Basketball Writers Association, who annually hand out an award to the best Freshman player during each NCAA season, has decided to name the prestigious award after former Oklahoma stand-out Wayman Tisdale. Why not, since Tisdale was once the first freshman [...]

July 27, 2010 – Allen Moll A few short months ago, back in the midst of March Madness, the name Omar Samhan was the talk of the NCAA tournament’s first weekend after scoring a tourney record 61 points and leading his St. Mary’s Gaels teammates onto their first ever Sweet 16 appearance. Even though the [...]

July 23, 2010 – Kevin Burke As a basketball enthusiast on both the collegiate and pro levels, it’s always interesting to watch a guy elevate from an amateur in college and be able to watch him throughout his career in the NBA.  On the other hand, I’m always amazed by guys who prove to be [...]

July 22, 2010 – Allen Moll All that senior Derrick Roland wanted to do at Texas A&M University was play basketball. After following his highly touted HS teammate Donald Sloan from Seagoville HS in Dallas, Texas to play for the Aggies, success came slow for Roland. After averaging only 4.5 ppg through his first 3 [...]

March 30, 2009 – Dr. Dime With the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four less than a week away, I can’t help but get filled with anticipation of what the Final Four matches will bring. Every year there are huge personal performances by players, and great team plays. But nothing beats a good old fashioned nail [...]