by Paul Casey Gotham It can be hard sorting through the sports news these days. What with Hot Stove rumors becoming truth, and in some cases truth becoming rumors, NFL playoff action taking front stage, the now-endless college football bowl season – in case anyone forgot the National Championship game is this Thursday night. Oh yeah, the Fiesta Bowl is tonight, and the GMAC … [Read more...] about NCAA Hoops: The week past and degrees of truth
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Tale of the tape – UCLA at Oregon
by Paul Casey Gotham Setting: McArthur Court on the University of Oregon campus in Eugen, Oregon is the scene for today's matchup between #12 UCLA (11-2 overall/ 1-0 conference) and Oregon (6-7 overall / 0-1 conference). Flashback: UCLA leads the all-time series 79-25 and is 31-19 in Eugene. The Bruins have won their last seven including a 69-46 PAC-10 opener over … [Read more...] about Tale of the tape – UCLA at Oregon
Crunching the numbers college hard wood style
by Paul Casey Gotham What’s in a number? Some will tell you numbers don’t lie. While others will point out how numbers can be manipulated. In the coming weeks college basketball fans will have a chance to see how numbers play out on the hard wood. For example tomorrow night the team with the number one scoring offense in the country, VMI, hosts the Richmond Spiders. The … [Read more...] about Crunching the numbers college hard wood style
The morning after
by Paul Casey Gotham The following is a fictitious account. Casey does not want to be accused of wire-tapping. It is a sun-splashed morning in Lubbock, Texas as Pat Knight, head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders Men’s basketball team, makes his way along the interstate to campus in south west Texas. With his radio tuned to sports talk Knight leaves the volume low, so as to … [Read more...] about The morning after
Tale of the tape: Washington State at L.S.U.
Setting: 2:00 EST - The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is the location for a match-up between Washington State and Louisiana State University - two schools from major conferences that might struggle getting multiple at-large bids in the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Currently the PAC-10 has two teams in the AP’s top 25 (#13 UCLA and #20 Arizona State) while one SEC team shows up in the … [Read more...] about Tale of the tape: Washington State at L.S.U.