By Paul Gotham ****Remember, try this without research. Make like Wally, and release your inner James Joyce. Show us your stream of consciousness as you try to decipher the answer. I won a national championship, but you probably don't know about it much. You see as a teenager I won the national championship for baton twirling. Like I said, it didn't exactly make me … [Read more...] about Who Am I? | May 5, 2010
Casey's Clipboard
College Basketball Splinters | April 13, 2010
By Paul Gotham John Wall, Antoine Walker and Joe Strummer 'Tis the season to figure out who is staying and who is leaving. Wait! Is that a Clash song I hear you humming? That's right - "Should I stay, or should I go?" Click here to get Sports Illustrated's most recent list of 2010 NBA draft early entries. The list is still growing. CBS's Gary Parrish is … [Read more...] about College Basketball Splinters | April 13, 2010
Quality over Quantity: ACC at the top of the heap
By Paul Gotham Now that the dust has settled, and the NCAA Championship is behind us, time to take a look at the conferences. Much gets made about the strength of individual conferences and how a team's strength of schedule impacts tournament status. Take the numbers from the last ten years. Put them in jar. Shake them up and see what you get. Number of titles won; … [Read more...] about Quality over Quantity: ACC at the top of the heap
Butler – Duke: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: It all comes down to this. Lucas Oil Stadium is the stage. Brad Stevens and his No. 5 seed Butler Bulldogs (33-4) do battle with Mike Krzyzewski and his No. 1 seed Duke Blue Devils (34-5). Plot: Horizon League meets the Atlantic Coast Conference for the national championship. Sub-plot: In his third season of coaching Stevens seeks Butler's … [Read more...] about Butler – Duke: Tale Of The Tape
Butler’s run reminiscent of Michael Spinks winning Gold in ’76
By Paul Gotham Call them unlikely. Call them underdogs. Call them what you want, the Butler Bulldogs climb into the ring tomorrow night, forty minutes of perfection standing between them and immortality. The small school from America's heartland, hailing from a conference few fans realized even existed, can climb the podium as the NCAA's top team. Raining hay-makers, … [Read more...] about Butler’s run reminiscent of Michael Spinks winning Gold in ’76