The Outside World is a weekly recap of the best basketball writing and analysis the internet has to offer. - If you'd like to learn more about some the available advanced statistics available to measure defense, let me give you a tour, using Corey Brewer as our guinea pig. - Not everyone loves March Madness. You'll hear few complaints about extra basketball on TV, but … [Read more...] about The Outside World – 3/25/11
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The Outside World – 3/18/11
The Outside World The Outside World is a weekly recap of the best basketball writing and analysis the internet has to offer. - Winning a championship is undoubtedly a difficult task. There are many great teams whose legacies may unfairly be seen through the negative light of having failed at that goal. As Vijay Shravah reminds us, sometimes just being consistently good is a … [Read more...] about The Outside World – 3/18/11
More quotes from Atlantic City
More wit and wisdom from the coaches and players of the Atlantic 10. St. Joseph's Phil Martelli after his team defeated Duquesne: "The hawk never dies. I mean, that was -- you know, and one of the things to get back to a question was over here,these kids always played with heart. We just weren't good enough. Like when we went through January, we weren't good enough, and I … [Read more...] about More quotes from Atlantic City
Anderson draws Rhode Island into a Spider trap
By Paul Casey Gotham ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Style points don't matter in basketball. The Richmond Spiders have a quarter-final win to prove it. Senior guard Kevin Anderson led a Richmond offense in desperate need of points as the Spiders defeated the Rhode Island Rams 55-45 in Atlantic 10 quarter-final action at the Boardwalk Hall. The usually offensive efficient … [Read more...] about Anderson draws Rhode Island into a Spider trap
The Outside World – 3/4/11
The Outside World is a weekly recap of the best basketball writing and analysis the internet has to offer. - Talk about advertising your stupidity. - Ryan Schwan discusses a new historical template for comparing Chris Paul. - I love the cliche "It's a work in progress." I can't wait to hear Carmelo Anthony mumbling it, ringless, years from now as the Knicks try to … [Read more...] about The Outside World – 3/4/11