By Paul Gotham In less than 48 hours, we will be fully immersed in conference tournaments. As the regular season of college basketball ends, here is a smattering of questions to consider. 1. Does Jim Boeheim have any voodoo is in his bag of tricks? Louisville is 11-4 against Syracuse, including a Cardinal win less than a month ago. Rick Pitino seems to have a hex on his … [Read more...] about Burning Questions For This Final Weekend of Regular Season Play
Richmond Spiders
Dayton-Richmond: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: The Robins Center will be rocking tonight with the sounds of an Atlantic 10 rumble. Brian Gregory brings his Dayton Flyers (19-9/ 8-6) to Richmond for a tilt with Chris Mooney's Spiders (22-7/ 11-3). Plot: Richmond already clinched at least third place in the A10 standings. With a pair of wins to close conference play, Dayton could jump from … [Read more...] about Dayton-Richmond: Tale Of The Tape
Richmond-Xavier: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: Atlantic 10 heavyweights collide when Chris Mooney brings his No.23 Richmond Spiders (22-6 / 11-2) to the Cintas Center to face Chris Mack's Xavier Musketeers (20-7/ 11-2). Plot: A piece of first place is at stake. The Spiders and Musketeers sit atop the A 10 with the Temple Owls. Sub-plot: Richmond is undefeated in the month of February and … [Read more...] about Richmond-Xavier: Tale Of The Tape
CBB Splinters | December 22nd, 2009
By Paul Gotham Down to the wire Semester's end brought a buffet of college hoops on Saturday. Serendipity, a clock infarction, upsets, and upsets avoided provided another shake up of the polls. When the dust settled, six ranked teams had fallen. One Atlantic 10 team lost at the buzzer, and another won. Butler and Xavier gave everyone the weekly dose of … [Read more...] about CBB Splinters | December 22nd, 2009