The hottest team in the Atlantic Coast Conference is the Virginia Cavaliers (19-6, 10-4). That was until Tuesday night when they saw their eight-game winning streak, as well as their 23-game home winning streak, come to an end with their loss to Pittsburgh (16-8, 7-6), 74-63. Their defense was the main reason why Virginia put […]
Seven more games left. Will we endure? Will Wake Forest hoops team win enough of these to convince Joey Brackets we deserve a bid to March Madness? It’s looking iffy. Why always this pressure? Why can’t our team easily get in and cruise through these last seven games? Why must we endure the uncertainty, the […]
Up until this point, the NJIT Highlanders were struggling just to stay in contention for a playoff spot in the upcoming America East Basketball postseason tournament. Then last week, the Highlanders went 2-0 at home and beat both Vermont and UMass Lowell. The two victories took place in a span of three days. It also […]
It was early Sunday morning. We’re on hallowed ground, Shazheirsville outside Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke. Picture the most regal and upper-crust college campus in the world. Students have been living in tents to get tickets to the game tonight pitting the dominant and dynastic Dukies against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons that no Dukes […]
Pardon my rattling of your love fest, Telsey Swifty, but you’re not going to be the most compelling storyline today nor will the Chiefs or Niners, nor Usher ushering us into halftime nor the obligatory Tostitos commercial. The best show on the boob tube starts at 1 pm when Caitlin Clark – fast becoming a […]
With the 2024 NBA trade deadline passing at 3 PM EST on Thursday, the NBA officially moves into the second half of the season. Compared to previous trade deadlines, there were no huge, game-changing trades, but numerous teams trading role players to help bolster teams. With many superstars signing big-money contracts with their teams and […]
College basketball data analytics dynamos have concocted new, nebulous, and mentally torturous ways to size up teams and whether they deserve to be selected as one of the best 68 in the country invited to the March Madness Tournament. The three key metrics you need to be dialed up on are NET rankings, team value […]
As we swing into February, things are getting a little tight at the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings. The North Carolina Tar Heels have had a little bump in the road losing to Clemson at home 80-76. That has teams behind them thinking maybe they can be caught after all. Such is life […]