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Ode to Jerry Wainwright
Those of you who are relatively new to the blog might be unfamiliar with my love of former DePaul head coach Jerry Wainwright. For years I've referred to him as "The Human Cartoon" because, well, he looks like a cartoon character (I don't have many levels). I've always thought Garfield, but what...
Change Is Here? The new coach smell
Change Is Gonna … Change Is Finally Here! For Big East Basketball, the past few years have solidified a caste system of basketball, a list of regular haves and have-nots. The narrative, summed into bullet points: Rutgers is hopeless. St. John’s has seen its best days of ...
St. John's vs DePaul: 5 Questions with Chicago College Basketball
For what may be the final time this basketball season (we'll look into doing a 5 questions before the Big East conference tournament game, but that would be one fast turnaround), this blog will exchange questions with John from Chicago Now's Chicago College Basketball blog. Both the DePaul Blue...
2010 College Basketball Hot Seat: Evaluate Your Up and Comers
See the earlier post: Coaches on the Hot Seat You, dear reader, have probably come across this post because your school will possibly make a coaching change, and you've been on the message boards talking about what makes for a good mid-major coach. What criteria would you use to evaluate a...
College Basketball Coaches on the Hot Seat - 2010
It's that time again - I can tell from the searches that are leading to this blog - to start talking about the college basketball coaches on the hot seat. Many of the coaches on this list were pretty much on the hot seat from the beginning of the year. And some who should be on the hot seat are no...
Big East Tournament live blog: 8) Providence vs. 16) Depaul
The first round of the Big East Tournament was one of my favorite days on the basketball calendar even during the years Louisville was running around in the Metro and C-USA. Obviously the second (or third) Wednesday in March has become even more enjoyable now that the Cards are among the teams...
The Big East Tournament is going on...right now
Click here to watch the commencement of the most miraculous run in conference tournament history. I'll check in periodically with updates, but feel free to use this thread to discuss any and all Big East happenings.
A Memorable Win For The Caretaker Of Westwood
Thanks again to Telemachus for posting the video highlights from yesterdays (what appears to be crisp and efficient) win over the DePaul Blue Demons. We are now 8-3 in 12 Wooden Classic appearances, including 8-0 as a ranked team. The topline news in terms of statistics was last night’s win...
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