NBA Draft Ready: Kemba Walker Caps Run of a Lifetime
April 5, 2011 by The Sports Watchers
Filed under NBA, NCAA Basketball, The Featured Sports
It probably wasn’t Kemba Walker’s best college basketball game. Hell, it wasn’t even close. His 16 points on 5 of 19 shooting in last night’s NCAA Basketball National Championship Game was far from some of the spectacular shooting days he put together during this 11-game run that began back in mid-March. Even in inefficiency, Walker [...]
Zo Knows: The 2011 Final Four Is Worth Watching
March 29, 2011 by Uzo Ometu
Filed under NCAA Basketball, The Featured Sports, Zo Knows
Your bracket is messed up! So what! Let’s face it, when it comes to picking teams in the NCAA Tournament, it’s about as lucky as winning the lottery. You can’t predict these things; the odds are against you. The better thing to worry about now is if these damn games will be worth watching on [...]
Shaka Smart Out
March 28, 2011 by The Sports Watchers
Filed under NCAA Basketball, The Featured Sports
How far away are we from Shaka Smart, head basketball coach of Final Four-bound Virginia Commonwealth University, announcing that he is going to be leaving his current gig for a bigger program somewhere in the SEC or ACC? Three weeks? Two Weeks? Before the Final Four is even over? Let’s face the facts; it is [...]
Rose vs. Hill: Not a Fight I’m Interested In
March 25, 2011 by Uzo Ometu
Filed under NBA, NCAA Basketball, The Black Page, The Featured Sports, Zo Knows
The debate itself is ridiculous. Jalen Rose made some comments with racial undertones that reflected the way he felt two decades ago. Grant Hill responded to what he considered hurtful comments, which is more than appropriate, given not-so-positive things were said about him. But as inflammatory as some may have found Rose’s use of the [...]
Bruce Pearl Will Coach Again…But Where?
March 22, 2011 by The Sports Watchers
Filed under NCAA Basketball, The Featured Sports
Bruce Pearl was fired from Tennessee yesterday after having led the Volunteers to the NCAA Tournament this year and a 145-61 record during his time in Knoxville. Pearl was fired because of NCAA charges that claimed unethical conduct on the part of Pearl after learning that he committed violations in September of 2010 and even [...]
NCAA Basketball Tournament Predictions: Thursday First Round Upsets
March 15, 2011 by The Sports Watchers
Filed under NCAA Basketball, The Featured Sports
If you’re like most NCAA Basketball Tournament fans, you don’t get a chance to watch a ton of college basketball during the regular season. It’s not your fault, the 2011 NCAA basketball season operated at a very inopportune time of the year. For starters, it starts during football season, which basically makes it wholly irrelevant [...]
