Category: Basketball

I’m not quite sure why it’s behind the paywall, but the New York Times today features a column by William Rhoden marking the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the three-point shot to college basketball. It’s not anything terribly ground-breaking– complaints from the usual suspects, like perpetual optimist Jim Boeheim (“‘It hasn’t been as bad… Continue reading The (Re-)Drawing of the Three

One-sentence review of this game: I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many two-foot shots missed in a Division I game. Maryland played Duke last night in the overhyped confines of Cameron Indoor Stadium, and for the way Dick Vitale talked about it, you would’ve thought that they were playing for first place in the… Continue reading Maryland vs. Duke

One of the under-reported effects of cheap and widely available personal computers is the increasing dorkification of sports. I’m talking here about the rise in obsessive stat-geekery across the board, with the accompanying increase in “fantasy” sports. Those phenomena have hardly been ignored, but not many commentators put the blame where it belongs: on the… Continue reading Put Down the Slide Rule

Tennessee beat Florida by ten last night, handing the Gators their third loss in the last four games. Much as I dislike Florida, and enjoy seeing them lose, I wouldn’t ordinarily comment on this. Hell, I wouldn’t’ve watched this, ordinarily– it was an SEC game, and Vitale was calling it. I subjected myself to the… Continue reading Summitt and Pearl

Another unexpected win for one of my teams. I think Jay Bilas put it pretty well when he said “I bet Jim Boeheim didn’t expect to be playing his senior walk-ons in the final minute of a victory.” A loss, maybe, but Syracuse winning 72-58 is a real surprise. This was a good old-fashioned Big… Continue reading Syracuse over Georgetown

Well, I didn’t expect this… Between that and the Oscars, I’ll never cut it as a telephone psychic. I came back from the intramural game (we lost to a team of football players who had a slight strength and conditioning edge over us) with about 11 minutes left, and it looked pretty much like what… Continue reading Maryland vs. North Carolina

Maryland beat Florida State last night, and moved over 0.500 in the ACC for the first time. This is also their 21st win on the season, and Jeremy Gold has gone round the bend: MD could rise as high as #2 seen in the NCAAs should they finish 10-6 in the ACC and win the… Continue reading ACC Update

Light blogging today, because yesterday was a Hoops Day here in Chateau Steelypips. A goog hoops day, too, with victories in all three games that mattered: Syracuse edged St. John’s, Maryland beat the hated Dukies, and the intramural team I’m playing on won a tough game last night to more or less lock up first… Continue reading Three for Three (SU-SJU, UMD-Duke, IM)

The term “fast break” refers to those situations in the game of basketball in which the offense is attempting to push the ball up the court and score quickly, rather than running a play from their normal offensive set. This usually involves a temporary numerical advantage for the offensive team, as the defenders hurry to… Continue reading Basic Concepts: Fast Break

There’s been much less hoops-blogging than usual around here this year for a couple of reasons. For one thing, I’m busy with work, and more substantive blogging, so I don’t have time to watch a lot of games. I’m also playing a fair amount of basketball these days, both pick-up games at lunch, and IM… Continue reading My Teams Stink