No, this isn’t a post about a big Bernie Sanders/ Babara Mikulski throwdown. the University of Maryland played the University of Vermont Wednesday night in basketball, and I’m just getting around to writing about it. Much to my surprise, the game was on tv. Of course, that was the day I had my tenure interview,… Continue reading Maryland vs. Vermont
Category: Basketball
Big Victory
The college basketball season started off well last night, with Maryland defeating Hampton in the first game of the “Coaches v. Cancer Classic” pre-season tournament. Or possibly the “2K Sports College Hoops Classic”– I’ve heard both, and don’t really care. “Big deal,” you say, “it’s another meaningless game where a big school beats up hapless… Continue reading Big Victory
In the Zone
While I know that there’s no great love for basketball in these parts, I can’t let Jonah Lehrer’s post on the “Hot Hand” go without comment. It’s about a paper analyzing the statistics of jump shooting, which finds that contrary to popular belief among basketball players, they don’t really get “hot” in a statistically significant… Continue reading In the Zone
Fear the Turtle?
College basketball season is almost upon us (practices have started, but there won’t be real games for another couple of weeks), which means that college basketball previews are thick on the ground. Over at the world-wde leader in sports marketing, they have a column about the Maryland guard situation this season: In 2004-05, point guard… Continue reading Fear the Turtle?
Professional Big East Preview
If my thoughts on the upcoming Big East basketball season aren’t good enough for you, the New York Times gets in on the act. Actually, that’s a story about the pre-season coaches’ poll, in which Pitt and Georgetown are picked to finish at the top, and Syracuse is picked third, with one first-place vote. So,… Continue reading Professional Big East Preview
Big East Basketball Preview
Some time back, I offered the right to pick a post topic to anyone who managed to name one of the Physics Nobel laureates for 2006. Tom Renbarger won, and picked his topic: OK, with Midnight Madness on the horizon, I’ve decided to request a sort of season preview of two (trying to press my… Continue reading Big East Basketball Preview
Bipolar Basketball
Not a lot of love for the ACC Preview post from earlier this week, and I got buried in work, so I didn’t get a chance to write up the Big East and A-10 previews. I’ll try to do at least one this weekend, but until then, the three basketball fans among my readers may… Continue reading Bipolar Basketball
Physics of Basketball
Well, at least, the physics of the new NBA basketball, at any rate… For those who haven’t heard the story already, the NBA is changing the style of the basketballs used in its games this season. They’re moving away from the traditional leather basketballs to a new synthetic material, which is supposed to hold up… Continue reading Physics of Basketball
ACC Basketball Preview
Some time back, I offered the right to pick a post topic to anyone who managed to name one of the Physics Nobel laureates for 2006. Tom Renbarger won, and picked his topic: OK, with Midnight Madness on the horizon, I’ve decided to request a sort of season preview of two (trying to press my… Continue reading ACC Basketball Preview
The Problem of Prognostication
Some time back, I offered the right to pick a post topic to anyone who managed to name one of the Physics Nobel laureates for 2006. Tom Renbarger won, and picked his topic: OK, with Midnight Madness on the horizon, I’ve decided to request a sort of season preview of two (trying to press my… Continue reading The Problem of Prognostication