Tuesday, June 2, 2009
One of the features I'd like to have on this blog for the summer is a regular day for links to stories about A-10/CAA Football/Hockey East notes. I'm not working from June 11-24, but after that I'm going to pick a day that will feature the links and notes.
Every Monday or maybe every other Monday depending on how often other outlets are putting out news.
Some of these will be a little dated, but since nobody plays a game again until August at the soonest.
Back when the Atlantic 10 was the Eastern 8, the league had a short-lived mascot called the Hoopster Rooster. It needs to be resurrected if only so I can buy a T-Shirt with the logo on it. I'm naming the summer conference notes blog after the HoopRoost.
Enjoy:
Men's basketball
Dayton's Doug Harris looks at the further decay of Fordham.
The always interesting Tom Timmerman takes a look how Atlantic 10 schools rank across the board in 2008-09 athletic department performance.
There's a handful of good college hoops nuggets in this Charlotte Observer notebook. Among the most noteworthy is that Comcast is adding ESPNU a move that will impact quite a few western Massachusetts and New England residents::
Comcast will add ESPNU to its lineup before the college basketball season, more
than doubling the number of homes in which the college-focused sports
station will be available. Comcast, which will now also carry ESPN360.
Duquesne gave productive walk-on Jason Duty a scholarship.
This is old, but still relevant. New Xavier coach Chris Mack figures to add some intensity to the Xavier-Dayton rivarly.
Oregon State is likely playing at George Washington this season which means the Colonials could get another visit from President Barack Obama, whose brother-in-law Craig Robinson is the coach at OSU:
"Do the five new players realize what's in store for them early next season? ... a trip to the D.C. area to play George Washington U., and if schedules work out perhaps a chance to meet President Obama and the First Lady, who just happens to be coach Rob's little sister."
Dionte Christmas is preparing for the NBA.
Jim Baron is being inducted into the St. Bonaventure Hall of Fame.
Football
Delaware added a linemen from West Virginia.
...three months til football season...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Darren Rizzi's stay in Rhode Island was short. He's taking an assistant coaching job with the Miami Dolphins.
In this economy, it'll be interesting to see what moves URI makes going forward.
...one day til Palestra...
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Last week: 10-3
Season: 10-3
CAA Picks:
Maine over Monmouth
UMass over Holy Cross
UNH over Army
Virginia over Richmond
JMU over NC Central
Fordham over URI - unless Rhody brings back the option in the rain
Towson over Morgan State
NC State over W&M
Bonus Pick:
Colorado over Eastern Washington
...20 days til The Office...
