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March 11, 2011
Discuss
Mark Payne's clutch layup
Two things I love about this clip. One, the star is Mark Payne, who I interviewed a couple of months ago for a piece I wrote for ESPN the Magazine (he was cut out of my final draft, but that's editors for you). The other thing I love is the hair on #22 for Irvine. I mean, to be an Anteater AND have that hair? That's spicy, bro.]]>
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January 31, 2011
STF Q&A: St. Bonaventure guard Ogo Adegboye
I recently wrote my first feature story for the CBS College Basketball Blog. It was about Ogo Adegboye of St. Bonaventure. As with any feature I write, I only got to use a few quotes from my interview, so I'm sharing the raw Q&A as a bonus for STF readers. (Photo: US Presswire)
How does a kid from London end up getting interested in basketball?
It's a growing sport...
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January 24, 2011
Hoop teams seek headway in Capital One Cup standings
In 2010, I spoke with CBS commentator Clark Kellogg about the Capital One Cup, a new program that attempts to reward the school that produces the most champions in all DI sports. Recently, the organizers of the C1C sent out the updated standings, reflecting Auburn's national championship in football, worth 60 points. That result gives the Tigers the lead on the men's sports...
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January 17, 2011
God Shammgod Watch List 1/15/2011
NAME
POS
TEAM
REB
AST
STL
BLK
PTS
EFF
ANT
Papa Dia
F
Southern Methodist Mustangs
8.8
2.0
0.8
1.8
17.6
20
51.0
Chehales Tapscott
F
Portland State
8.0
1.7
1.1
0.8
12.4
14
38.0
Robo Kreps
G
Illinois Chicago Flames
3.9
3.3
1.3
0.1
15.0
13
36.6
Festus Ezeli
C
Vanderbilt Commodores
6.7
0.2
0.9
2.5
12.7
14
37.0
Sultan Toles-Bey
G
Sacramento State
3.0
4.0
1.5
0.2
11.9
9
29.6
Shay Shine...
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January 15, 2011
Reverse Survivor: And Then There Were Six
No Reverse Survivor update last week. Two excuses:
1)My laptop died. Actually, the power cord had been fraying internally for quite some time, and finally broke completely. Sad day. But now I have myself a new machine and can get back to work.
2)Not a whole lot happened. Since we lost Toledo and Southeast Missouri State on December 11, just one school has dropped out of...
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December 28, 2010
The God Shammgod Watch List 12/24/2010
NAME
POS
TEAM
REB
AST
STL
BLK
PTS
EFF
ANT
Papa Dia
F
Southern Methodist Mustangs
8.8
1.9
0.6
1.8
17.8
21
51.9
Chehales Tapscott
F
Portland State
8.2
1.9
1.2
0.7
12.8
15
39.8
Robo Kreps
G
Illinois Chicago Flames
4.2
3.5
1.5
0.1
15.8
14
39.1
Festus Ezeli
C
Vanderbilt Commodores
7.4
0.2
0.8
2.3
13.2
15
38.9
Sultan Toles-Bey
G
Sacramento State
3.2
3.7
1.4
0.2
13.4
11
32.9
Shay...
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December 24, 2010
STF + CBS = FTW
Back in 2007, when Marco Anskis called me on the phone (unheard of for a blogger!!!) and asked me to be a part of his new college hoops blog, I never imagined it would end up here. Based largely on the exposure this site has brought, I have found work with Maple Street Press, ESPN, and now CBS.com.
I've been invited to join Matt Norlander of College Hoops Journal, Matt Jones...
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December 20, 2010
God Shammgod Award Watch 12/19/2010
Robo Kreps may have fallen to third in the God Shammgod rankings, but he's number one in our hearts after a huge upset of Illinois. Robo will clearly sacrifice the individual honor in support of the team goal, and we respect that. The gap between Papa Dia and Festus Ezeli is pretty wide at this point. We're not sure anyone has the giddyup necessary to overtake our leader...
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December 19, 2010
Scarlet Soo Soo
There's a college hoops name out there so great, I just have to share it, even though the player isn't eligible for the God Shammgod list. Soo Soo Taulelie is a 6-foot-3 forward (?) from American Samoa (by way of HS ball in Hawai'i) who has played less than one minute in one game for Rutgers this season.
Soo Soo is a junior walk-on with fantastic hair. Since I can'...
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December 14, 2010
The God Shammgod Awards 12/12/2010
NAME
POS
TEAM
REB
AST
STL
BLK
PTS
EFF
ANT
Papa Dia
F
Southern Methodist Mustangs
7.6
2.0
0.7
1.3
17.3
20
48.9
Festus Ezeli
C
Vanderbilt Commodores
7.9
0.2
0.8
2.4
13.6
16
40.9
Robo Kreps
G
Illinois Chicago Flames
4.3
3.6
1.5
0.0
15.6
15
40.0
Chehales Tapscott
F
Portland State
7.9
2.3
0.7
0.7
11.9
13
36.5
Sultan Toles-Bey
G
Sacramento State
3.1
4.0
1.6
0.2
12.3
11
32.2
Shay...
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December 12, 2010
Reverse Survivor: A Tale of Two Wins
Two wins on Saturday dropped the number of remaining Reverse Survivor teams to seven.
Those victories were about as different as could be. In Toledo, the Rockets welcomed the Valparaiso Crusaders. Valpo went to Ohio with a 6-3 record and a diverse resume that included two blowout wins over sub-Division I teams, two blowout losses to ranked teams, and a 3-1 mark against middle...
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December 12, 2010
Superman, a gorilla and Cobra Commander walk into a bar...
...and come to a Georgetown game at the Verizon Center later that day.
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December 06, 2010
Reverse Survivor: Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
As predicted on Friday night, we lost a couple teams from our list yesterday, leaving us with nine Reverse Survivor teams remaining. Down below, you'll find a few of my thoughts on each team, along with the schedules for the rest of the month.
Before we get started, I thought I'd throw this out there: Ken Pomeroy's current rank for each team and the chances that each...
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December 05, 2010
It's The First Week Of December. You Know What That Means?
In 2008, we started on December 1. Last year, we started on December 4. This year, I planned to once again get the ball rolling around the first weekend of the month. Then I actually put together the list, realized that eight of the eleven remaining winless teams are scheduled to play tomorrow, and decided to see how that played out before pursuing things further. It's so...
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December 03, 2010
The Corrections: not by Jonathan Franzen
Apparently, my lighthearted clemency plea from Monday (can't trust that day) mis-represented the Twitter policy at the Mid Majority. Rob the William & Mary fan was not singled out in any way by the banhammer. He was merely the latest reader to flout the long-established rule against questioning the Red Line. I urge you to re-read the post and familiarize yourself with this...
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December 01, 2010
FREE @BATOGATO!
You all know Kyle Whelliston is our number one homeboy here at STF. He was one of the first nationally-recognized bloggers to support what we do here, in spite of the fact that we write about Big Six hoops in addition to the mids. He hosts our site on his server, and he designed our header image (holla atcha Press and Pistol!). We're hoops brethren.
Nonetheless, I must speak...
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November 29, 2010
Meet Positive-mental-health T
I'm sure you remember this guy, rightfully nicknamed Psycho-T:
Even those of us who appreciated Tyler Hansbrough's clear and abiding love for the game thought that reaction was a tad douchey. OK, a lot douchey. Fortunately, Tyler's younger brother Ben is staying on his meds. The younger Hansbrough is playing for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who are a somewhat surprising...
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November 29, 2010
When Goliath Visits David: December Meetings
by Corey Schmidt
In college basketball, there is no rarer an occasion than when a team from one of the Big Six conferences visits the small arenas and gyms of teams from mid-major leagues. There are many reasons why such games are infrequent, but perhaps none more prominent than the simple fact the big schools usually get their way when it comes to developing a schedule. With all...
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November 29, 2010
New logo for Big East
If TCU basketball falls in the Big East forest, does it make a sound?
I thought about doing some thoughtful analysis of the Big East adding another hoops school (and possibly yet another - UCF is in line if Villanova stays in FCS for football), but then I realized that's already being written by the Andy Katzes of the world. My job is to properly make fun of this bloated mess...
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November 29, 2010
Now it's officially a season
I took my son Jack to a basketball game tonight. We drove up to Harrisonburg, VA to see the JMU Dukes take on the Eastern Michigan Sam the Eagles. I went up there looking forward to an evening of Denzel Bowles (a one-man City of the Big Shoulders) and the delightfully-named Humpty Hitchens. I got that, of course, but I also got a heapin' helpin' of big Rayshawn Goins. The...
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November 28, 2010
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