Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
There are two keys to a successful college athletic program: the need for a good coach and the need for sound recruiting. The two play off of each other and continue a circle that, when done correctly, will build on itself and bring a program along further and further ...
Posted in Basketball, Dave Wannstedt, Football, Jamie Dixon, Recruiting/Scouting | No Comments »
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Grades are certainly important for student athletes. Most of them aren't going to be professional athletes, so taking advantage of a free education, especially at a quality university like Pitt, is a smart thing to do. Having that degree opens up doors that aren't there otherwise.
Grades are also important to ...
Posted in Basketball, Sam Young | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
For college sports fans, especially those of us in the north where college baseball (and in Pittsburgh, pro baseball) isn't very exciting, this is a difficult time of year. A few months ago we were teased with football spring camps, only to be left with months of void before the ...
Posted in Basketball | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
There have been two issues in the past month that have brought to the forefront the issue of who has the power in the relationship between student-athlete and school. I don't know that most people have put the two together to see the real tension between the two.
The incident ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
If Jamie Dixon were a knight, Jamie the Loyal might well be the name he went by. Andy Katz has a nice article on ESPN.com detailing the loyalty of Dixon to the Pitt program, and giving a significant list of statistical accomplishments that should remind us why we should be ...
Posted in Basketball, Jamie Dixon | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 5th, 2008
There is no doubt that fans of [teams in] every conference believe that their conference is the best. Fans in every conference feel slighted every year when NCAA Tourney brackets come out. Fans are angry when their conference doesn't have a team that has a shot at a ...
Posted in Basketball, Big East, Big East Tournament, Football | 5 Comments »
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
There is something that has been on my mind for a while now and keeps rearing its head in various ways. That issue is whether or not Pitt has a real sports tradition of its own, and if so, what that tradition is. As I see it, most ...
Posted in Basketball, Football | 5 Comments »
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I am not the first Pitt blogger to notice and comment on the high expectations that many in the media have heaped on our Pitt Panthers basketball team for next year. After reading on Oakland Zoo and Pitt Blather about the brackets that Joe Lunardi had put out for ...
Posted in Basketball, Brad Wanamaker, DeJuan Blair, Gary McGhee, Gilbert Brown, Jamie Dixon, Levance Fields, Mike Cook, Sam Young, Tyrell Biggs | No Comments »