Spending a weekend snacking on ACC basketball enabled one to enjoy all sorts of tasty morsels. NC State encountered little more difficulty in taking Atlanta than did Sherman. There was something found in Hooville rarer than cheap wine. And there was another problem from Seth’s poster-boy recruit. It wasn’t too hard to put the finger [...]
As the 2009 basketball season lumbers on, interesting story lines abound. One of the more intriguing comes out of Blacksburg. It was quite a week for the Tech basketball team. It started with Tech sneaking up on a Wake Forest team basking in the glow of the media glare of their top ranking. They were [...]
On the Outs 03/17/08 Quick, who won the NIT last year? I would have to look it up, too. After Sunday’s NCAA Selection Show, the No Interest Tournament garnered quite a bit more in this neck of the woods. Let the shouts of ‘We’re Number 66’ begin. Roughly twenty-seven hours after Tyler the Good shot [...]
In and Out 03/10/08 It took fourteen weeks and thirty-plus games for most teams, but the primary goal of the basketball regular basketball season has been accomplished: seedings have been determined for the conference tournaments. Well, there has been a little more. The least meaningful of all sports regular seasons finally lurched to an end [...]
Blue Hades 02/18/08 Well, that was ugly. The Virginia Tech basketball team traveled to Dean’s Dome last Saturday. It was a bruised and battered group of Heels and toes awaiting the rested Tech team in Blue Heaven. How did things work out? Not too good. Tech responded to some early adversity provided by a fired-up [...]
Other Things 02/14/08 It was another quiet Alderson’s Birthday. Once again, as I do every February 13, I arose and quickly checked the day’s calendar to determine what events and celebrations I would be attending to mark the holiday. Once again, I discovered there were none. After several decades, I am starting to get the [...]
Another game, another Tech win. Tech has followed up its annual football beating of the Hoos with a season’s sweep of the basketball series. From a Hoo point of view, at least Fallback Dave keeps the scores closer. Tech seems to be getting the hang of this overtime thing. The Hoos continue to perfect their [...]
The time has come. The suitcase has finally been unpacked from the Miami trip. The coolers have been relegated to their off-season basement location for another year. The used tickets, programs and assorted other detritus from a season that tends to collect on my kitchen table from September to early January has been stashed into [...]