By Richard Kent, Staff Reporter Coaching matters. We have exhibit A at our fingertips. Exhibit A is the third-best coach in the history of women’s basketball. She took over a team in Waco, Texas which had gone 7-20 in 1999-00 and went 21-9 the next season. And that was her worst record during her 21-year […]
Read more "The Mulkey Effect: An Renewed Roar At LSU"By Anthony McClean, Editor-In-Chief Emeritus Sure, if you are in California you have probably never heard of the Garden State Hardwood Classic. Probably Maryland as well. Heck, maybe any state in the country besides New Jersey. But if your area code starts with a 201 or 908, among others you are all about the annual […]
Read more "It’s A Jersey Thing: Rutgers, Seton Hall battle for state hoop supremacy"By Richard Kent, Staff Reporter Through Monday’s games 1. Villanova (6-2): They have Jay Wright and Collin Gillespie and a strong supporting cast. The 2 losses were on the road to UCLA and against no. 1 Purdue. NCAA 2. Seton Hall (7-1): Maybe the best Kevin Willard Seton Hall team. Great win over Michigan. Jared […]
Read more "Power Rankings: Big East Men’s Hoops"By Richard Kent, Staff Reporter Through Monday’s games 1. Yale: The eye test still says they are tops. KenPom agrees. And Azar Swain is the best Ivy hooper. Jalen Gabbidon has been a stud. Need EJ Jarvis back inside. 2. Princeton: Getting scoring both outside from Ethan Wright and inside as well. Can be high octane. Great […]
Read more "Power Rankings: Ivy League Men’s Hoops"By Richard Kent, Staff Reporter Big Ten basketball is dramatically overrated. It has been for years and incredibly has not produced a National Champion since Michigan State in 2000. And before that, one must go back to Michigan in 1989. Think about that. Let it marinate. UConn, now in the Big East again has won three such […]
Read more "Enough Is Enough With The Big Ten Love"By Anthony McClean, Editor-In-Chief Emeritus As the year slowly begins to wind down, BASN has devoted the final days of 2020 and the early days of 2021 to look back at the pioneers, contributors, and innovators we lost during the last 12 months. The specter of Covid-19 has been prevalent all year and the sports […]
Read more "Notable Sports Deaths of 2020: November & December"As the year slowly begins to wind down, BASN will devote the final 12 days of 2020 to look back at the pioneers, contributors, and innovators we lost during the last 12 months. The specter of Covid-19 has been prevalent all year and the sports world was no different.
Read more "Notable Sports Deaths of 2020: August & September"As the year slowly begins to wind down, BASN will devote the final 12 days of 2020 to look back at the pioneers, contributors, and innovators we lost during the last 12 months. The specter of Covid-19 has been prevalent all year and the sports world was no different.
Read more "Notable Sports Deaths in 2020: March"BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The 2020 Cricket Wireless Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament brackets have officially been released. The tournament will begin on Tuesday, March 10 on the campuses of the four highest seeded teams on the men’s and women’s sides. The semi-finals and finals rounds are scheduled to take place on Friday, March 13 and Saturday, […]
Read more "2020 SWAC Basketball Tournament Brackets Set"NORFOLK, Va. — The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has announced its women’s pairings for the 2019 MEAC Basketball Tournament, March 11-16 at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va. North Carolina A&T State will be the top seed after concluding the regular season with a 16-0 mark in MEAC play for the first time in program history. […]
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