North Dakota State doubles up opponent
November 19, 2008 by Ryan Pravato
Filed under Basketball
–The NDSU Bison scored 74 in the first half alone against NAIA opponent Mayville St. (128-64) Mississippi Valley State spends about 2 ½ games worth of time reaching 74, usually. MVSU and Mayville St. might be competitive.
–Stephen Curry LAUNCHED 15 three’s against the Sooners yesterday in a 4 point defeat. He only made 6 of them. Taking 29 shots to score 44 points isn’t the type of efficiency a team looks for from their PG.
–Bryant Barr had a lousy game, only connecting on 1-9 field goals.
–Davidson showed their explosiveness for sure. …read more
The Alex Legion– Kobe comparison
June 21, 2008 by Ryan Pravato
Filed under Basketball
Apparently at least one Big Ten basketball coach doesn’t quite understand the nature of the internet, or he just doesn’t care.
At a Fighting Illini Comedy Tour Fighting Illini Meet and Greet Tour held in Peoria, Illinois on Thursday night, men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber had this opinion to offer on the upcoming Big Ten men’s basketball season, “The league should be wide open and we can be right in the middle of it. I do know one thing, though. I think Indiana will suck. Don’t put that on the Internet.”
Don’t worry Coach Weber, said statement will never, ever …read more
Cleanup in Hoosierland
May 27, 2008 by Ryan Pravato
Filed under Basketball
The 08/09 Indiana Hoosier basketball team will look nothing like the team that made it to the NCAA tournament last year. Not only is former Marquette coach Tom Crean replacing unsuccessful interim Dan Dakich, but 6 recruits are essentially replacing just about all of last year’s squad.
This mess can be attributed to Kelvin Sampson, who all in all committed 5 major violations (along with Indiana), while at Indiana according to the NCAA. But I’m not here to bore you with all the details of Sampson’s wrongdoings.
I’m here to introduce the 08/09 Indiana basketball team, a completely …read more




