Fearless dreamer. Provocative utopian. Saucy wanderer.
Kyle Whelliston was all of these things and so much more. Over the course of thirty-one years, he wrote 2,346 articles and essays for various online and print publications, as well as some books. As per his last will and testament, all 2,883,638 of his life's words have been collected here, in one place, for eternal posterity. Keep his flame alive. This is the Whelliston Memorial Library.
The Hoops National - February 2, 2010
Last night, Jackson State held off Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the G!O!T!N! by a 72-67 count, stifling the Golden Lions' second-half comeback from out of a 17-point halftime hole. The Tigers withstood disqualifications on fouls to nearly their entire starting five, to win their 4th straight league contest. Jackson is now a full game up on Texas Southern.
Game! Of! The! Night! 2/16/2008 - Oral Roberts at IUPUI
The sands in the regular-season hourglass are now primarily in the bottom chamber, and so there are plenty of games this weekend full of one-seed implications and general position-jockeying. We're looking forward to see how Siena and Loyola plays out in the MAAC (we'll be there, incidentally), especially in light of the 29-point pounding LC put on SC back in January. Stephen F.
Dribblings 1/2/2005 (Hangover Edition)
WAC: Nevada 58, Hawaii 55 (story) - Anyone in the East who stayed up until 2 in the morning (or owns a TiVo) got to see a thriller from America's favorite high elevated upper mid-major conference, full of 8-0 runs and a back-and-forth finish. Hawaii started out 8-0 with their only roadie against anemic St.
Game! Of! The! Night! 12/3/2009 - Davidson at The Citadel
There are other things happening in other parts of Hoops Nation. Like, for instance, Utah, where Weber State and Utah State pulled off Wednesday night RLU's against Utah and BYU, respectively. Or Iowa, where UNI of the Valley punished old head coach Greg McDermott again. But we're staying in the good old Southern Conference for a second straight G!O!T!N!, because this is just too good.
Southern Illinois win makes it 'Mean 16'
![]()But there's nothing sugary or pretty about the way Southern Illinois plays ball. The regular-season champions of the Missouri Valley play at one of the nation's slowest, nastiest paces and own the nation's third-stingiest team points-allowed average at 56.3.