Fearless dreamer. Provocative utopian. Lusty wayfarer.
Kyle Whelliston was all of these things and so much more. Over the course of thirty-one years, he wrote 2,373 articles and essays for various online and print publications, as well as some books. As per his last will and testament, all 2,928,255 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 State Of The Other 22, Week 10
The State of College Basketball is a brand-new ratings system that uses a lot of good basketball sense, per-game team performance ratings and degradation of older results to rank the teams from No. 1 to 341 (here's the long-winded version). In its overall form, it retroactively picked three of the Final Four in a simulation of last season.
Game! Of! The! Night! 1/5/2009 - Hofstra at Northeastern
During George Mason's Final Four run, when head coach Jim Larranaga said that the initials "CAA" stood for "Connecticut Assassins Association," he wasn't kidding. The Colonial earned two double-bid years, as well as national postseason glory, by establishing a reputation as a band of giant-killers.
The Big Picture
It's not supposed to work out for the best, and the system is designed to anticipate failure. On March 21 in Birmingham, the four lower seeds wore their extra digits like anchors, eliminated one after another at three-hour intervals.
Finals Week, Part I - History
Welcome to Mid-Majority Finals Week! While students at many American colleges (maybe even you!) are suffering through final examinations, we're taking advantage of the dearth of ballgames this week to offer an exciting mid-major quiz. And fill blog space.
Tourney Central 2/28/07
The Patriot League and Sun Belt kick off tonight with campus-site opening rounds, and the Southern Conference begins play at Charleston. S.C. You can view those brackets on the Bracket City page.