Coffee Break
A few weeks back, I was catching up with an old aquaintance from my days out at Oregon. He was telling me about this wedding he went to last summer in western Massachusetts. I was made to understand that it was all quite the hassle - the tarmac-only airports, quaint local customs and medieval food choices made New England seem like a whole 'nother country.

Good Morning Hoops Nation December 30
LOGAN, Utah -- Yesterday's GMHN closed with a query to the cosmos as to why there will be nearly 300 fewer mid versus major games in 2008-09 than there were in 2007-08. And when I end a daily post with a question, I should expect that my mailbox will contain a few answers. Because this is a complex question with very intriguing and double-sided answers, I'm going to wring a few days out of this.

Big South Preview 2006-07
Conference champions at the mid-major level are used to hearing the rationales for their low NCAA tournament seeds. Come back with a stronger out-of-conference schedule, they’re told, and bring some better RPI numbers next time.

Flight 703 · SJU to MLA
I believe that we will win. Hope is the fundamental building block of basketball, a crucial foundational element. Without the confidence that victory is attainable, it's just not a fun game anymore. In the absence of incentive, there's no reason to get out of bed, go to the arena, and square up for the opening tip. The human spirit requires positive probability. The heart wants a chance.

Game! Of! The! Night! 1/19/2008 - Boise State at Nevada
In keeping with our West Coast Bias theme, we're going to forget about all those big games going on back East. (Like, say, Chatty at Davidson, Valpo-Cleveland State, and.. oh yeah, that battle of Valley undefeateds.) No, we're going to concentrate on an attractive showdown between WAC contenders. "But wait a second," you say.