The Big Ten this year has lost to these schools : Tennessee St. Miami (OH) Xavier Bradley Utah State Louisiana-Monroe Drake Butler (twice) Western Kentucky Harvard Central Michigan Brown Rider Central Florida St. Joseph’s WoffordMy last Illini rant said INEXCUSABLE. This time it is PATHETIC. Another loss to a lowly. Bruce Weber has lost his [...]

Well the three days are over. It can seem long at times, but overall the tournament passes by quickly. I was able to afford much more rest during this year’s tournament. Last year, I broadcasted 14 games from Western Hall (two from the consolation bracket at MHS). This year I called a measley 10 games [...]

The Blues were shutout at home for the second time in a row. Now that is worrisome for the Blues. If you can’t win and score at home then problems persist. I feel a crumble coming to another St Louis team Sharks Bite Blues The Blues, who were blanked at home for the second straight [...]

Day one at the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament is in the books. Many blowouts during the first round this season. Here are some notes from Western Hall… First Session Abingdon over Hamilton. Low scoring game, despite 18 & 16 points from Nick Andersen and Ryan Thompson, respectively. I expected Hamilton to play Abingdon well, this Cardinal [...]

Just wanted to throw my two cents on what players to watch for over the next three days at Western Hall for the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament. Here are players to watch for from each team in the field… Abingdon (Ryan Thompson & Nick Andersen) Brown County (Quinton Bradbury & Caleb Taylor) B-PC/A (Skylar Van Tine [...]

For the first time in over five years, I was able to take in another holiday tournament not held at Western Hall. While I don’t mind living at the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament for three days, it’s nice to hit the roads and see other action. My Wednesday took me to the 26th annual Lady Tiger [...]

Ok. I saw 7 games today. 7- and in each one the referees did not cheat. They were consistent. BUT. I don’t like it. In every game all day long the officials did not blow the whistle. they let’em play. And they held, they grabbed, the swatted, tons of loose ball pile-ups and rolling on [...]

Hope everyone is enjoying the slowing down of the holidays….and the speeding up for the holiday tournaments. My apologies for a weekend of no posting! Enjoyed some good basketball last week before the holiday tournament trail begins! It’s a few minutes after midnight and the living room is a cluttered mess of Christmas presents, tooooo [...]

Nice. What a way to treat an employee. Especially since GM John Paxson call Skiles a friend. Sure I know it is a business. But Paxson was quoted as saying he is not going to fill the coaching position until AFTER the season. They will use an interim (Pete Myers) for the remaining season. SO, [...]

The Bears. They dominated. They dominated twice vs the Packers. But they can’t win many other games. How good is Kyle Orton? Well, he did win this week. I believe he is the best of the three QB’s the Bears have started. time will tell. Today, Brian Urlacher returned an interception for a touchdown for [...]