Sports in Perspective
About a year ago Chapel Hill was going insane when word came out that Tyler Zeller, John Henson and Harrison Barnes were all coming back to play once again under head coach Roy Williams. From that moment forward the expectations of a season ending in New Orleans with another national championship began to elevate with [...]
The University of Kentucky Wildcats ended the 2011-2012 season with a 38-2 overall and 16-0 record in the Southeastern Conference. Coming off a Final Four appearance a year ago, and bringing in 4 of the top 20 recruits in the nation according to ESPN top #100. Returning Terrance Jones and Doron Lamb, two top recruits [...]
For anyone that watched the “Signing Day Special” on ESPNU, which if you didn’t you can check it out on ESPN3, saw that the top prospect Nerlens Noel decided to head to Kentucky over Syracuse or Georgetown. Losing a prospect is not a big thing, any head coach that has been at the helm of [...]
East Lansing, Mich. — Below are the opening statements from Derrick Nix and Tom Izzo during their recent press conference in which both addressed the arrest of Nix and his future with the team. Checkout my overall view on the press conference here.
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. This is the kind of quote that we as Americans like to use in tough times. We tell our kids the same thing, so that they can build character. Yet when someone does just that, we ridicule them for it? If a stock broker who learned to invest [...]
Nerlens Noel has decided that he will play college basketball at the University of Kentucky. He made the decision to attend Kentucky over Syracuse and Georgetown University. Nerlens made the decision by revealing the UK Logo cut in his now famous high top fade, on ESPNU “Special Signing Day”. It was not all smiles for the Kentucky Wildcats. Shabazz Muhammad was [...]
East Lansing, Mich.– Earlier today, Michigan State head basketball coach Tom Izzo and junior center Derrick Nix addressed the media in regards to the recent arrest of Nix on April 3rd for the possession of marijuana and driving under the influence of an illegal substance. Nix approached the podium and immediately had this to say, [...]
East Lansing, Mich. — As I’m sure all of you have heard by now, Michigan State University center Derrick Nix was arrested at 12:20 a.m. on April 3rd for possession of marijuana and operating a vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance. So, where do we go from here? Derrick Nix was looking to [...]
From a small blog post from ESPN comes word that both Tyler Zeller, who yesterday did whirlwind tour with the World Leader in Sports, and Kendall Marshall have hired an agent. Zeller, who was the ACC Player of the Year, has hired Jeff Schwartz from Excel Sports Management, while Marshall, who won the Bob Cousy [...]
UPDATE: Noel announced he will play at Kentucky next year While the rest of the college basketball world waits for their recruits to come on to campus next fall for the Syracuse Basketball program they are still in the recruiting frenzy and it’s a “wait and see” until tomorrow night when the top recruit in [...]