College Basketball Headlines in the Year 2020

Short hiatus, but it's back for another edition.


1. Dick Vitale demands world's 18 year olds enroll in Duke.

2. West Virginia wins NIT, company still can't get spelling down.

3. Duke finishes 18-12, lose ACC title game, get #2 seed in Charlotte region.

4. Billy Packer complains that Princeton shouldn't be in tourney, Princeton wins national title.

5. Don Imus on Rutgers men: "Those are some nappy headed robbers".

6. Pat Summitt takes it a little too far, performs strip tease for student section.

7. CBS wonders why James Brown is still announcing NCAA Basketball.

8. Bill Raftery and Gus Johnson team up to yell as loud as possible.

9. Washington goes 30-0, wins #1 seed, loses in 2nd round.

10. SEC gets a life, lets fans run onto court.

11. Mel Kiper Jr. goes to college b'ball, lists top players for year 2457.

12. Jay Bilas says something intelligent.

13. 15-0 Penn State vs. 2-13 Oral Roberts in London, England.

14. Brent Musberger yells "GOAL!!" everytime part time soccer player Julio Davis dunks the ball for Clemson.

Periwinkle What?

I can't stand watching anything on FSN Northwest, maybe I found out why. This is Cara Capuano calling the Wazzu/Arizona basketball game last season. Yikes.



Stupid Sideline Quote of the Day: "And the ball will roll into the endzone for a touchdown" - Greg Gumbel referring to a punt that went out of bound s in yesterday's Titans/Bucs game. Bryant would've made the same mistake too Greg.

Breaking News: Skip Prosser Dead at 56

It has been reported that Wake Forest Men's Basketball head coach Skip Prosser died today at the age of 56. According to Fox Sports, Prosser succumbed to a heart attack shortly after jogging this morning. I remember Prosser from their last NCAA tourney appearance, in which they played a thrilling 3 OT game to West Virginia, in which they lost 111-105. This is a very sad day in the world of sports, that a well respected coach, just finishing his jog, ends up dead.

This has been a terrible year for sports so far. Whether it's Michael Vick or Pacman Jones running in with the law, or the deaths of coaches like Terry Hoeppner, Mike Coolbaugh, and now Skip Prosser, it has been a tragic year. I didn't even mention the two Denver Bronco players in Darrent Williams and Damien Nash dying tragically. Let's hope that these final months of the year are memorable not for tragedies or crime off the field, but for the sake of the players and coaches successfulness on the field.

RIP Skip Prosser

1950-2007

Spencer Hawes likes money

Spencer Hawes from the University of Washington is leaving for the NBA draft, but has not hired an agent. That means that he CAN come back to the UW and help them get back to the tourney. Honestly, I think Hawes is making a bad decision by going to the draft, considering he was sick for half of the year and was inconsistent throughout. He is a softy, and can't compete with the other guys. Obviously the real reason for the freshman jump for Spencer is the $38 million he can make if he's a top 10 pick.


In an unrelated story: Former St. Louis Rams and Seahawks player Grant Wistrom retired today, saying that if he wanted to end his career with the Rams, he would've grabbed life by the horns.