Basketball

THE “BREAK IN CASE OF FIRE” CU BASKETBALL HEAD COACHING HOT BOARD

For background, please read the prior post at: I need to say this with utter clarity — I don’t believe Tad Boyle should or will be fired after this season.  He is the winningest coach in CU history and has overachieved relative to institutional support for the basketball program.  He’s been to the tournament 6 times (7 […]

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WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE CU BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND TAD BOYLE?

Quick disclaimer:  Tad Boyle was my basketball coach at Longmont High School my sophomore year (when I played more junior varsity minutes than varsity minutes).  He was very intense at that point in his coaching journey and has subsequently offered to pay my therapy bills.  I have followed his coaching career with interest since my high school days

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S NEW ERA – HOW THE HOUSE SETTLEMENT BENEFITS THE COLORADO BUFFALOES

With the House v. NCAA settlement reshaping college athletics, schools are scrambling to adapt to the new pay-for-play era. One of the biggest trends? Hiring general managers to handle roster construction, NIL strategy, and transfer portal management—turning college programs into mini-NFL franchises. It’s no surprise that Alabama (Kevin Steele), Florida (Graham Hall), USC (Chad Bowden),

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DO I REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND KENPOM METRICS WHEN READING THIS SITE?

Basketball can be a foreign language at times, particularly when hoops snobs start throwing around advanced metrics.  Among the advanced metrics that hoops snobs use is Ken Pomeroy’s advanced metric system (known as KenPom), which is among the most popular systems used today.  We’re going to give a quick overview of some of the most widely used

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