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Friday, February 03, 2006
Friday morning readaround
Tom Housenick's regular Friday college hoops column in the Daily Item focuses today on Bucknell's offense and looks ahead to Saturday's game at Colgate.

If a tree fell in Hamilton -- Speaking of Colgate, since Adonal Foyle took his game to the NBA, the Raiders have struggled to get any kind of media coverage. There is no Hamilton daily paper, and the one in Norwich, which is about the closest daily to Hamilton, publishes every day but really is a weakly.

About the only time the Raiders seem to get any attention in Central New York is when they play an opponent the papers have some interest in. A perfect example of this: Today's story in the Syracuse Post-Standard previewing Bucknell's visit to Hamilton.

What a drag -- The best description of the Bracket Buster concept we have heard so far comes from Matt James' column in the Fresno Bee:
BracketBusters teams, as ESPN has dubbed them, supposedly are underrated, underappreciated, small-school, small-conference teams, walking the tightrope between the NCAA Tournament and the NIT.

RuPaul teams. Sometimes you need an extra look to decide.
We are not men -- O.K., it is hard to imagine it making a difference this year, but can't hurt to have a former Patriot League coach on the NIT selection committee. That's why the addition of former Navy coach Don "We are" Devoe to the gang of six that sets the field for the consolation dance in the future sounds like good news for the league. A lot of deserving teams have been snubbed in the past. Last year's Holy Cross team is the only PL squad ever invited. Having a guy who knows and respects the league on that committee should be a plus in the future.

Yesterday's Knight -- In Thursday's Express-Times, Corky Blake recapped the Joe Knight situation and said no decision on any Lehigh forfeits is expected from the Patriot League's Patriot League's Committee on Athletic Administration, which is meeting in West Point.
Published at 8:05 AM by Hoop Time.
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