By KEN DAVIS Shame on Syracuse University. On the day college basketball turned on the ignition and pressed its foot on the accelerator to start the annual hoop celebration known as March Madness, Syracuse’s administration deflected the spotlight off the court and made headlines by announcing coach Jim Boeheim will not return as coach of […]
Boeheims address Buddy’s suspension
March 11, 2022 by Leave a Comment
By KEN DAVIS Right off the top, let’s just agree there was nothing good abuut the Buddy Boeheim situation at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Buddy threw a punch, it wasn’t caught by the officials during the game. It was replaced over and over on ESPN. The ACC ultimately suspended him for the next Syracuse […]
Ewing Enjoys New Version of Garden Party
March 14, 2021 by Leave a Comment
By KEN DAVIS Some say they don’t remember. Others are simply too young, weren’t born yet ,and have no frame of reference. But those who followed college basketball in the 1980’s, cut their teeth on the Big East Conference, or witnessed the Hoya Paranoia days of Georgetown and John Thompson, understand what Patrick Ewing […]
Big East welcomes home UConn, but football may go independent
June 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
BY KEN DAVIS A week of rumors, speculation, breaking news, sourced confirmations, presidential votes, and trustee meetings ended with a press conference Thursday at New York’s Madison Square Garden. University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst tied it all together with one brief and rather memorable statement. “We feel like we’re home,” Herbst said. Home meaning […]
Tarin Smith making his impact with UConn
November 15, 2018 by Leave a Comment
By Ken Davis Dan Hurley is being scrutinized, judged and graded with every move he makes during the early stages of the UConn basketball season. Coaches understand that comes with the territory, especially in the first season of a new job. The evaluation cranks up to another level Thursday night in New York City when […]
UConn set to renew football rivalry with Syracuse
May 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
UConn and Syracuse made it official Thursday. The former Big East rivals have schedule a two-game non-conference football series, with games to be played in 2016 and 2018. Syracuse, now in the Atlantic Coast Conference, will visit Rentschler Fieldon Sept. 24, 2016. UConn will travel to the Carrier Dome on Sept. 29, 2018. The Hartford […]
Your guide to today’s best college hoops games
February 28, 2015 by
It’s Feb. 28 but it feels a bit like March. Check out today’s prime time games in college basketball. It’s a big-time appetizer for the main course that is just ahead. Here’s a guide to today’s agenda. Call is must-see TV. Bring all your flatscreen sets into the same room or least use picture-in-picture. Pour […]
FoxSports.com college basketball power rankings – March 5
March 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Syracuse and Michigan State, two teams with Final Four aspirations, continue to drop in the Power Rankings. Creighton and Saint Louis, two terrific stories for college hoops, both are suddenly suffering through two-game losing streaks. And the battle for the top four seeds in the NCAA Tournament is down to five talented teams. But the […]