SECOND CHANCE POINTS

Nice story on a former player of mine at Jackson Community College.

FOX Detroit with a piece on Nick Minnerath, power forward at the University of Detroit.

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SUNDAY’S OUTSIDE SHOOTING

Where’s the love for women’s college basketball?

I watched a very entertaining game yesterday afternoon between Michigan and Ohio State.

The Wolverines handed the Buckeyes their first loss of the season, 73-62.

If you go to ESPN.com, it takes a long time to find the NCAA Women’s College Basketball page. Matter of fact, there are links on the front page for NBA, NHL, MLB, NCAA Men’s basketball, NCAA Football, NASCAR, and Soccer. To find the main page for women’s college basketball one has to click on ‘More Sports‘ then scroll down the page to find ‘Women’s BBall’.

Reaching for my Sporting News College Basketball Pre-season magazine to find a capsule on the Buckeyes women’s team there is 2 pages for women’s basketball. It’s way in the back of the magazine.  In their top 25, there’s no mention of Ohio State. Buckeyes are 15-1 on the season.

MAMMA MIA!

To me, this is unacceptable. Give the ladies some love…put them on the front page of your webpage!

Lancaster Eagle Gazette on Bowling Green’s 67-57 win over Ohio U.

Nice to hear Pete Gillen, former college basketball coach working for CBS. Last night I watched Memphis and UAB, Gillen was the color analyst. The Brooklyn, New York native used to be an elementary school teacher at my former school way back in the 1970′s.

I know everyone likes the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls in the East but don’t sleep on the Indiana Pacers.

Iliana Limon of the Orlando Sentinel on Jeff Jordan leaving the Central Florida program.

Pete Vecsey of the New York Post on players today compared to the ones from back in the day…not much difference to tell you the truth. I once heard a quote from former football coach Bill Parcells, “players today are no different from players from the 70′s. The only thing that is different is the people around them.”

On second thought, I was wrong to make it appear coach-killers DeMarcus Cousins and Tyreke Evans are more full of themselves than self-absorbed slugs back in the day.

It only seems that way because today’s athletes make movie star fortunes and their business is out on the street 24-7 in the twinkle of a twitter regardless of whether they lust to live in the limelight.

Coaching conflicts with players, altercations between teammates and lousy late night lifestyles weren’t kept under wraps because people were better at keeping secrets eons ago; beat writers and columnists simply didn’t report what they knew for fear of falling out of favor or exposing their complicity.

Last night I watched the Pistons and Knicks on Fox Detroit from the Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the Detroit Pistons. They game was the same time as the Detroit Lions playoff game vs the New Orleans Saints. The Knicks won 103-80. Mike Bibby scored 17 points and Josh Harrellson added 11 off the bench for New York. Bibby, who has been in the league for 14 years shot 4-5 from downtown. Detroit shot 37% from the field and 59% from the free-throw line. The Knicks are 4-4, Pistons are 2-6.

How about the job Fred Hoiberg is doing at Iowa State? 12-3 with their win over Texas A&M yesterday. I met the man they call, ‘The Mayor” a few weeks ago. Seemed like a great guy.

Notre Dame beat Louisville 67-65 in double overtime. I’m always happy when Mike Brey wins a ballgame. One of the good dudes in the coaching profession.

Kansas State beat Missouri 75-59 handing the Tigers their first loss of the season.

Murray State moved to 16-0 with their win over Austin Peay.

Stanford beat Oregon State 103-101 in 4 OT’s.

New Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer has banned his players from tweeting.

Happy belated birthday to former St. John’s head coach Lou Carnesecca. He turned 87 earlier this week.

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