The thing that was most discouraging to me about Mo Acker giving the ball to Johnny Flynn to lose the Syracuse game was that both he and Butler had done everything we could have hoped for the first 39 minutes of the game – resulting in both being on the CBS leader board for Saturday. With DJ’s g...

Historically, it takes three stars to make a Final Four run. For purposes of this article, I will define stars as players who will be drafted by the NBA after the season in question, or the following season. This is the best predictor of which teams will make a deep NCAA run that I have found. When ...

I’m very encouraged by Butler, Acker and Cube stepping up against Louisville, so this isn’t a “what if� column, just a final reflection on the incredible defensive year Dominic James had this season. I went to the West Virginia-Marquette game on January 10 and happened to sit next to Jerry H...

I was just looking back at some of the preseason magazines that had MU finishing 7th in the conference this year, and who would have thought that as of February 22 we could make the following two statements?: 1. If MU wins its next three games, it would lock up the Big East regular season title no w...

OK, probably no one wants to write tonight, and maybe noone even wants to read after losing by 18. However, even in defeat, what a trio of seniors: 1) Jerel McNeal breaks scoring record,2) Dominic James gets 9 assists to only 2 turnovers to make it 50 and 12 in last ten games, and3) Wes Matthews tie...