New basketball facility
Heard a strong rumor the Arkansas Razorbacks will break ground on a basketball facility as soon as the season ends next year. I admit I’m old school. I’ve always thought home court advantage was not just the crowd but being used to the rims and the floor. Apparently, though, Jeff Long understands the handicap Mike [...]
Thunder heard
Oklahoma City put a beat down on the Los Angeles Lakers Monday night, 199-90 and they did it with team work on both ends of the court. As I said, I’m not a Laker hater, but Metta World Peace bothers me, and has since 2004 when he beat up a fan in the stands. He’s [...]
Back to reality
Admittedly, I’ve been a little out of touch as far as basketball goes. Almost as soon as the regular season for football ended I went on my honeymoon. And while we had ESPN in our cabin, we were four hours earlier so most of what little we saw, and yes, Rachel always starts her television [...]
Huge Week
As we head into one of the most exciting weekends in Arkansas for sports it is interesting how many people are still excited about the hiring of Mike Anderson. I’ve written Sunday’s column about some people I ran into at the Final Four and what they had to say about the Anderson’s hiring. What makes [...]
Houston Cougars
HOUSTON — My first Final Four was in New Orleans but only because of the Houston Cougars, winners of the Southwest Conference Tournament in 1982. It was the beginning of Phi Slama Jama, the world’s tallest fraternity, that consisted of Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Michael Young, Larry Micheaux and Rob Williams. A columnist, Tommy Bonk, [...]
Houston
HOUSTON — There was a time, during the old Southwest Conference days, you could have dropped me off anywhere in this major city and I could have either found my way back to the hotel or to a good Mexican restaurant, or both. Cafe Adobe was a favorite. While this metropolis is too big for [...]
