Bob Long vs. Kevin McClernand: NCAA National Championship, the State of College Hoops, and More
Bob Long vs. Kevin McClernand. Round #(too many). On College Hoops: the National Championship, the controversies, the state of college basketball as a whole, and much more. — Bob: Kevin McClernand, the man, the myth, the legend. The toast of the west coast, the Colorado Slugger. The purveyor of all things NBA and NBA Draft. […]
Pick and Roll Podcast: March 7th
In this week’s podcast, Bill and Kevin recap the Final Four and the NCAA Tournament as a whole. Kentucky finally loses, Duke prevails, and Bo Ryan has some controversial comments. Next, the focus on Geno Auriemma’s comments on the state of Men’s College Basketball. With the NCAA season over, Bill and Kevin look forward to the […]
Podcast: April 8th Bob Long Sports Radio Show
In this week’s Bob Long Sports Radio Show, with Bob Long and Kevin McClernand, we began by recapping the semifinal games on Saturday night in Atlanta, Louisville vs Wichita State then Michigan vs Syracuse (Start-25:20). We then moved on to a discussion of the “Dome Theory,” the belief that the concept of basketball games being […]
UConn Women Earn 89th Consecutive Win
Tuesday night, the Connecticut women’s basketball team won its 89th consecutive game, which builds upon the existing women’s record of 70 consecutive wins. In addition, 89 consecutive wins is one more than the UCLA men’s 88 consecutive wins in the 1970s. On February 18th, 2010, I wrote an article which puts into perspective the dominance […]
UConn Women Set Win Streak Record
Yesterday, the UConn women’s basketball team won its 71st consecutive game, which breaks the women’s record previously held by UConn itself. This accomplishment prompted many to debate the magnitude of the record. Here is my take, which was previously written on the blog (February 18th, 2010, “Why the UConn Women are so Good.”) Please excuse any […]
Why the UConn Women are so Good
Over the past few weeks, many ESPN and other college basketball analysts have been asked, “Why are the UConn women so good?” The answers have ranged from attributing the success to Geno Auriemma to attributing the success to the team talent and chemistry. While parts of these answers are correct, there is one big reason why […]