by gordie | Mar 5, 2022 | College Basketball
In the spring of 1975, Matt Brown was deep into his senior year at York Catholic High School and considering places where he might continue his basketball career. Villanova was recruiting him, he recalled over the phone the other day. Seton Hall, VMI and St. Peter’s,...
by gordie | Feb 26, 2022 | College Basketball
Glenn Stitzel admits to being blissfully unaware during one of the signature moments of his basketball career at Millersville University (then Millersville State College) over a half-century ago. Some context is in order, though. Playing for a team that ran...
by gordie | Feb 21, 2022 | College Basketball
Clearly Riiny Giir, a basketball player of some promise, needs to add weight, needs to carry more than the 185 pounds he currently carries on his 6-8 frame. But if Giir is carrying any additional burdens from all he has experienced in 20 years of life, he seems to...
by gordie | Jan 11, 2022 | College Basketball
Lee Melchionni left basketball behind a while back, having severed his player-agent ties to the game just over seven years ago and ending his on-court career well before that. Yet he still carries a good bit with him, even at age 37, even as he has settled into his...
by gordie | Apr 4, 2021 | College Basketball
The knee-jerk thing for a geezer like myself to say after Saturday’s Gonzaga-UCLA classic is that great as it was, it still doesn’t quite measure up to the 1992 Duke-Kentucky regional final. Gotta maintain perspective when it comes to a discussion of college...
by gordie | Mar 26, 2021 | College Basketball, MLB, Writing
On March 16, 2019, the East Stroudsburg University men’s basketball team lost an NCAA Division II first-round game to West Liberty, 106-99 in overtime. The silver lining for the Warriors that night at IUP was considerable, however: Freshman center Ryan Smith had...
