Category Archives: College basketball

Had to chance to meet U­­W basketball coach Danny Sprinkle on Saturday at an annual gathering of mostly way-past-their-prime basketball players, coaches and media-types. Sprinkle spoke to the 70th meeting of the “Northwest Basketball Legends” at the Washington Athletic Club, bringing renewed hope and optimism to a program that hasn’t sniffed the NCAA Tournament sinceContinue reading “An initial tall task at UW, and some thoughts on Danny Sprinkle”

Never daunted, we cannot falter In the battle, we’re tried and true Indiana, our Indiana Indiana we’re all for you! I-U! BLOOMINGTON, Indiana – Most of the 16,000-plus fans were clearly all for Indiana on a crisp, sunny Sunday afternoon here in the heart of the Hoosier State. That would include myself, admittedly a collegeContinue reading “Hoosier Hysteria”

I have a deep affinity for college basketball and football venues. It’s no secret to Vicki, our daughters (trust me, they have childhood memories of trips to college campuses to prove it), or anyone who knows me very well. For me, it’s as if the place the game is played is as interesting as theContinue reading “A visit to Indiana’s Cathedral of Basketball”

Oregon State basketball’s glory years, under the late, great – and chain-smoking – Ralph Miller These are heady times for Oregon State fans. The Beavers, picked in preseason to finish last in the Pac-12, won their first-ever conference tournament on Saturday night, thereby earning a rare appearance in the NCAA Tournament this week against Tennessee.Continue reading “When it was ‘Miller Time’”

The meteoric rise and fall of Bob Bender, Washington’s once promising, young college basketball coach. With apologies to soccer star David Beckham, no one could bend it like Bob Bender. He had it all. Good looks. Infectious personality. Energetic recruiter. A son of a successful high-school basketball coach. A standout player at Indiana and Duke,Continue reading “This one was a real mind Bender”