http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com Tue, 15 May 2012 03:02:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en since my last " end of the season" blog, there has been much activity regarding the basketball team. Several players have transferred out and several have signed on. There have been changes in the coaching staff as well. Many of you have asked me to provide my prospective on these ... http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/05/14/comings-and-goings-2/ last night, the basketball team and boosters held their annual end of the season banquet at the Hilton. As always, it was well attended and lots of fun .And, in my mind, its the official end to the 2011-2012 season and means the blog will go on summer recess ( ... http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/26/basketball-banquet/ all good things must come to an end. at least for the season. The final Hoopstalk radio show is tomorrow ( tuesday) at 7 pm on espn 1420. I want to take this ooportunity to thank all of you who have listened to the show this year. Its been great ... http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/23/final-radio-show/ The world of college basketball continues to amaze me with stories that just make you shake your head. just this week: 1. Indiana offers a basketball scholarship to an 8th grader. Yes, he is the brother of Indiana star Eric Gordon, and yes, he is already being recruited by Michigan State, ... http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/19/its-crazy-out-there/ One of the nice benefits of being a Booster Club member ( among others, you should all join), is to go to Board meetings and hear from the coaches. Yesterday, at a board meeting, Coach Fisher spoke about the returning players and the early signees. Not surprisingly, he was very optimistic ... http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/16/a-look-at-team-as-is/ Tonight on Hoopstalk at 7 pm on ESPN 1420, we will continue our tour of the Big West with an interview with UC Santa Barbara Head Coach Bob Williams. We will also talk to our Final Four Contest winner Brandon Matsuoka. As expected the first day of the National Signing period ... http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/12/tonight-on-hoopstalk/ tomorrow is the beginning of the Spring National Signing Day for Basketball. I wouldnt expect any signings by UH tomorrow. Coach Arnold is on his way to Europe and you can expect some visits from potential recruits the next few weekends. So what do we know " for sure". Hawaii ... http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/10/national-signing-day/ Well the results are in and the winner of this year's big Hoopstalk NCAA contest, and the more than 400 dollars in prizes that goes with it, is Brandon. He had Kentucky over Kansas in the final and ended up with 48 points. Brandon email me at jportnoy@cades.com to arrange ... http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/03/the-big-hoopstalk-winner/ i like Bill Self. I said he deserved to be the National Coach of the year and he is. but what was he thinking tonight when he decided to run with Kentucky. This game was over right then in the first minute. Kentucky leads at the half by 14. It ... http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/02/at-the-half-4/ after four days of perfect weather, the thunderstorms have hit downtown New Orleans 2 hours before game time. What should have been a 7 minute media bus ride to the Dome took 45 minutes. You know the ticket scalpers are really unhappy, as are the t-shirt vendors. but the ... http://hoopstalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/02/almost-game-time/