Jan. 21 – The Night in Hoops: And then there were none

Fatigued after a long night of basketball-watching and writing, I’ll try to keep tonight’s edition of “The Nights in Hoops” brief despite a full slate of action.

 

The biggest story of the night was the fall of the last of the unbeatens. Virginia Tech went to Winston-Salem and knocked off Wake Forest, 78-71, built primarily around good 2-point shooting (19-for-29, 65 percent) and 37 free-throw attempts. Despite making just 22 of those freebies, the Hokies were able to come away with the victory. The 2-point performance was especially notable against Demon Deacons team that entered the game 10th in the nation at 2-point defense (40.4 percent). Read More »


Jan. 15 – The Night in Hoops: DeRozan over Harden

I’m not sure about the best way to measure consistency, but Southern Cal has to be one of the most inconsistent teams around. The same team that lost to Seton Hall and Oregon State and nearly fell to San Francisco at home also played within one point of Oklahoma on the road and went down to the wire with UCLA on Sunday night. On Thursday night, USC finally got a scalp. Read More »