Nick Fasulo is an RTC correspondent who writes the column College Basketball By the Tweets, a look at the world of college hoops through the prism of everyone’s favorite social media platform. You can find him on Twitter @nickfasuloSBN.
Big/Fat Heads are all the rage in college basketball student sections these days. Personally, I believe that deviating from mainstream, easy-to-identify faces with more obscure mugs deserve bonus points. A tip of the cap, Seminole fans:
Brad Stevens is Probably a Great Person
By all accounts, The former Butler head coach is an incredible individual. Here he is visiting former player Andrew Smith after he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Yes, that means Stevens made an impromptu trip from Boston to Indy last week to check in on a friend.
Bayloring
In college football it is “Clemsoning”, but in college hoops it is “Bayloring.” Sure, the Bears were able to pull out a win Monday night over a floundering Oklahoma State squad, but this move to keep the door open by allowing overtime is just SMH 10x.
And because school athletic departments are so adorable with their “rah-rah” philosophy that sometimes blissfully ignores the honest truth…
“Tyler Ennis” Jersey For Sale
Following a heroic buzzer-beating shot by the precocious Tyler Ennis, the Orange social media ninjas forgot about the whole business model of the NCAA. This was an obvious social media #fail.
Tongue in cheek for sure, but there are somewhat clever ways to promote “Ennis” jerseys
Arizona and Court Rushings
There was a high volume of varied reaction following Arizona State’s upset win over Arizona on Friday night. It was weird, for lack of a better term, and caused a stir that forced the Pac-12 to release a statement on how the officials handled the end of the game. But for all the sentiment this double-overtime thriller produced, there is one single fact to be cognizant of:
Wild season so far for the team from Tucson.