2023 CUSA Basketball Championships, or "Hoops at the Star"
Folks, This newsletter has been a failed experiment. In that way I suppose it is very much like the league it covered: understaffed, underfunded, under-...
A Fun Night in CUSA
Last newsletter we mentioned Western struggling. Since, they have won two, including a very impressive win in Birmingham, Alabama. So it goes. CBB is always...
Western Kentucky is 'In A Storm'
Bowling Green – The traveling Mean Green fans, about ten in total, were nervous. Surely, the Tops couldn’t lose three league games in a row? As North Texas...
FAU: For Real
A little preview of the kind of thing we are publishing, folks. Open up your wallet and subscribe. Florida Atlantic have won eleven straight. Naysayers – and...
Don't Ask Stupid Questions
Mike Gundy is going viral again. He said “I might have to cut you out” in response to a rambling, uncertain question about if he planned to make any staff...
How Good Is FAU?
Out on the twitter, I had casually mentioned the big NT-FAU game coming up on the 29th, and someone responded "FAU? They beat Florida. They aren't any good".
Pre-Conference Play Snapshot
Like most of you hoop-heads, I saw a little of Louisville vs WKU and can say that while there are a lot of reasons to not freak out, consider that it is very...
Grab Bag of Thoughts
It has been busy at CR HQ. In preparation of the conference start, we've been watching a lot of basketball. Some things that stand out thus far?
UNT's Seth Littrell Fired
Seth Littrell was fired after a 44-44 record in Denton, 0-2 in league title games, and 0-5 in bowl games. His teams qualified for six, but will not be...
UTSA Champions
San Antonio, TX – Jeff Traylor called this season his favorite “for a number of reasons” and listed injuries, adversity and reference some mystery things...
Championship Dispatch, Links
SAN ANTONIO, TX – The air was foggy upon arrival into the city. There is a slight buzz for the game, simply judging by the number of interactions had while...
New Coaches In The League
Apologies for the late thoughts, as CR was traveling to San Antonio for the C-USA Championship Football game. UAB hired Trent Dilfer. FAU hired Tom Herman....
Playoff Expansion
The Rose Bowl was blocking the negotiations but has backed off their hardline stance for guarantees, reports Sports Illustrated. That means we will have an...
Silly Season
In this piece we discuss UAB and North Texas. Subscribe for access to the paid-newsletters! We send out one or two that are free, but as basketball season...
2022: UTSA vs UNT Championship Preview
We published a preview on the actual website this time. Check it out! link
Championship Game Set, Taggart Fired
UTSA will host UNT (again) in the league title game on December 2nd, at 6:30 pm. The Roadrunners knew they would host coming into this weekend, but were...
A Little Hoops Discussion
This is a free post. Sign up for the newsletter and pay a nominal fee for all the writing I hope you all had a great of a Thanksgiving as I did. I had family...
Blowouts Before The Storm
The week that was:
We Interrupt Your Programming For a Basketball Post
The basketball season started, and while there is plenty of time before conference play in earnest begins, it is a good idea to set the stage. I realize many...
Everything Is Clearer Now
November brings clarity to a football season. By this time, we have had contenders -- or pretenders -- reveal themselves and test themselves on the field.