NBA Playoffs: 2nd Round Wraps

By 1973, Al McGuire had Marquette basketball settled into a pattern which was mostly good, with a bit of a downside. McGuire churned out nationally competitive teams, won high-profile regular season battles and was a regular in an NCAA Tournament that then invited just 25 teams. He would successfully advance in the NCAA bracket. But […]

Florida football was riding high in 2009. The last three seasons had seen Urban Meyer’s program win a national title in 2006, Tim Tebow capture the Heisman Trophy in 2007 and then win another national championship in 2008. The 2009 Florida Gators played to these standards—except for one showdown game that left them short of […]

The Boston Celtics came into 1977 as the gold standard of the NBA. They were the defending champions and had won two of the previous three titles. This was on top of a long dynastic run with Red Auerbach and Bill Russell preceding. But the league was changing. A merger with the American Basketball Association […]

By 1972, Marquette basketball had settled into a consistent pattern under Al McGuire. Over the past four years, they had grown into nationally elite program, but one that was still seeking its first Final Four trip. The 1972 Marquette Warriors were in position to get that breakthrough, until one of the more dramatic early departure […]