by Chris Maynard (collegebasketballnostalgic@gmail.com)
In the past week The College Basketball Nostalgic began its coverage of the 1997 NCAA Tournament, and I am happy to say that I was very pleased with the quality of content.
In case you missed anything this week, here's what I wrote.
In case you missed anything this week, here's what I wrote.
- In "Monday Memories," I detailed the impact that the 1997 NCAA Tournament had on my life at the time, and then shared some recollections that I still have from each day of games from that tourney. (Editor's Note: In reviewing the Carolina - Fairfield game, I realized that the Arizona - South Alabama game took place later than I realized. I have updated this information in the Monday post.)
- In the "Tuesday Turnover," I did a YouTube review of the 1997 NCAA Tournament, listing the games that are available online and creating a wish list of games that I would love to watch again or for the first time. I was happy to find two more games this week that I did not realize were on YouTube, UNC Charlotte's first and second games against Georgetown and Utah. I will be reviewing those games this week.
- In the "Wednesday Watch," I did a thorough game review of Coppin State's historic upset of South Carolina during the first round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament. This upset marked (at the time) just the third time since the field expanded to 64 teams that a No. 15 seed had defeated a No. 2 seed.
- In "Thursday Treasures," I thoroughly examined some of the gems that took place during Dean Smith's history tying 876th career win during during No. 1 seed North Carolina's tight contest a game No. 16 seed Fairfield Stags.
- In "Friday Foreshadowing," I did a box score analysis of the performances of various players during the first round of games in the 1997 NCAA Tournament.
- On Saturday, I decided to skip my weekly summary of college basketball events (I will begin that this coming week) and introduced my criteria for Super Squads, my 12-man dream teams for different universities throughout the last 20 years of NCAA Tournament play.
What's on Tap for this Week
While I am returning to school this week and will be working on setting up my classroom, I still have high hopes for providing outstanding content throughout the next 7 days.
Once the school year starts, I will be using the weekends to work on the coming week's content; thus why the weekend content may be a bit limited at times.
With that said, this week is going to feature a game review each day!
Monday, August 29, 2016:
1997 NCAA Tournament First Round, West Region: UNC-Charlotte 49ers vs. Georgetown Hoyas
In what would turn out to be John Thompson's final NCAA Tournament game, I will use this contest as a vehicle to discuss my experiences with Hoya Paranoia in a new version of "Monday Memories."
Tuesday, August 30, 2016:
1997 NCAA Tournament Second Round, Midwest Region: Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Iowa State
I will examine the controversial ending to this second-round game in a new edition of "Tragic Tuesdays."
Wednesday, August 31, 2016:
1997 NCAA Tournament Second Round, East Region: North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Colorado Buffaloes
In the latest "Wednesday Watch," I will break down this history-breaking game for Dean Smith, who became at the time the all-time winning college basketball coach in Division-I with the Tar Heels victory against Colorado.
Thursday, September 1, 2016:
1997 NCAA Tournament Second Round, West Region: Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Stanford Cardinal
The latest edition of "Thursday Treasures" will explore some of the gems that took place during Stanford's upset of Wake Forest in Tim Duncan's final collegiate game.
Friday, September 2, 2016:
1997 NCAA Tournament Second Round, West Region: Utah Utes vs. UNC Charlotte 49ers
In my first edition of Friday Favorites, I will use this second-round game against Utah as a vehicle to describe my surprising and unlikely affinity for UNC-Charlotte at this time of my life.
Saturday, September 3, 2016: Saturday Summary
I will include some links to the major stories in college basketball from the concluding week in the very first edition of "Saturday Summary."
With all of this content planned, here's to another great week at The College Basketball Nostalgic.
Once the school year starts, I will be using the weekends to work on the coming week's content; thus why the weekend content may be a bit limited at times.
With that said, this week is going to feature a game review each day!
Monday, August 29, 2016:
1997 NCAA Tournament First Round, West Region: UNC-Charlotte 49ers vs. Georgetown Hoyas
In what would turn out to be John Thompson's final NCAA Tournament game, I will use this contest as a vehicle to discuss my experiences with Hoya Paranoia in a new version of "Monday Memories."
Tuesday, August 30, 2016:
1997 NCAA Tournament Second Round, Midwest Region: Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Iowa State
I will examine the controversial ending to this second-round game in a new edition of "Tragic Tuesdays."
Wednesday, August 31, 2016:
1997 NCAA Tournament Second Round, East Region: North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Colorado Buffaloes
In the latest "Wednesday Watch," I will break down this history-breaking game for Dean Smith, who became at the time the all-time winning college basketball coach in Division-I with the Tar Heels victory against Colorado.
Thursday, September 1, 2016:
1997 NCAA Tournament Second Round, West Region: Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Stanford Cardinal
The latest edition of "Thursday Treasures" will explore some of the gems that took place during Stanford's upset of Wake Forest in Tim Duncan's final collegiate game.
Friday, September 2, 2016:
1997 NCAA Tournament Second Round, West Region: Utah Utes vs. UNC Charlotte 49ers
In my first edition of Friday Favorites, I will use this second-round game against Utah as a vehicle to describe my surprising and unlikely affinity for UNC-Charlotte at this time of my life.
Saturday, September 3, 2016: Saturday Summary
I will include some links to the major stories in college basketball from the concluding week in the very first edition of "Saturday Summary."
With all of this content planned, here's to another great week at The College Basketball Nostalgic.