By: Brett Stover Welcome to my first column for KCOU Sports. I’m the News Director here as well, but this is my space to share a collection of takes about the NBA. Hopefully they’ll be good, but I can guarantee you they’ll be hot. 5 – MVP Candidates 5. Steph Curry 4. Kevin Durant […]
By: Eric Graves The Southland Conference got thrown into the spotlight last season when it’s champion, Stephen F. Austin made a run in the NCAA tourney. Stephen F. Austin upset West Virginia in the first round in and then lost at the buzzer to Notre Dame in the round of 32. Stephen F. Austin has […]
By: Langston Newsome Favorite To Win: Connecticut Huskies After winning the American Athletic Conference Tournament last year in a 72-58 victory over Memphis; UCONN is in prime position to become the conference’s first repeat champion. The Huskies have dominated this newly formed conference appearing in every AAC basketball tournament final. UCONN return three crucial […]
By: Daniel Yelovich Drama always ensues after countless disappointing seasons in Philadelphia. This season, they are off to a rough 0-7 start after losing #1 draft pick Ben Simmons to a foot injury ending his season. The Sixers have 4 reliable players all in the front court with unlimited potential: Joel Embiid has played tremendously […]
By: Spencer Quist The Atlantic Coast Conference is a powerhouse. This is not new news, but it is important to understand going into this basketball season. The amount of depth and versatility that teams have in this conference are left unmatched, with legitimate tournament contenders stretching to at least the bottom three teams. This is […]
By: Spencer Quist Well, this is something isn’t it? We are about 9 games into the NBA season and the surprises have been abundant. The self-proclaimed “Super-teams”, being the New York Knicks and Golden State Warriors, are a combined 10-6. James Harden is a point guard and is the league leader in assists. DeMar DeRozan […]
By: Jack Parodi For this week’s NBA column, I will go into depth about each and every team in the NBA and how they have been performing so far this year as well as an outlook for the rest of the season. Atlanta Hawks (6-2) This offseason, the Hawks made one of the more interesting […]
By: Ben Burke The Iona Gaels have been a major presence in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference the last four years, either winning or finishing runner up in the conference tournament the last four seasons. However, though Iona still has a good team, last year’s top scoring team in the conference is sitting at third […]
By: Justin Bjorseth It is a conference that has seen its share of cinderella stories in the past. Just last year, it was Northern Iowa who took part in two of the most thrilling games of the entire NCAA tournament. The red hot Panthers stunned the Texas Longhorns on a half court shot at the […]
By: Grant Pomatto While the conversation around Chicago will be about the new World Series Champions, the Bulls are trying their best to shift the focus of the town on them and make sure we still haven’t forgotten about our beloved Bulls. The Bulls have gotten off to their best start since the ’96-’97 team […]