Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label UMass

Cs looking to hunt Bucks

      Cs take on the Bucks this fine Sunday afternoon. With that said they came out with a solid win. JB ended up with thirty points and thirteen rebounds. JB is having a career year and really deserves to be MVP. Things are shaping up for JB to have another incredible post season run. In most of these possible playoff matchups he will be the best player on the floor. That includes playing the top ranked Pistons. No one in the East scares me whatsoever. JB will be looking to show the entire NBA why he deserves to be talked about as a top ten player.       Anfernee Simons with twenty seven points, he's been absolutely incredible off the bench this season. The Cs have always found players with nasty skill sets off the bench. He should be in the conversation for 6th man of the year. What I don't want is the Cs trading him over money. I want to see what he can do if and when JT comes back. I know this roster is lacking with a true big man, but I like this ...

The 1996 UMass team should have won it all.

       This site that I'm lucky to write for is usually all about the beloved Boston Celtics, with a few pieces about other special players and teams. If you grew up in the 90s, UMass Basketball was at its peak . The greatest team they put together was the 96 Final Four team . The NCAA may have"taken it away" but this writer has the VHS tapes and memories to prove it! This team should have won it all!      Let's look at their coach, to each his own with opinions about him. For this writer he brought so much success, enjoyment, and memories to UMass hoops. He made UMass a power house! They had some of the most hard working and exciting teams in the 90s! John Cali[ari was a hard worker himself, which was evident in his teams!       Now we dive into the starting five. Marcus Camby could do it all on the floor. He could post you up, knock down midrange shots, and when need be go get that Alley OOP and bring the hurt to the rim! Defen...