The top Bay Area college sports stories of 2008
Welcome to the first annual Hotline review of the biggest stories on the Bay Area college sports scene. It was a pretty amazing year until you compare it with what’s happened with the Raiders, Niners...
View ArticleMy midseason Bay Area awards and all-area team
Ok, maybe it should be called “The Hotline’s just-past-midseason Bay Area awards …”, because we actually hit the midseason mark a coupe weeks ago. In addition to awards for MVP, best coach, etc., I’ve...
View ArticleWCC basketball awards: Bryant, Foster and Reveno are big winners
The West Coast Conference just announced its award winners and all-league teams. Here’s the list: Player of the Year: Santa Clara’s John Bryant. He lost 30 pounds, got stabbed and was the most dominant...
View ArticleSanta Clara in the WCCs: It’s all about the turnovers
Santa Clara opens WCC tournament play tomorrow against either Loyola Marymount or San Diego … then would face Gonzaga in the semifinals … then would likely face St. Mary’s or Portland in the finals. I...
View ArticleBest of the 2008-09 Bay Area basketball season
Instead of ranking the locals, I wanted to post my end-of-season awards and all-area teams for the Bay’s six. But if I were doing one last ranking … Cal would be on top with second place vacant — St....
View ArticleAction/reaction: Butler’s loss is bad news for St. Mary’s and Arizona (and...
We’re a bit heavy on St. Mary’s here, but the Gaels have been the big news on the Bay Area college sports scene the past few days (and might be the big news Sunday, too). Action: Cleveland State beats...
View ArticleSigning day preview and roster updates for Cal, Stanford, SCU and SJSU
*** 3:10 p.m. update: Couple changes in the Cal and Stanford items: One clarification and one correction of an oversight on my part. And I’ll add updates if there is more recruiting news in the next 24...
View ArticleSanta Clara basketball: Roster matters and thoughts on the future
I checking in with SCU Coach Kerry Keating last week, hoping to get a handle on the Broncos’ ever-changing roster. He walked me through as many personnel matters as possible without discussing unsigned...
View ArticleNBA Draft preview: Bill Duffy speaks, I’m listening
Checked in with the Walnut Creek-based super-agent the other day, mostly to get a handle on the South Bay’s top only prospect, Santa Clara’s John Bryant. Duffy, a former SCU player himself, represents...
View ArticleNBA Draft winners and losers: The college perspective
Another big night for the Pac-10, as expected, but a surprisingly bad night for two west coast players with big names and, it seems, big flaws: Mills, Patrick; and Budinger, Chase. Yikes. But more on...
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