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2011/12 NBA Awards: First Quarter Mark

foxyjj@sympatico.ca (Jeff Fox) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:26:20 +0000

It just seems like yesterday that we all were enjoying the NBA lockout and all of the sudden - poof - we are already a quarter of the way through the NBA season. To mark the occasion, The Hoops Manifesto has gathered together the best basketball minds at Bloguin to vote on the early season leaders for MVP, Rookie of the Year and All-NBA honors. The envelopes, please. Voting Panel:...

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NCAA Fab Four Plus One: Jan 22nd

foxyjj@sympatico.ca (Jeff Fox) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:34:36 +0000

Every other Sunday The Hoops Manifesto and our esteemed voting panel come together to vote on the four teams with the inside track to play in the building pictured above next March, our Fabulous Four, plus the best team from a non-BCS conference. We present to you the Fab Four Plus One - because who has time to read a list of 25 teams. Voters: Jeff Fox from The Hoops Manifesto,...

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The Real Big Three Rankings: 2012, Vol 1

foxyjj@sympatico.ca (Jeff Fox) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:30:42 +0000

(Who doesn't belong here? Hint - it's NOT Mario Chalmers) I iintroduced my Real Big Three Rankings last season to determine whether Miami's much ballyhooed trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh really was the NBA's top threesome. The math behind it was fairly simple - I took the three top Win Share (yes, I'm a fan of that...

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Age Is Just A Number

foxyjj@sympatico.ca (Jeff Fox) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:56:15 +0000

This compressed, lockout-shortened NBA season was supposed to be discriminatory against one group of players in particular - the aged. The theory was that the NBA's equivalent of that bald, hairy-backed, smelly, goggle-wearer old guy you play pickup against and who fouls too often were going to have a hard time with this brutal, 66-game schedule, what with the back-to-back-to-back games and...

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NCAA Frosh Tracker: Volume 2

foxyjj@sympatico.ca (Jeff Fox) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:09:11 +0000

Another NCAA basketball season, another crop of highly touted freshman. Much was expected of this year's class of 18-year-olds, but have they delivered in the early going? Here are updates of the consensus top 10 freshman this season.

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