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Mike Miller

Mike Miller has been NBCSports.com's college basketball editor since 2003. It's a position he relishes; no wonder considering he transferred to Kansas to watch Paul Pierce play. Most of his favorite sports memories involve college hoops, usually during March, when every waking moment is spent thinking about March Madness.



College hoops blogs bring it

Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:16 PM

Maybe I’m biased, but the best sports blogs out there are usually about college hoops.

Two of my favorites – and two of the best, period – are Rush the Court and Yahoo! Sports’ The Dagger. Both blogs excel at finding aspects of news stories others might overlook and turning them into insightful, excellent reading.

Take Tuesday, for example.

Rush the Court had five postings, including a great section on the ACC “preparing to propose NCAA legislation that will allow players considering the NBA draft only ten days from the date of the NCAA Championship game to decide on whether they’re staying in school.”

The gist: ACC coaches think athletes have too much time to decide if they’re going to stay in school, and it messes with recruiting. Coaches hate it, so let’s get rid of it! Good stuff.

The Dagger tends to focus on the lighter side of college hoops. Like Indiana hiring an athletic director with no previous experience in athletic departments (who needs experience?) or Gary Williams miffed at the media for burying Maryland before the season begins (the Terps are not irrelevant!).

Gotta love it.

What hoop blogs are you reading?

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Mike - thanks for the kind words.  Your $50 check is in the mail.  :-)  For the sake of throwing some love around, we also like Northwestern Wins, March to Madness, Storming the Floor and 0:35 when they're going at full bore.  
I'm glad you addressed this topic.  Just a few days ago, I spent a couple hours looking for the best college basketball blogs/sites and added them to my favorites:

Andy Katz's ESPN Blog
Beyond the Arc
Collegehoops.net
Gary Parrish's CBS Blog
Luke Winn's SI Blog
Mike DeCourcy's SN Blog
YoCo Hoops
Also a big fan of Storming the Floor.
Ballin is a Habit is another one I've started to check every day, and I'm excited for the MidMajority to be up and running on Nov. 1.


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