Author Archives: Jon Teitel

Happy Anniversary!: HoopsHD interviews Jim Corrigan and Carol Hudson about Odell Hodge

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Jon Teitel

CLICK HERE for today’s NEWS, NOTES, AND HIGHLIGHTED GAMES Ralph Sampson is probably considered the best college basketball player in the history of the commonwealth of Virginia, but Odell Hodge’s stats/awards at Old Dominion are also rather impressive. He began … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary!: HoopsHD interviews Ed DiGregorio about Jeff Covington

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Jon Teitel

CLICK HERE for the latest HOOPS HD BRACKET RUNDOWN Video Podcast where we build a seedlist line by line Washington, DC, has produced plenty of great basketball players over the past several decades: Elgin Baylor/Kevin Durant/Adrian Dantley/etc. Another DC native … Continue reading →

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You Ware It Well: HoopsHD interviews McDonald’s All-American Kel’el Ware

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Jon Teitel

If you want to win an NCAA title you usually need a good coach, a great resume…and a McDonald’s All-American. Only 3 championship teams since 1979 have not featured such a player (2002 Maryland/2014 UConn/2021 Baylor). The McDonald’s All-American Game … Continue reading →

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Mr. Smith Goes to Arkansas: HoopsHD interviews McDonald’s All-American Nick Smith Jr.

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Jon Teitel

If you want to win an NCAA title you usually need a good coach, a great resume…and a McDonald’s All-American. Only 3 championship teams since 1979 have not featured such a player (2002 Maryland/2014 UConn/2021 Baylor). The McDonald’s All-American Game … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday!: HoopsHD interviews Phil Martelli about Jameer Nelson

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Jon Teitel

The national POY award is often given to a player from a major conference (Duke’s Zion Williamson, Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, etc.), but occasionally a guy from outside the top conferences plays so well that there is no choice but to … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary!: HoopsHD interviews Hall of Famer Dan Issel

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Jon Teitel

Before the days of Kentucky big men like Karl-Anthony Towns/Anthony Davis there was Dan Issel. He never won a scoring title or conference POY award since his career overlapped with another decent player at LSU named Pete Maravich but he … Continue reading →

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