The college basketball season tips off this Friday, which means it’s time for my annual college hoops season preview, which is a bit of a monster — so many conferences …
Category: College Hoops
New Uniforms for the Vols
Click to enlarge Tennessee’s athletics department unveiled new uniforms yesterday. Although the new designs are department-wide (see above), the only ones most of you care about are for the football …
Adventures of a Uniform Manager
by Phil Hecken About a week ago I was approached by Uni Watch reader (and friend of Auburn uni-guru Clint Richardson) Thomas Northcutt, who had an idea for a story: …
Putting the ‘Argh!’ in Argyle (which doesn’t really apply here but I couldn’t resist saying it)
Click to enlarge UNC debuted new uniforms last night for all 28 of its teams, with two overriding themes: argyle and Carolina blue. Let’s start with the football team. The …
A (Not So) Sticky Situation
Click To Enlarge By Phil Hecken I hadn’t intended to be writing about the NCAA today, since today is Opening Day Night in baseball — and tomorrow the greatest day …
The Final Floor
Click to Enlarge By Phil Hecken, with Jim Vilk Yesterday we got our first look at this year’s Final Four floor, for the NCAA Tournament to be held in Indy …
Right or Left? Right or Wrong?
We all know by now that if an American flag patch or decal applied to the right sleeve or the right side of an object should always have the blue …
NCAA Uni Matchups – Round I
[CLICK TO ENLARGE] By Phil Hecken Everybody’s got a bracket, right? So why not one for the NCAA tourney? There have been some good looking (and some bad) matchups in …
Just in Time for March
For all of today’s photos, click to enlarge As you know, it’s physically impossible — impossible! — for a college basketball team to wear its normal uniform during the postseason. …
An Interesting Night for Color-on-Color Games
Color-on-color fans — a group in which I include myself — enjoyed a rare NBA/NCAA daily double last night. On the pro level, in the final game before the all-star …
Well, That Didn’t Take Long
The news of former college basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian’s death had barely hit the wires yesterday when the schools where he coached released the memorial patches that they’ll be wearing …
A Small Solution for a Big (East) Problem
Odd scene yesterday in Morgantown, as West Virginia hoops tweeted that they’d be wearing the gold jersey shown above for their afternoon game against Virginia Tech. But as many Uni …
Just When You Thought You’d Seen Everything…
Last week I mentioned how several college hoops players, especially on Under Armour-outfitted teams, were rolling up the waistbands on their shorts, maybe to make their shorts shorter or maybe …
Tip-Off Time for College Hoops Is Almost Here
The most unusual new college basketball uniform set for the coming season will be worn in Louisville, where the Cardinals have been given a highly unusual shorts design (the home …
Razorbacks Unveil New Unis — And This Time, Less Is More
[Editor’s Note: Greetings once more from Bristol. I was busy dealing with ESPN business yesterday (and will be doing more of the same today), so Phil handled today’s main entry. …