That’s Dan Jennings — not Jeninngs — of West Virginia, whose NOB was misspelled in yesterday’s game against Davidson. I suppose the lettering could have been done by a local …
Category: College Hoops
Cross-Dressing
There’s been a fascinating development over at IPFW — that’s Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne, whose teams are called the Mastodons (love that). They have a player named John Peckinpaugh, who’s …
“O” My God — What the Duck?
By Phil Hecken “Not seeing the forest for the trees?” “Oregon Being Oregon?” “What the Duck?” So many headlines went through my head when I first saw today’s splash photo. …
Rules, Bylaws, Logos, and a Lot More
As most of you have noticed by now, many of the new jerseys for the upcoming college hoops season have featured two new chest marks: a blue NCAA basketball logo …
Uni Watch Book Club: Basketball — The American Game
Two weeks ago I linked to two images of the Buffalo Braves’ inaugural road uniform. That prompted reader Johnny Woods to send me this action shot. He said it was …
BFBS PT. II
By Phil Hecken, with James Huening In a wonderful bit of serendipitous timing, the Arizona Cardinals broke some 100+ years of history on Thursday, introducing a black jersey and new …
One Man’s Treasure…
By Phil Hecken, featuring the memorabilia collection of Dan Martell A few weeks ago I got an E-mail from frequent Uni Watch “tweaker” Dan Martell, who you may remember from …
Numen Flumenque or “Go Barefoot in the Wet Grass”
By Phil Hecken, with Carl Schneeman Way back in January, I had the honor and pleasure of meeting a great bunch of folks at the Uni Watch Gathering in Minnesota, …
And in Another 25 Years They’ll Wear Gold Uniforms
Depressing scene last night in Chapel Hill, as UNC wore silver uniforms (lots of additional photos here and here). This was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jordan brand …
The Bluegarss State
The great thing about being the best player on a top-ranked team is that Nike is always making a fuss over you, coming up with new designs for your team, …
And They Lost Again Anyway
As if the Longhorns didn’t have enough problems on the court lately, last night they became the latest college hoops team to wear one Nike’s sublimated rear-jersey designs. If you …
Auction Action
When I attended the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland earlier this summer, I spent plenty of time lingering over the basketball jerseys shown at the Grey Flannel Auctions booth. …
Uni Watch Field Trip: A Visit to the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Pittsburgh was a visit to the Heinz History Center, which includes the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. I took a lot of …
Clean ’Plate Club
Okay, so the Pittsburgh party report will have to wait, because something really interesting happened late on Monday night (too late for me to write about it in time for …
Untucked Redux
Lots of folks have been sending in additional examples of basketball teams wearing untucked jerseys. The best story comes from reader Todd Tompkins, who recently checked in with the following: …