Courtside Post

By Peter Williams

As the men’s college basketball season approaches its end, the annual spike in the attrition rate of failing NCAA coaches makes for an intriguing sub-plot amidst the March Madness hoopla. For Norm Roberts and the St. John’s Red Storm, this spike has come to mean bad news. After six years, a 81-101 record, and zero tournament appearances, the St. John’s coach has been cast to the unemployment lines leaving a highly desired vacancy in New York City. While revered as one of the classiest coaches in the college game, Roberts struggled to bring in top players from the talent rich AAU system in New York, causing he and the Red Storm to fall to the back of the bus in the Big East Conference. As we see class and integrity walk out the door at St. John’s, Roberts’ firing begs the question: is a big name coach with loose recruiting morals the key to success for St. John’s in the Big Apple?

by Guest Contributor Brittni Michaelis
Jayson Williams, the former first round draft pick and star of the New Jersey Nets, pleaded guilty today to aggravated assault that resulted in the accidental death of his limo driver Costa Christofi in 2002.
Standing at 6’9 and 250 lb., Williams had a successful career with the Nets from 1992-1999, all [...]