Posts by Shane Ryan

  • Seth Curry #30 of the Duke Blue Devils

    The Hardcourt Shuffle: Seth Curry’s Wonder-Half, Florida’s Latest Collapse

    I want to make a bold statement today, but first, let’s have some fun and check out the highlights from what I’m calling “Seth Curry’s Wonder-Half.” In the first 20 minutes against North Carolina on Saturday night, he went 8-for-10 from the field, scored 18 points, and propelled the Blue Devils to a 42-24 halftime […]

  • Duke's Seth Curry and Ryan Kelly

    The Hardcourt Shuffle: The Weekend’s Top 10 Games

    Confession time: I have a bad relationship with GIFs. I’m 100 percent alone on this one, I know, especially among young Internet sports types. But to me, GIFs are like “Harlem Shake” videos — hilarious visual gag at first, until you become so inundated that you go numb and begin to hate the person who […]

  • Victor Oladipo #4 of the Indiana Hoosiers

    Ohio State’s Unlikely Revenge at Indiana

    The game that changed my mind about no. 2 Indiana and made me realize that maybe the Hoosiers weren’t overrated, came on February 10, when I saw them play in Columbus, Ohio. That road win was so dominant, and so clear-cut, that the critiques previously leveled against Indiana — poor perimeter defense outside Victor Oladipo, […]

  • Stevens/Smart

    Whiz Kids

    Shaka Smart, Brad Stevens, and the promise of Butler and VCU basketball in a wide-open year.

  • Duke's Ryan Kelly and Miami's Shane Larkin

    The Hardcourt Shuffle: A White Raven Leads Duke Over Miami

    Nobody knew for sure whether Ryan Kelly would play against no. 5 Miami on Saturday. After Duke’s loss to Virginia in Charlottesville, the incentive was certainly there. The Blue Devils were reeling; the team’s perimeter defense was almost nonexistent, and Mason Plumlee had almost fully devolved into a state of Plumbledum after masquerading as a […]

  • Michigan's Trey Burke

    The Hardcourt Shuffle: The Weekend’s Top 10 Games

    Today is the first of March, and so I wish you a Happy March Day. March Day is the lesser-known cousin of May Day, which is a pagan holiday celebrated on May 1. But March Day is far more important because it means we’re getting close to the most essential time of year: The Madness. […]

  • Wisconsin Badgers Head Coach Bo Ryan

    Three Ways to Fix the Ugliness of College Basketball

    I love college basketball. I love it the way a mother loves her evil little spawn, the one that everyone else in the neighborhood is pretty sure will end up in prison by age 20. I’m a dyed-in-the-wool supporter, and I’ll probably never change. I don’t know why. Maybe I’m a masochist. Whatever the disease, […]

  • James Southerland

    Hardcourt Shuffle: Looking Ahead to the Week’s Top 10 Games

    Dear Shuffle-uffaguses, First, I wanted to tell you that I’ll be calling anyone who reads this column a “Shuffle-uffagus.” It seemed like the coolest choice. Second, I have to report that I’ve been on a golf course all weekend — watching and reporting on the action down in Arizona — so I watched exactly zero […]

  • Matt Kuchar

    The Secrets of Match Play

    Witnessing Matt Kuchar’s magic and Ian Poulter’s ferocity at the Accenture Match Play Championship.

  • Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland

    Rory and Tiger Falter at the Match Play Championship

    Tuesday night, I found myself with a group of fellow writers and assorted vagabonds at a Tucson Steakhouse called Lil Abner’s. It was one of those rustic meat-and-potato joints with long wooden tables, no formal menu, and rusted barn relics hanging on the walls. (If it’s any recommendation, John Daly used to park his bus […]

Load More Results