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"For some, this hand gesture means something else. On the bright side, a lot of potential students just think they learned something about the open-mindedness of UH girls." [Austinist] (H/T Eric) More »
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Before Greivis Vasquez can take his "poor man's Manu Ginobili" routine to the next round, he'll have to lance the proverbial boil that is Aubrey Coleman and the Houston Cougars. Make a sweat pun whenever Gary Williams is on screen. More »
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Quick looks at all the early afternoon conference tournament action. More »
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There are few things people enjoy more than listening to an angry parent complain about their kid's lack of playing time, but when it's a single-page, 16,000-word website with lots of CAPS LOCK, that's a different story. More »
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OK, you recall how Houston's Aubrey Coleman used Chase Budinger's face as a doormat on Sunday. Coleman was ejected and then suspended, but that's not the end of our story. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5141464&view=rss&microfeed=true Crowd noise can be a problem when you're on the road, but sometimes it affects the home team as well. Like when you're blitzing the quarterback and you don't hear the refs blow the play dead and suddenly you find yourself "unabated to the quarterback." And then, maybe you break his collarbone. It happens. More »
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As someone old enough to remember seeing "The Theisman Incident" on live TV, I like to consider myself an aficionado of horrifying bone-melting leg injuries. If you were watching the gridiron donnybrook between Houston and Marshall last night—and really, why would you be?—you witnessed one that will certainly get its own page in the "I can't look, no I must look!" scrapbook. More »
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1. Fluffin' Ain't Easy. Guess who's scored the most points in a D-I game this year. It's not Michael Beasley, it's not O.J. Mayo, and it sure as hell isn't Tyler "I can't get this look off my face" Hansbrough. No, it's Rob "Fluff" McKiver, who dropped 52 on Southern Miss to break Larry Bird's single-game record of 44 points scored at the Hof. Fluff, the nation's No. 11 scorer, is relishing the opportunity to play under the retired jerseys of some of the game's greats. UH boasts three of the NBA's 50 greatest players, and McKiver is proud to have his name mentioned alongside Otis Birdsong, Elvin Hayes, Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon. Phi Slama Jamma, maybe not, but I'd still bet there aren't a lot of 5- or 6-seeds that want to get "Fluffed," no matter what you may have heard about it. More »
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In a story we mentioned previously, Houston coach Tom Penders was assessed a technical foul after he collapsed onto the court due to a heart condition in a game against UAB on Sunday. Now Conference USA officials are blasting the officiating crew, who refused at the time to take back the technical, even though Penders was taken off on a stretcher. UAB hit two free throws and ended up winning the game by three. More »
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