Dennis Tuttle

One of the early Pink Panther episodes with classic torment of Big Nose. Great stuff.

@BaltimoreBanner Correction: Adrian Dantley is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer. He had a prolific career as a high-schooler, collegiate and NBA player. He’s a nice fellow but a godawful referee. Worst-kept secret among rec-level coaches and parents. Adrian’s motto: Let ’em play.

That ref at the Gaithersburg rec center? An NBA Hall of Famer buff.ly/Ylxk9bJ

@cliftoncommando @tony_pike15 Brannen had a terrific offense, but yeah, 50 years and counting back to Gale Catlett.

@tony_pike15 Gonna be nice to see a real offense.

Immediate thoughts?

@sidsinger @tony_pike15 Fans love to say the phrase “home run hire” when you don’t know jack about a guy until he’s done something on the floor. But I remember people being excited about Tony Yates, and John Brannen had a great system that exposed Cronin’s inabilities. But you’re right about Kennedy.

@tony_pike15 Most exciting hire in last 50 years of Bearcat Basketball. Huggs did not arrive w/big fanfare. People didn’t even want Mick, they wanted Andy. Everyone wanted Calhoun. Have we ever hired a guy coming in like this? Two straight tourneys, beat a BE team and almost upset AZ….? HR.

@Hunter_Bailey45 @theobserver As a N.C. native and Cincinnati alum, Miller is a good hire for Charlotte, where his long-time girlfriend works. He's a super guy and works hard. He can flat out recruit, but few developed. They were fundamentally inept. His offense never worked and game management is atrocious.

Charlotte was the perfect landing spot for Wes Miller, who heads back to his home state of North Carolina after five seasons with Cincinnati. Here's what Miller brings to the table in Charlotte, for @theobserver: charlotteobserver.com/sports/college…

@trillydonovan Pipe dream. Miller was never, ever, going to be UNC's head basketball coach. Ever, never. If you think Hubert Davis is a bad game manager, Wes Miller will make your eyes bleed.

In an alternate universe the Cincy job opens anyway because Wes takes North Carolina.

@CharlieG__ Are you saying spring stats weren't kept until 2006? If so, that's BS. The great #Reds pr manager Jim Ferguson had spring stats every year starting in the late '60s. I covered spring training 15 times in the '80s and '90s, and they always had stat sheets.

Spring training data for the Reds goes back to 2006. Matt McLain just became the first Red on record to homer seven times in a single spring.

@KyleTuckerCBB People have been moving to Greenville in droves the past 10 years.

I had no idea: Greenville, S.C., is an awesome city. Legit really cool downtown district. Great restaurants and good vibes. I feel like this is the best kept secret on the East Coast?

@bearcatmark1 @SSN_49ers Wes Miller never had an offense that worked, his players were fundamentally inept and didn't develop, and he's a terrible game coach. But other than that…

@SSN_49ers Hope it works. He had a pretty high floor at uc. Consistently great defenses. Never had the guards or the offense to win enough in the big 12. But I think he had some bad luck too

Per sources: Wes Miller will soon be announced as the 14th Charlotte Men’s Basketball Head Coach #Charlotte49ers #GoldStandard #NinerNation

@LukeEpplin I have self-published 25 titles for clients. We go through a hard, rigorous proofing process. It's exhausting. You're fried. Your eyes bleed. And sure as shit, a typo or wrong date or punctuation issue will pop up in the final product. You never look at that book again.

It never fails: you publish a book and within weeks the emails come in: "Hey, I liked your book and all, but on page 257, there's a typo that I want to call your attention to...." I don't understand this impulse to contact authors in this way.

@T3Bracketology @HPUMBB @BigSouthSports @HPUProwler @HighPointU @HighPointSports I was a Purple Panther from '78-'80. Two-thirds of what you see here didn't exist. My dorm was that first building on the left. You could walk from there to the the other side of campus in 10 minutes. Look at this place now. You need Uber and a wealthy parent to pay that tuition.

Learn about High Point! Location: High Point, NC Mascot: Panthers Students: 5.1K undergrads NCAAT: first ever tournament win Oh, and its campus + arena?😍

High Point is a small private school with deep pockets. Look up the tuition at that place. Be prepared to have your dentures fall out.

How 'bout them Purple Panthers of High Point!

@timpadams1 Nailed it. College basketball is in big trouble, and college football isn't far behind.

Looking at the schedule for the 16 NCAA Tournament games played today, and I have no real interest in any of them. I’m not sure what that says about me. Do I not really care that much about college basketball anymore? Do I miss the possible Cinderella stories? Are the games just not that compelling? Has all this NIL discussion ruined my interest? Or something else? I’m not really sure, but probably a combination of a few of those.

Longtime users are frustrated with X because it no longer works the way it used to. Back in the early days of Twitter, your reach was simple and direct. If you had 5,000 or 10,000,20,000 followers, your posts were delivered to them in real time. It was a true chronological feed—your tweets showed up in the order you posted them, and your audience actually saw your content. The “old” Twitter (pre-2016) was built around that real-time experience. Your voice reached the people who chose to follow you, without interference. Today, that’s no longer the case. X relies on an algorithm-driven, engagement-based feed, meaning even your own followers may never see your posts unless the system decides to prioritize them. That shift—from a guaranteed audience to an unpredictable algorithm—is why so many longtime users feel frustrated and disconnected.

@mgiannotto This was an unwatchable broadcast that I turned off at the half. A crucial game for two teams in the postseason, and this mess of a broadcast was turned into a rambling sportstalk show about themselves instead of the game in front of them. No applause here.

Anyone complaining about Dick Vitale calling his first NCAA Tournament game on TV last night has no soul. I found the many tangents between him and Barkley to be heartwarming after everything Dickie V has been through in recent years.

I remember those Austin Carr games at Notre Dame. He's from D.C., but he's not often remembered as one of the city's all-time greats. That usually goes to Dave Bing, Elgin Baylor, Sherm Douglas, and a neverending argument over the other two.

@RepStenyHoyer @RepSarahElfreth @RobWittman The retail price of the invasive blue cat is a drag on its eradication. People will buy it at a far more reasonable price, and in these inflationary times, the blue cat should be a bargain instead of going to waste.

The Chesapeake Bay is the beating heart of Maryland, and invasive blue catfish threaten the very ecosystems and communities that the watershed sustains. I was proud to join @RepSarahElfreth and Rep. @RobWittman on the MAWS Act and help secure passage of this vital legislation to protect our beloved Bay. hoyer.house.gov/media/press-re…

This looks like a perfect match for Wes Miller and Charlotte. He would breathe life into a moribund program. Also, Miller’s girlfriend works in Charlotte and Ol’ Roy wouldn't have to drive too fair to be his support blanket.

@bearcatbunch Miller's long-time girlfriend lives in Charlotte.

With Charlotte now in the AAC I think this would be a really good landing spot for former Cincinnati Bearcats HC Wes Miller