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I've been a Wake fan since the mid 80s. That's Staak, Odom, Skip, Dino, Voldemort (or he who shall not be named), and DM. I don't think I have ever seen a Wake team that was consistently good against a zone defense.

I skipped over a bunch of the middle of this so maybe there is some repetition. A quick exposition of my views about paying players in college sports-- 1) College athletes are necessary to provide a product that lots of people want -- college sports. It is a truism to say there are no college...

Profs like are us are the ones most likely to agree about the over-proliferation of Deans and their little Deanlets. If there is one thing that makes higher education better, it is middle management asking us to form committees and write reports instead of teaching and researching.

Also, midfield has issues.

I received my PhD from Duke (2006, so it's been a while) and taught a number of athletes during my time. Yes, including some basketball players. I was not aware of any athletes taking classes at NCCU. In major sports, only a very small minority would have been accepted strictly on academic...

I believe the person who told me has reported what he heard accurately. I have no idea if his source is as well connected as he claims. I think resignation is a good strategy, even if it is just pretty face on being fired. With a "resignation", I am sure that Wake can better structure the timing...

I've heard (at best) third hand that Buzz submitted his resignation yesterday. This would make an announcement likely when Wellman is done with selection committee stuff. I have no ability to vouch for source. Interpret however you see fit.

I think we should try the unusual strategy of a staff made completely of former Clemson head coaches (Barnes, Purnell, Shyatt, and Ellis). TO decide who is head coach, a pay-per-view MMA tournament amongst the four. We use the ppv money to buy out Buzz. Tourney winner is head coach. (Obviously...

Here are a couple of names others are not talking about: 1) Larry Krystkowiak, currently head coach at Utah. Solid turn around since he got there three years ago. Got Montana to the NCAAs twice. Lots of NBA experience. Great story of personal triumph over adversity (Laimbeer's cheap shot). I'm...

Lazlo Hollyfeld is a crafty dude.

Thanks for the kind words, Ph. I'll try to post a little more often. I just took a new job at the University of Exeter in the UK. I don't have quite as much board time as I might otherwise enjoy. I know it's a crazy move after getting tenure in the US (especially with two young children), but we...

Actually, they probably could. Impeachment is just a majority vote of the House. As far as I can tell, there is no requirement that impeachment charges be factual. BUt the idiocy of the strategy is that impeachment (indictment) by the House would lead to a trial in the Senate. Obama would be...

That's actually a pretty clever argument and strict constructionist to the extreme -- because the founders wrote "and" instead of "or", failure to do all three invalidates taxes. So, Congressional authority rests on the choice of conjunction. Of course, if they had written "or", then one could...

I think we're talking past each other--I can't really answer that for this specific project because I have no way of knowing who is a Wake person and who isn't. When I do studies with undergrads at my current university (which is neither Wake nor Duke), it can be as low as 50%. Nationally...

The problem with studies like mine is that we are trying to focus on one small aspect of behavior. There are lots of factors that shape outcomes, but we usually have to focus on one small piece at a time. There is nothing wrong per se about your scenarios, but the bargaining I'm referring to...

It's hard to say because we didn't include any questions that would allow me to know for sure. Probably about 10-15% of the respondents for this pilot study came from somewhere else.

We do not automatically disregard any responses. We ask it to get a sense of whether people are paying attention--we have it in case we need it. We can take this into account in the analysis, especially if during the peer review process someone asks how we know people paid attention...

We do not automatically disregard any responses. We ask it to get a sense of whether people are paying attention--we have it if we need it. We can take this into account in the analysis. Here's the basic conclusion--people affiliated with Wake pay attention. Over 80% answered that question...

I would like to thank everyone for helping pilot my study before I conduct it with a nationally representative sample. Your responses have been extremely helpful. So, as promised, here is the point (and basic results) of the study. We are examining a theory called "Audience costs" which...

I would like to thank everyone for helping pilot my study before I conduct it with a nationally representative sample. Your responses have been extremely helpful. So, as promised, here is the point (and basic results) of the study. We are examining a theory called "Audience costs" which...