I have made this selection knowing perfectly well that it may ruffle some feathers in the anti-pop crowd. A large number of audiophiles with high tastes would immediately dismiss LP as a group that rode out the wave of late-90’s rap-rock long past its logical conclusion. What they don’t realize, as far as I’m concerned, is […]
Month: December 2006
Mobile jfwiii now available
Thanks to the work of Alex King and his wonderful WordPress plugins, I now have a mobile version of this blog available if you’re viewing from a WAP or other mobile browser. I just got a Sony Ericsson w810i from Cingular myself (I love it, if you’re looking for a new phone), and I got […]
#5 – Collective Soul
Although I suppose someone could argue that Collective Soul is not a contemporary band, I’m going to take the liberty of putting them on my list. For the last 12 years or so, no band has written more consistently solid rock songs. They occasionally have some deeper meaning, and sometimes their skill is outstanding, but […]
Hall in the Daily Citizen
I’ll link to the Harding Sports page, but the story is from Searcy’s Daily Citizen. Kelly Fenton tells the story of Matt Hall’s rehab and explains how he’s now a marked man in the GSC after winning the Player of the Year award as a sophomore. This got me thinking about an interesting part of […]
#6 – Sister Hazel
It’s been two months since my last contribution, but I haven’t forgotten my list of top 10 contemporary bands. I started this thing way back in August, so here’s a quick recap: 10. Death Cab for Cutie/The Postal Service 9. Muse 8. Audioslave 7. Franz Ferdinand Number six on the list is Sister Hazel, who pretty […]
Yet another single-possession loss in Hawaii
The Bisons fell last night 67-65 to Hawaii Pacific in their final game before the holidays, capping off a frustrating five-game losing streak. Luckily, the Bisons have a tune-up game against Central Baptist on January 4th that will almost certainly get their non-conference record over .500 and break the losing streak before the conference season […]
Bisons fall again in a close game to #19 BYU-Hawaii
The score was 75-72, and BYUH had to come from behind to pull out the home win. This makes four losses in a row for the 6-5 Bisons. Here are all the stats: Team stats: HU BYUH +/- Eff 95.4 96.8 -1.4 TS% 55.9 61.0 -5.2 OR% 43.8% 23.1% 20.7% TR 24.2 23.3 0.9 […]
Drury overtakes Bisons in final minutes to win 85-82
At long last, I have a review of Friday night’s game against Drury, but I feel compelled to share the reason for my delay. Melissa’s car was stolen at some point Sunday night, and when you add that to the stress of trying to close on our house, well, it’s been a rough few days. […]
Revisiting Dean Oliver
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve recorded basketball stats on this site using Dean Oliver’s methodology, so I guess it’s time for a quick primer on his methodology. What Oliver does with his individual ratings is ultimately not that different from the stats I currently track using John Hollinger’s method. I respect the […]
A player rating quandary
Over the past few season, I’ve been trying to figure out a good way to rate players individually. At first, I came up with something on my own, but then I realized that other good metrics were already out there. First, I came across Dean Oliver’s methods, which he detailed in his book, Basketball on […]
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