Author Archives: Brendan Loy DU

“Climbing new peaks,” or re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic?

I swear I didn’t know any Hawaii/MWC/Big West deal was in the works when, on Wednesday, the day before news broke of Hawaii’s likely defection, I posted my article, “Is Denver too excited about joining the WAC?” But the Hawaii news certainly makes that post look unexpectedly prescient. In it, I wrote: [A] conference must have six core members, who… Read more »

Colorado State 77, Denver 66

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Game recaps: Denver Post Mile High Hoops Coloradan (Fort Collins) Rocky Mountain Collegian (CSU student paper) DenverPioneers.com (DU official site) CSURams.com (CSU official site) LetsGoDU (DU fan blog)

Denver vs. Colorado State liveblog

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I’ll be live-tweeting tonight’s game from Magness Arena, and you can follow along right here, thanks to Cover It Live. The game starts at 7:00 PM Mountain Time, but I’ll start tweeting a while before that. You can also listen on the radio here, or watch on FSN Rocky Mountain. To join in the conversation, tweet something “@brendanloy,” and it’ll… Read more »

DU student leaders put on “Spirit Night” for Colorado State game

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The vice president of DU’s Student Spirit Committee, Joey Leon, e-mailed me tonight and asked if I’d be willing to post their flyer about tomorrow’s game on my blog. Although it’s finals week at DU, they’re trying to encourage students to come to the home opener against Colorado State by putting on a “Spirit Night” that apparently features various prizes… Read more »

Is Denver too excited about joining the WAC?

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Last Thursday, the University of Denver threw a press conference, and a party broke out. DU’s announcement that 10 of its 17 teams, including its basketball programs, were joining the Western Athletic Conference in 2012-13, was a lot more than just some suits standing at a podium, taking questions. I was on the fence about whether to attend until basketball… Read more »

A Red Line Upset etiquette question

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As fellow readers of The Mid-Majority know, a “Red Line Upset” happens whenever a team whose conference sits below the “Red Line” beats a team whose conference sits above it. “RLUs,” as the cool kids call them, are a central focus of TMM and its readers during November and December — there’s a Twitter account singularly devoted to tracking them,… Read more »

A Brief History of BALLZ

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Alternative title: “In Which I Rename My BALLZ.” About that stuffed basketball pictured above, and in the new Pioneer Post Pulse masthead image… a bit of backstory is needed, for readers who aren’t familiar with Kyle Whelliston (primer here) and the official mascot of his Mid-Majority blog, Bally B. Basketball. Bally, you see, has been Kyle’s faithful companion on the… Read more »