Don’t be surprised if the Head Coach Dan Vanhooren has the Dinos playing a lot more small ball this season. That tends to happen when two of your key big men aren’t playing. While this year’s edition of the men’s basketball squad has an embarrassment of riches in the backcourt, the loss of would-be fifth-year… Continue reading Down not out
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Men’s Basketball
Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all. While there were a few off-season acquisitions by the University of Calgary men’s basketball program, the key to their summer was the time off–time to heal. With last season seeing starters falling faster than shares of Nortel, the team limped through the last few weeks… Continue reading Men’s Basketball
Dinos are doing it, just doing it
The University of Calgary athletic teams are ready for another season of competition and they plan to look good. Dinos volleyball and basketball teams will begin the 2001/2002 season with a new agreement in place with Planet Sports Group, under which the teams will sport brand new Nike apparel. According to Lisa Bacigalupi in Dinos… Continue reading Dinos are doing it, just doing it
New weapons for the arsenal
Dan Vanhooren is a happy man, all things considered. After a season riddled with injuries and bad luck, the second-year Dinos’ mens basketball Head Coach has a couple of highly-touted new recruits joining the fold next season. Calgary native Chris Wright, a forward from William Aberhart High School, and Mark Gillirie, a guard from Ladysmith,… Continue reading New weapons for the arsenal
Hoop dreams, injuries
Men’s Hoops – Lawrence Bailey Talent: B+ A recruiting coup brought highly-touted Whit Hornsberger to join prolific scorer John Riad in the Dinos backcourt this season. With a solid cast of returning players the stage was set for a breakthrough. While this didn’t happen, the talent cannot be blamed. Solid all-around seasons were turned in… Continue reading Hoop dreams, injuries
Varsity twister?
By Еvan Osentоn
After a controversial 17-hour meeting on March 28, the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union New Sport Accreditation Council announced the certification of Twister as a varsity sport. The decision to accredit the popular Milton Bradley game instantly resonated throughout the country as 165 universities and colleges–including the University of Calgary–announced their intent to participate in the… Continue reading Varsity twister?
Five Roads to redemption
Get Rex a Girlfriend Have you ever noticed how uppity and irritable Rex can be? Honestly, he could really use some companionship, or at the very least someone to share the load and give him a break. We all have weeks where we’re overworked, tired or just don’t have it in us. Wouldn’t you love… Continue reading Five Roads to redemption
Knees give way to brotherly love
The Dinos’ men’s basketball team is beginning to look a lot like your grandmother’s patchwork quilt. With three players lost to injury since Jan. 21 and two more before that, they’re down to seven guys, only two of whom are starters. John Woods has been on the sidelines since suffering an MCL injury against the… Continue reading Knees give way to brotherly love
Red and gold? Should be black and blue
Was that "thud" the sound of the Dinos falling closer to the basement or just an echo of one of their opposition’s weekend alley-oops? Yes, that’s plural, as in the Dinos were dunked-on many times en route to dropping two more games in embarrassing fashion. What’s wrong with our boys? "That’s what we’ve been trying… Continue reading Red and gold? Should be black and blue
Weekend Update: Men’s Basketball
They aren’t royalty and weren’t star gazing but the Dinos’ men’s basketball team rolled into Regina for a game Jan. 6 with their own timeless triumvirate. The Cougars fell like Jericho’s walls as our boys kicked off the second half of the Canada West season in style, exploding for 208 points over two games. Led… Continue reading Weekend Update: Men’s Basketball