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Aussie "NCAA Div 1 College Watch" - 2013/14 Season

We have uploaded a new article that provides some insights into the NCAA from an Aussie up and coming coach.

From the Sidelines: Observations by an Aussie coach in the NCAA

One of those also trying to make their mark as a coach in the NCAA is Western Australian Michael Clarke. Clarke has kindly provided his own insights into Division I college hoops exclusively for The Pick and Roll after completing his first year with Virginia Commonwealth men’s basketball program. This is his take.

South Australia and University at Albany guard Peter Hooley has joined #TeamPnR as a regular contributor!

Check out his first blog that covers his season and their road to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

The road to the 2014 NCAA Tournament: It’s tough to beat a team that plays with heart

What a year it was.

The term ‘roller coaster’ would be an understatement to describe the season as we went from the defending champion to experiencing an identity crisis, stealing a couple of games on the road, to losing the unthinkable. And then when everyone had counted us out, we turned on the switch, coming away with another championship.

Check out the link for more.

I went with Hooley and Greenwood ahead of him. My view, my opinion. Very unlucky to miss out, as was Jois.

Please elaborate on my 'embarrassing oversights' oh almighty anonymous one...

We had a minor issue. It has now been sorted and you should be able to access the article now.

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: 2014 All-Aussie Awards

My All-Aussie NCAA Awards are now up on PnR.

Some tough choices were made for my 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams. Always a hard call or two to make.

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: 2014 All-Aussie Awards

Not a bad team there.

Our All-Aussie Women's award winners have been announced.

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Women: 2014 All-Aussie Awards

Who is your All-Aussie first team? I will be releasing mine next week...15 top Aussies and my end of season awards.

March and the madness that it brought is now all over. Sadly for the Australian men, nobody managed to progress any further than Mangok Mathiang and the Louisville Cardinals who advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. With the Final Four scheduled for this coming weekend and the season all but over the for Aussies, it is time to recap the NCAA post-season action.

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: March Madness in Review

We manage to secure an interview with Idaho's junior guard Stacey Barr ahead of their Rd 1 NCAA tournament game.

Timeout with Stacey Barr: A Vandal on the rise

I was lucky enbough to interview South Australian guard Peter Hooley following his Rd 1 NCAA Tournament win!

Check it out:

Timeout with Peter Hooley: A man on fire

Check out my recent interview with 6'6" sophomore center at Fresno State - Jacinta Vandenberg!

A Tale of Two Towers – Part 2: Jacinta Vandenberg

Check out this week's schedule of NCAA post-season action featuring the Aussies!

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: Let the Madness Begin!

How did the Aussies fare in Champ Week? Well Bairstow and Hooley were both named tournament MVP's as their teams went dancing!

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: Hooley and Bairstow with MVP performances

More to come on the Aussies in the big dance!

Gotta love March!

#20 New Mexico defeated #8 San Diego State to punch a ticket to the NCAA tournament. Cam Bairstow named tournament MVP. Greenwood was rock solid too.

Also, Albany defeated Stony Brook in the final of the America East tournament to book their ticket to the big dance. Sam Rowley and Peter Hooley were outstanding. Aussies Luke Devlin and Mike rowley are also on the team.

And #5 Louisville also booked their place in the big dance by beating UConn. Aussie Mangok Mathiang played a small support cameo off the bench.

Anthony Drmic has come clean; he has been playing injured for 2 months with stress fracture in his right foot!

Drmic fights through stress fracture

Check out my recent interview with 7'1" senior starting center at North Carolina State - Jordan Vandenberg!

A Tale of Two Towers – Part 1: Jordan Vandenberg

You can also now catch up on the Aussie women too - Bree Farley with a big milestone.

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Women: Farley with a big milestone

Some other great performances too...

Agree with Rohant. Big time improvement and now a big time player

Conference play has come to an end. For some it is a time to reflect on what went wrong and to start planning for next season. For others, it is the best time of the year. Post-season action brings opportunities to win a conference title, a tournament, and of course, an opportunity to earn a ticket to the big dance. Welcome to March and the madness that it brings!

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: Metro State win 25 straight on the way to title (9-Mar-14)

Metro State win 25 straight on the way to conference tournament title, Hooley, Sobey, Patton & Bairstow with big games.

Massive recap of the Aussie men covering the last 2 weeks.

Big performances by Jois, Patton, Drmic, Wroe and of course Cameron Bairstow...

Bairstow is King of the Mountain (West) (3-Mar-14)

Some more recognition too for Bairstow. Has he had a better year than Delly before him?

My weekly NCAA recap is up and features some great performances by Bairstow, Hooley & Trist amongst others.

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: Beast Mode Bairstow (16-Feb-14)>

Cam Bairstow has been named to the Naismith top 30 for PoTY honours! He is also shortlisted for Wooden & Robertson PoTY awards.

Massive game today between Boise State who hosted New Mexico; a game with 5 Aussies in the thick of the action.

Boise State came back from 12 down in the 2nd half to win behind 18 points from Anthony Drmic. Cameron Bairstow had 20 points and 3 blocks for the Lobos. Greenwood missed a potential game-winner for the Lobos with 3 seconds left.

Massive win by Wyoming over #5 San Diego State in the Mountain West today! Nathan Sobey started and chimed in with a solid line of 9 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in what was a low-scoring affair.

The upset now means New Mexico is tied for first place in the Mountain West with San Diego State ahead of their game against Boise State tomorrow! Greenwood vs Drmic, Bairstow vs Duncan!

Another week has passed and once again Cameron Bairstow stands supreme!

Check out my latest weekly NCCA recap of the Aussie men:

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: Bairstow is the best in the West (11-Feb-14)

Bairstow was also named MWC player of the week for the second time this season...

There was also a game featuring 7 Aussies on rosters combined; who starred and came away with the win?

My latest weekly recap of the Aussie men in college hoops is up:

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: The Lobos howl plus more of Maynard (4-Feb-14)

Corey Maynard continues his outstanding form while Bairstow and the Lobos continue to excel.

Big catch up edition of the Aussie men this week:

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: Magical Maynard (27-Jan-14)

South Australian Corey Maynard was named NEC player of the week, while there was a good old fashioned shootout between Hugh Greenwood and the Lobos vs Nick Duncan and the Broncos in a game featuring 5 Aussies!

The latest weekly recap for the women is now up.

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Women: Barr continues to burn

Stacey Barr continues her amazing season.

The latest weekly NCAA men's recap has been posted:

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: The Eagles re-Jois

Big week by Aussie Venky Jois who was named Big Sky POTW, while there were some other big performances, loads of OT games and Mitch McCarron and Nicholas Kay garner more recognition for Metro State in DII.

The latest Aussie women weekly recap is now up:

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Women: Farley and Barr earn conference accolades

Two Ausssie girls have earned conference Player of the Week awards: Bree Farley and Stacey Barr.

In case you missed it - my interview with South Australian Corey Maynard of Bryant University: Maynard Featured by The Pick and Roll

Some monster performances by a number of Aussies including: Bairstow, Majok, Hooley, Maynard & Drmic.

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: Majok and Bairstow come up big

Dante Exum is expected to 'officially' announce his intentions very soon...

I doubt he heads to college.

We could see Bairstow join Exum in the 2014 NBA draft! Now that would be nice :)

Check out the latest weekly recap on the Aussie women:

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Women: Saint Mary’s undefeated at home (5-Jan-14)

Some big performances by a few Aussie girls - worth checking out.

Bairstow with another monster game today: matched his career-best 29 points with a new career-high 14 rebounds in a good win.

Drmic had 19 points for Boise state in their win, while Peter Hooley had a big one for Albany in scoring 25 points with 5 reboundsn and 6 assists as they beat Hartford.

If you want to check out a summary of every Aussie male in US college as of games concluded 29-Dec plus my top 15 mid-season list, check out the link below:

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: The top 15 with all the stats

Needless to say that #1 is Cameron Bairstow, but who followed?

I release my mid-season top 15 Aussies list on 2-January at 9:00am AEDST - check it out!

Check out my latest big update on all the Aussie men in college hoops!

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: The big catch-up! (30-Dec-13)

Anthony Drmic was on fire in Hawaii and Cameron Bairstow continued to be a beast.

Venky Jois has been named to the November All-Big Sky Conference first team.

My latest weekly recap is up and features the weekly and monthly award winners. No surprises as to who takes out the gongs...

NCAA Spotlight on the Men: Bairstow and the Lobos back on top of the Mountain (11-Dec-13)

Some big games coming up this week featuring Aussies:

Bryant vs Notre Dame
Boise State vs #3 Kentucky
New Mexico vs #6 Kansas

Bairstow and Drmic in particular have a chance to shine on the national stage.

My latest weekly recap of the Aussie men has been posted.

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: Drmic and the Broncos remain undefeated

Some great performances by Aussies over the past week, but again it was Cameron Bairstow leading the way, but with the Aussies at Boise State not far behind.

Vandenberg drew rave reviews for his season debut in a return from injury. Hopefully he can stay injury free.

I was about to mention McCarron to you LC. Strong rebounder for his size! looks to erased the doubts on his 3pt shot.

Some big performances over the past week, including one such Aussie playing for a D2 school with a long Aussie connection...

NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Men: McCarron and Metro State steal the limelight

Drmic, Bairstow, Trist and others have all had great individual week's. But there was arguably none better than Queenslander Mitchell McCarron.

And for those following the Aussie women, Jacinta Vandenberg led some great performances over the past week.

Check out a summary of the notable performances here: NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Women: Vandenberg helps Bulldogs win (22-Nov-13)

Check out my latest weekly recap of the Aussie men in college...

NCAA Spotlight on the Men: Bairstow the beast (19-Nov-13)

Amazing start to the season by Bairstow and Drmic - both averaging 25ppg!

You can watch a lot of college hoops games live online legitimately!

For teams playing in the Moutain West (i.e. New Mexico, Boise State and Wyoming) who all feature Aussies, check out: The Mountain West - Live

For teams playing in the America East (i.e. Hartford & Albany) who also feature Aussies, check out:
America East Live TV . For this website you have to sign up but if you are in Australia there is no geo-blocking.

For teams in the Big Sky (i.e. Idaho State, Eastern Washington & Montana) who also feature Aussies, check out:
Big Sky Live Online. Like America East, you have to sign up but geo-blocking restrictions do not appear to apply to Australia.

There may be more, but I know these three have worked well for me so far.

Boise State live vs Simpson U today!!!

And this year you can find out more about the Aussie women if you are interested too!

Check out the latest weekly recap covering the noteworthy performance of the past week:
NCAA Spotlight on the Aussie Women: Seekamp and Whittle lead the way