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For Immediate Release: CollegeHoops.net's Shawn Siegel to Return to Work Tomorrow..

Shawn Siegel — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:45:09 -0700

When the University of Texas sent out a press release on Wednesday noting that Dexter Pittman** was returning to school, I first thought it was an April Fool's joke. When a player that no one expects to go pro, doesn't go pro, is it really news? Of course not. Which is why I present to you tonight's official CollegeHoops.net press release: Shawn Siegel to Return to Work Tomorrow

TEANECK, NJ — CollegeHoops.net combo webmaster/editor Shawn Siegel will return to work tomorrow, Friday, April 3rd, he announced today. One of the most improved webmasters in the NCSWEAT (National College Sports Webmaster & Editor Association Thing), Siegel averaged writing 2.6 articles per day, editing 3.4, while averaging 5.2 lame headlines and 13.6 mostly useless hyperlinks per 24 hours.

A 7-time All-CollegeHoops.net selection, Siegel is the only person to have ever been named to this one-person team. Siegel did his best work in the week leading up to the 2009 NCAA Tournament, when he averaged a whopping 5.7 articles written per day, and posting 11.6, earning him a first (and last place) finish in both categories.

Weighing in at 172 lbs. on a completely mediocre 5-10 frame, Siegel was projected by many to be a First Round pick in the 2009 Hooters Webmasters & Editors League. However, Siegel decided after weighing the pros and cons to return to work tomorrow. "I spoke it over with my family, and they informed me the Hooters W&E League does not, never has, and never will exist, and that I'm delusion and should simply get back to work."

Siegel remains undaunted however, and is certain that he will one day make it big in the Hooters W&E league. "I've been working hard at my game for a few years now, and after talking to myself, realized that I still have a few flaws to work on. For example, I'm wasting valuable time by writing fictional press releases." Siegel also discussed what he plans to do about those flaws. "I spoke it over with my elementary school gym teacher, and she suggested that I work on my juggling skills."

CollegeHoops.net posted a 44-0 record in the college basketball website league. CollegeHoops.net's lone opponent, Shawn'sNephew'sBlog.com was run by an 11 year old and never actually went live.

Siegel Quotes from Press Conference

Opening statement: "I spoke it over with my family, and they informed me the Hooters W&E League does not, never has, and never will exist, and that I'm delusion and should simply get back to work."

On how close he came to entering the Hooters W&E League: "I came thiiis close. Wait, can you not see my fingers? Too bad. They're close."

On what his coach told him about the decision: "I have a coach?"

On what he needs to work on: "I've been working hard at my game for a few years now, and after talking to myself, realized that I still have a few flaws to work on. For example, I'm wasting valuable time by writing fictional press releases."

On if he ever imagined having the chance to enter the W&E League: "Sure, considering I made it up."

On his workout plan for the night before returning to work tomorrow: "A wise man once told me, 'a nap a day keeps the paychecks away', so I'll take a nap. I also spoke it over with my elementary school gym teacher, and she suggested that I work on my juggling skills. I also might do some Wii Bowling"

**This little article does mock Dexter Pittman in a back-handed sort of way, but the reality is he made a good decision and could play himself into serious 2010 First Round consideration if he continues the improvement he showed late in the year.

Merry Christmas And All That Jazz

Shawn Siegel — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:35:09 -0800

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, a Dionte Christmas (couldn't resist), a Happy almost New Year's, a Joyous Hannukah and the whole deal. And while we're at it, enjoy Boxing Day, New Year's Eve, Kwanzaa, and anything else you may be celebrating.. including birthdays, births, anniversaries, promotions, graduations, holes in ones, poker tournament wins, 300 games in bowling, and first slam dunks (which I'm still waiting for)!

CHN Needs You: Manage a UGroup!

Shawn Siegel — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:20:39 -0800

We need knowledgable/intelligent/passionate readers to manage new UGroups on CHN. We're looking specifically for fans of big-time programs who want to focus on their teams, or followers of any of the 31 conferences. Email shawn@collegehoops.net Re: UGroups if you're interested!

What Are UGroups?

UGroups are open communities of fans, led by a manager who acts as half lead blogger and half editor.

There will be UGroups on CHN for all 31 conferences, as well as popular teams, and topics such as NBA Draft, Bracketology, and more.

You can join and contribute stories, links, pictures, and polls to UGroups and do much more in the future.

CHN is excited to present its new UGroups section!!

UGroup features

** Blog About what You Love

- The key component to UGroups is that you can have your own forum to discuss the teams & leagues you love. Sure, other sites like BleacherReport allow fans to post their content.. but the reality is that your work will most likely never be read there.. unless its about the NBA or Fantasy Football. CollegeHoops.net is all about our love for college basketball, and you can be sure like-minding die-hard fans will be listening to what you have to say.

- Besides the UGroup, your work will also be archived at the "track" page of your profile, so you have easy access to show off your work.

** Create content

- Stories/Blogs

- Pictures

- Polls

- Favorite Links/Current Events

- Comments

- You can post one time or all day long. Note that UGroup stories are fed to CHN's frontpage and other places so you can be sure people are reading your work.

** Community of Fans

- Check out the network of fans that have joined your UGroup. You can contact them or interact through comments and discussion.

- A message board for each UGroup will be going live soon.

- Try and make your UGroup the largest on CHN. See the list of all groups and how many members each has.

** Subscribe to UGroup RSS Feeds/Email Alerts

- Get updated whenever there's new content in your UGroup (optional)

** Managers

- All UGroups have an Editor who is reponsible for leading the discussion, maintaining quality standards, and being active in promoting their respective UGroup.

- If you'd like to manage a UGroup on any topic, please email shawn@collegehoops.net with your desires, background, and preferred topic.

- Note that if you have your own personal blog, we allow you to republish work here and use CHN as a forum to promote your own sites!

- Managers' biography and favorite links show up on the UGroup homepage and contributed content. A good way to get your name out there.

** Get CHN Points for posting content

- 10 points for posting a new blog or article

- 8 points for starting a forum topic

- 6 points for posting a picture or a poll.

- 4 points for commenting on an article

- 2 points for rating content

- Rise up the CHN Points Leaderboard

** Invite fellow fans to join your UGroup

** Prove You're a Fan

- Get a nifty UGroups badge on your profile, which also shows up on your comments and other places:

You can visit the first sample UGroup about NYC Metro Hoops to see what this is all about. The NYC Metro Hoops UGroup is edited by Raphielle Johnson. Or visit the Information/Test UGroup to try out adding content.

For any questions about UGroups, support issues, suggestions, or more.. simply join the Info UGroup and post a new blog (or you can always email shawn@collegehoops.net if you're gun shy). Try out all the features!

Site Downtime?

Shawn Siegel — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:47:20 -0800

Just wanted to apologize for any possible site downtime or extreme slowness you may be experiencing today (especially around 5 to 6:30). Not quite sure what the deal is to be honest, as various tech guys have been trying to figure things out to no avail. But hopefully everything will return to normal shortly.

Shawn Siegel

- Editor - Collegehoops.net

Content (Lack of) Note: Yom Kippur Break

Shawn Siegel — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:22:48 -0700

Just a quick note about the lack of usual updates on Wednesday & Thursday. I'm with family for Yom Kippur.. so taking a little break. By tomorrow night, I'll have the next article in the State of '08 series up, as well as the Big East Starting Fives part 2 article.

Also, in coming weeks we'll be rolling out the usual assortment of preview articles, (including work by a couple new writers), to get the season going.

Note: Limited Content Tuesday/Wednesday

Shawn Siegel — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:47:01 -0700

Just a quick note that there will be limited updates the next two days due to the Jewish Holidays. There will however be the usual daily Top 144 preview.

- Shawn Siegel

Daily Dribble: 2/11

Shawn Siegel — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:52:48 -0800

Basketball's a team game of course.. but ultimately games are won and lost due to the impact of individuals. Here's a look at the best and worst.. or at least most important individual performances of another fun Saturday.

Mario Boggan (Oklahoma State) - Apparently Boggan saves himself for really close, multiple overtime games. 3 weeks back, Boggan had the huge 37 point, 20 rebound effort in the Cowboys epic 105-103 win over Texas in triple-OT. In the five games after that, OSU went just 2-3 and Boggan averaged a pedestrian 16 points and 7 boards. He was back to his epic ways yesterday with 35 points and 14 boards in a big double-OT win over Texas Tech.

Chase Budinger (Arizona) - Coming off the worst game of his career (4 points and 1 board in 29 minutes), Budinger exploded for 30 and 10 in a big win over Oregon. The Ducks upset the Cats in Tucson a month back (the game that started Arizona's free fall) and Budinger did nothing in that game (4 points and 3 boards). With the worst games of his life clearly on his mind, the heralded freshman clearly was out to prove something yesterday.

Derrick Caracter (Louisville) - After sitting out the past six games, and having played only 8 games overall, Caracter poured in 16 points and 10 boards in an easy win over South Florida. Caracter was a consensus top 15 prospect but lets say he's been hindered by character issues. It will be interesting to see if Caracter can consistently contribute the rest of the way.

Darren Collison (UCLA) - Collison hurt his shoulder at the end of UCLA's win over USC during the week.. and its no surprise the Bruins lost yesterday without him. A random winter trip to West Virginia is tough enough already. Arron Afflalo (27 and 9) had his best game of the season, but it wasn't enough without their point guard leader.

AJ Graves (Butler) - Butler's leading scorer had his worst game of the season as the Bulldogs lost to surprising Wright State. He was just 3 of 16 from the floor and 1 for 9 from three. See more about this game in the Dahaun Wood capsule.

Josh Heytvelt (Gonzaga) - Worst performance of the day goes to the sophomore forward who was arrested for possession of marijuana and shrooms. Heytvelt and Theo Davis will be suspended for the rest of the season, and the inconsistent Zags will obviously miss him. Its possible he could be reinstated depending on what happens.. but this is a big ouch.

Roy Hibbert (Georgetown) - Georgetown obviously is known for its great big man lineage.. and Hibbert's been putting up Ewing like numbers over the past 2 weeks. He had 23 and 11 in yesterday's win over Marquette. 20 and 11 against Louisville, and then 26 and 11 two games before against Cincy. You often never know which Hibbert will show up.. the 20 and 10 guy? or the 2 and 3 guy (see Villanova on 1/8)? The way and he and Jeff Green are playing right now, the Hoyas will be a tough out against anybody.

Ron Lewis & Daequan Cook (OSU) - The Buckeyes have won 9 straight, but it seems like they've struggled at times and still aren't playing up to their championship-caliber potential. The play of Lewis and Cook is a big reason why. Pre-Oden, these guys were both consistently scoring in the 15 ppg range and occasionaly popping in 20 or more. Since November 29th, Lewis hasn't scored more than 14, and Cook hasn't scored more than 13 since December 30th. The two combined for 13 yesterday on just 4 of 13 shooting. Ohio State should put away teams at home, but they can't put anyone away unless those guys are scoring the ball.

Matt Shaw (Southern Illinois) - Kind of like Roy Hibbert above, you never know what you're going to get out of the Salukis junior forward. Most games Shaw is content to rebound, play D, and be a solid contributor. But every few weeks Shaw has a game like last night where he scored 25 points in a big home win over Creighton. The Salukis are now alone in first place in the MVC with an 12-3 record.

Dashaun Wood (Wright State) - The Raiders upset #10 Butler yesterday and are one of the hottest and most surprising teams in the country. Wood is Wright State's best player and they needed every one of his 30 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists to beat Butler. WSU is now tied with Butler atop the Horizon League standings with just 2 regular season conference games left.

Julian Wright (Kansas) - The sophomore forward had a career day with 33 points and 12 boards in a win over Missouri. Despite the gaudy numbers, Wright's best game of the season still might be the 21 and 10 he added in a much more competitive and meaningful win over Florida.

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