http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen RSS Feed for Inq Col Mike Jensen en-us Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:23:21 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen/20120218_Drexel_could_give_NCAA_tourney_selectors_big_headaches.html If Drexel, now tied for first place in the Colonial Athletic Association, keeps winning basketball games but doesn't win the conference tournament, the NCAA selection committee will have a big job on its hands. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen/20120211_Harvard_just_might_be_a_national_basketball_threat.html As the night began, a Harvard staffer looked over at the stuffed-in West stands of the nearly full Palestra and said, "Wow, are those all students?" http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen/20120210_Jerome_Allen_brings_a_world_of_experience_to_his_job_coaching_Penn_basketball.html Penn basketball coach Jerome Allen was one of his school's all-time greats as a Quakers guard, and he played for some fine and renowned coaches at Episcopal Academy and at Penn. He's also the first Big Five head coach in more than four decades to have played in the NBA, since Tom Gola coached La Salle from 1968 through 1970. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen/20120208_Garret_Kerr__son_of_Ex-Flyer_Tim__is_leading_Division_II_rebounder.html Watching his son play, the father easily sees the broad-shouldered resemblance. "Different nets, but the same concept," Tim Kerr said of watching his son operate in tight spots. "You're playing off a man, and you're anticipating what's going to happen there." http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen/20120204_Ursinus_wrestling_team_hit_with_2_tragedies.html A former high school wrestling star at the Haverford School, a three-year wrestler at Ursinus College, a bright light in his job at NBC10 - taken by cancer, age 25. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen/20120202_Recruiting_s_status_quo_stands_-_if_anyone_knows_what_it_is.html It's past time to change the lingo when it comes to college football recruiting. Where else does COMMIT mean "my preference at this moment since you really want an answer," and DECOMMITTING is routine, with no touch of dishonor? http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen/20120128_Coach_Bruiser_Flint_says_Drexel_is_the_best_basketball_team_in_the_city.html Drexel coach Bruiser Flint is a habitual needler, world-class. His players, writers, anybody else who walks by. He'll get on you and punctuate his point with a laugh. He should charge for the service. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen/20120127_A_son_s_loss_eclipses_even_the_community_s.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Bury your father, your world changes forever. That day was Wednesday for Jay Paterno. When you are the son of Joe Paterno, you share your new world with anybody who can get a ticket into the Bryce Jordan Center. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen/20120125_t_Cabrini__Lemons_is_drawing_attention.html The crowd was good and loud, suitably into it. But these weren't Cabrini Crazies. The crowd wasn't why this cozy wooded campus on the northern edges of Radnor currently is the toughest place for a road team to win a men's college basketball game in the Philadelphia area. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_jensen/20120123__Proud_to_play__for_a_tough_man.html The first time I typed the words Joe Paterno into an Inquirer story was in December 1989. One of Paterno's linemen, a star from Monsignor Bonner High named Ed Monaghan, was ending a fine career on the bench because - as he told the story back then - Penn State, out of the national-championship hunt, was playing for the future, starting a sophomore in his spot.