Tag Archives: Brad Stevens

The Peterson Principle 4/1/13

Is Steve Alford (above) better than Ben Howland?
When Dan Guerrero fired Ben Howland did he have Steve Alford in mind? With Shaka Smart and Brad Stevens spurning UCLA’s offers Guerrero turned to Alford but was this really his third choice?
The only reason Alford was available now was because his New Mexico team was knocked out [...]

The Peterson Principle 4/6/10

Title number four for Mike Krzyzewski
The worst thing about March Madness is at some point it has to end. It finally did Monday night and I hated to see it go. The Duke-Butler Championship game was maybe the greatest ever.

Duke won 61-59 and yes it was as close as the score indicated. Butler’s Gordon Hayward [...]

The Peterson Principle 3/30/10

Is Brad Stevens out of high school?
I didn’t see many of “The Butler did it” headlines as I thought I would after the Bulldogs advanced to the Final Four. I did see “Served by Butler” and “Butler Goes Home.” I think I was actually the first to write it immediately after the game on Facebook.
I’ve [...]