Solid start to the week: Week 4 Blog 1

So far this week I have already made decent progress on my project. I have now written thirteen articles on my top twenty five teams and I have been chipping away at my book The Last Amateurs by John Feinstein. The book focusses on the Patriot League which is a certain conference in NCAA Division 1 basketball. Most of you have probably not heard of the Patriot League, but it is a competitive conference. The teams in the Patriot League are different to power conferences in terms of their resources. They are not as much about the bling as bigger basketball schools are. From the perspective of coaches and players Feinstein shows us the life and thoughts of these players who play in this conference. The book often refers to the hard work of the players in that conference. So far it is a very interesting book. On my articles I am getting down to the very good recruiting classes. As I am watching the film of these players I can't help, but be amazed at their athleticism and skill. Most of the teams that I have yet to write about are the teams from all the power conferences. However Harvard has a very impressive recruiting class and they will be close to my top ten. It has been a ton of work making my rankings and writing my articles, but it is very fun.