A Note From Dave

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We are, well actually, there is no we. I mean there isn’t a we at this moment. It’s not as if all the writers, editors, and the entire board of directors are sitting around my computer helping me churn this out. Nope, right now it’s just me - Dave Barend. So, I’m going to write in the first person if that’s ok?

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“Sure Dave." Thanks.

“But who the hell are you?”

 

A legitimate question. I’m the president of College Basketball Times. How did I rise to such lofty position you ask?

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“Uh Dave, I don’t remember asking.”

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I actually wrote an entire column on that for the highly esteemed print magazine, Basketball Times which you can read via this link: https://www.collegebasketballtimes.com/post/no-basketball-times

 

Long story, kind of short: I had been writing a humor column for Basketball Times for about a year, and I got to know the owner, John Akers, quite well. After he decided to shut things down with the print magazine, he agreed to allow me to have the archives as part of my quest to keep the legacy of Basketball Times alive online as College Basketball Times.

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“Uh Dave that doesn’t seem all that humorous.” Well it’s not.

“I thought you said you were a humor writer.” Yeah, but not everything I write is funny.

“Clearly.”

 

I then determined that this entity should be a non-profit given all the “good” it will be doing.

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“What “good” Dave?” Well there’s my jokes.

“What jokes Dave?”

 

In addition we have 5 other really big “goods”

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(1) A+ Writing - 

We will be preserving and perpetuating the art of long form writing and striving for quality akin to that in Basketball Times.

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“So much different from the spew I’m currently reading?”

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I’ve managed to convince a number of top notch writers, include many who had written for Basketball Times to contribute. And by “convince” I really mean “guilt” - what good can be done without guilt?

 

(2) Mentorships - 

Opportunities will be available for new writers to learn from our very experienced and respected editors and columnists.

 

(3) Basketball Times Archives -

Basketball Times indisputably had some of the best basketball writing of all time. And it had a humor column with which you might be familiar. As mentioned, we eventually will be providing all of the 40 plus years of Basketball Times for free on our website. Given that we still need to digitized over 30 of those years, please focus on the word eventually.

 

(4) Equal Coverage: Women & Men -

The coverage we provide for women’s college basketball will equal that of men’s. For those with a bit too much testosterone, I assure you that this equality is a very good thing.

 

(5) Equal Coverage: Div1, Div2, Div3, NAIA, JUCO & Wheelchair -

We are also going to do our very best make sure there are an equal number of cover stories and articles for the above noted 6 categories. The cover stories will be profiles on players, coaches and teams. The articles will mostly be recaps and projections. 

 

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No doubt, things might get added or changed. Heck, that might have already occurred, and we have just been too lazy to change the About US page. (Note my deft use of “we” there.)

 

And there you have my take on us. If you’d like to read the exact language we submitted to the IRS with our 501(c)(3) application, you can read all 250 characters below. Yes, we were allowed a max of 250 characters.

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"Uh Dave, any reason why you waited to mention that till after we read all of this?”

And you can also read the very lengthy and legalese language we submitted to the Mass. Sec of State to obtain our non-profit status. (It worked, by the way.)

 

Regardless, I really hope that you think that College Basketball Times is doing some good. And I’m pretty sure “we” hope so too.

 

Sincerely,

Dave Barend - President

College Basketball Times