Hansbrough, Beasley: Everybody's All Americans
Monday March 31, 2008
North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State forward Michael Beasley were named unanimously to the Associated Press All-America Team.
Joining the two forwards on the first team: Memphis junior guard ... Read More
Four Aces
Sunday March 30, 2008
This hand will be tough to beat...
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Memphis and Kansas completed the set of four aces with wins over Texas and Davidson this afternoon; for the first time in NCAA Tournament ... Read More
Pair of Aces
Sunday March 30, 2008
The Final Four hand features two aces so far...
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As we noted yesterday, all four number one seeds have never advanced to the Final Four. After last night's action, we're half ... Read More
There Can Be Only One...
Saturday March 29, 2008
The Elite Eight
Saturday March 29, 2008
Written on Stephen Curry's shoe: "I can do all things." Who are we to argue?
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There wasn't too much drama in three of last night's four ... Read More
College Hoops Overload
Friday March 28, 2008
Tark the Shark and his famous towel
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How do you know when it's time to take a little break from the NCAA Tournament?
Here's how I know.
I just ... Read More
Friday Notes: Raising the... Floor?
Friday March 28, 2008
Memo to the NCAA: the second weekend of your marquee event is not necessarily the best time to test major new configurations of the playing surface. But that's what will ... Read More
Sweet Sixteen Thursday
Friday March 28, 2008
Louisville's defense -- led by Earl Clark -- smothered Chris Lofton and the Vols.
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Two of the hottest teams in the tournament will meet in the Elite ... Read More
The Other Final Four
Thursday March 27, 2008
The final four for the under-card to March Madness is set... and it features some familiar names from last year's NCAA Championship.
Last year's champs, the Florida Gators advanced to the ... Read More
McDonald's All-American Recap
Thursday March 27, 2008
Tyreke Evans
Photo courtesy McDonald's
As if he wasn't getting enough attention from big-time hoop programs...
Guard Tyreke Evans of Aston (PA) American Christian high school scored 21 points, grabbed 10 rebounds ... Read More
Time Out
Thursday March 27, 2008
One of the greatest ballers of the last two decades is hanging up his jersey; Chris Webber's aching knees simply won't allow him to keep playing at the NBA level.
Webber ... Read More
They're Just Tall Guys in Shorts without a Program...
Wednesday March 26, 2008
Brackets in a shambles? Favorite team got knocked out early?
It's never too early to start thinking about next season. Especially when the future of college hoops will be on display ... Read More
Duke or Villanova?
Monday March 24, 2008
Dan Shanoff of The Sporting News posed an interesting question on his blog today: would you rather be Duke or Villanova?
Which would you consider the better season? A year spent ... Read More
Looking Back/Looking Forward
Monday March 24, 2008
First things first... all is not lost. There's still a very good chance that you could win your pool, even if you had Georgetown or Pittsburgh or Connecticut rolling towards ... Read More
Sunday Wrap
Sunday March 23, 2008
(1) North Carolina 108, (9) Arkansas 77: Y'know, I'm beginning to think the Tar Heels are serious about winning this thing.
Want an indication of how dominant Carolina has been thus ... Read More
Stephen Curry: Hoya Destroya
Sunday March 23, 2008
Stephen Curry: Breakout star of the NCAA Tournament
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(10) Davidson 74, (2) Georgetown 70: Memo to Seth Greenberg: if you signed Stephen Curry, you'd probably still be ... Read More
Saturday Late Game Recaps
Sunday March 23, 2008
(5) Michigan State 65, (4) Pittsburgh 54: The elevation of East Lansing, Michigan is just 850 feet above sea level, but Tom Izzo's Spartans sure seem to feel at home ... Read More
Blue Devils: Exorcised
Saturday March 22, 2008
(7) West Virginia 73, (2) Duke 67: All season long, the big knock on the Blue Devils has been their soft interior -- but excellent perimeter shooting covered up that ... Read More
Price: Torn ACL
Saturday March 22, 2008
The Boston Globe is reporting that Connecticut point guard and leading scorer A.J. Price has a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Price suffered the injury when he landed awkwardly after a layup ... Read More
Friday Night Lights: Arkansas, Villanova, Louisville, Memphis
Saturday March 22, 2008
(9) Arkansas 86, (8) Indiana 72: The Razorbacks put the Hoosiers out of their misery, ending Indiana's season (and, most likely, Dan Dakich's run as coach) with a 86-72 win. ... Read More
Evening Games: Carolina, Siena, Oklahoma, Mississippi State
Friday March 21, 2008
(1) North Carolina 113, (16) Mount St. Mary's 74: When the top overall seed in the tournament meets the team that needed to win a "play in" game just to ... Read More
Friday Afternoon Recap: Georgetown, Texas, Butler
Friday March 21, 2008
(2) Georgetown 66, (15) UMBC 47: The Retrievers of the University of Maryland - Baltimore County play an undersized starting lineup and have just two rotation players -- one starter ... Read More
A Great Disturbance in the Force
Friday March 21, 2008
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
The voices I heard were coming from the north ... Read More
Early Friday Recaps: Davidson, Miami, Western Kentucky and Tennessee
Friday March 21, 2008
Rough afternoon for the West Coast Conference. Gonzaga ran into Stephen Curry, and St. Mary's season ended after a similar run-in with Miami's Jack McClinton. Unless San Diego can knock ... Read More
Equal Time
Friday March 21, 2008
In case you hadn't heard, there's another tournament -- of sorts -- going on right now, and the stakes might even be higher than those of March Madness.
I refer, of ... Read More
One Botched Inbounds Play...
Friday March 21, 2008
(2) Duke 71, (15) Belmont 70: You could almost hear the collective sigh of relief from all the bracketeers who have the Blue Devils advancing deep into March Madness -- ... Read More
Afternoon Recap
Thursday March 20, 2008
Some thoughts on the afternoon games:
(6) Marquette 74, (11) Kentucky 66: The Golden Eagles held off the Wildcats despite a 35-point performance by Kentucky senior Joe Crawford. Jerel McNeal scored ... Read More
Early Games Continued...
Thursday March 20, 2008
Michigan State is pulling away despite the fact that their leading scorer, Drew Neitzel, is essentially being shut down. Temple is getting decent looks, but their jumpers simply aren't falling... ... Read More
Upset Alert...
Thursday March 20, 2008
I didn't give Georgia much of a chance against Xavier... but underestimating the Bulldogs after their SEC Tournament run seems sort of foolish in retrospect. Sundiata Gaines has the look ... Read More
Early Notes on the Early Games
Thursday March 20, 2008
And, we're under way... here are some notes on the early Thursday games:
The CBS game here in metro New York is Temple vs. Michigan State. Unfortunately, as Mike Vaccaro ... Read More
Eastern Washington Gets Rickrolled
Wednesday March 19, 2008
I like to think that this site sits squarely at the intersection of the Internet and college hoops. So it seems appropriate to submit, for your consideration, an invasion of ... Read More
If Coppin State Falls in the Forest...
Wednesday March 19, 2008
Championship Week Wrap
Monday March 17, 2008
Mario Chalmers has plenty to celebrate...
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Lots to cover today, so let's get right to it:
I could not be more impressed at the Georgia Bulldogs' run through ... Read More
Let's Play Two
Saturday March 15, 2008
The Georgia Bulldogs won four SEC games all season -- and two today.
The Bulldogs' improbable run through the SEC tournament continued with a 60-56 win over Kentucky in the game ... Read More
Marathon Men
Saturday March 15, 2008
A note from the "From Bad to Worse" department... the Kentucky/Georgia game went into overtime.
I hear the winning team will also throw in a half-marathon before tonight's game, just to ... Read More
Who's the New Guy?
Saturday March 15, 2008
There are 48 current Division I schools that have played in the NCAA Tournament.
When March Madness starts next week, we'll have to update that list; at least three schools will ... Read More
A SEC Doubleheader?
Saturday March 15, 2008
One of the toughest challenges of Championship Week is the lack of downtime. In the Big East, for example, Pittsburgh will be playing a fourth game in four days when ... Read More
The Nifty 96?
Thursday March 13, 2008
Three More Invited to the Dance
Wednesday March 12, 2008
The Horizon, Summit and Sun Belt conferences crowned champions in yesterday's action, bringing the number of teams with locked-in NCAA Tournament bids to twelve. The newest entries:
Butler - Horizon League
Oral ... Read More
Hoosiers Losing Top Recruits?
Wednesday March 12, 2008
Kelvin Sampson is gone, but Indiana's basketball program will likely feel the effects of his brief reign for some time to come. One of the aftershocks of Sampson's abrupt departure ... Read More
Meet the New Boss; Same as the Old Boss
Tuesday March 11, 2008
Arizona coach Lute Olson has missed the entire 2007-08 season, but the 73-year-old Hall of Famer announced Monday that he'll return to the sidelines for the 2008-09 season and beyond.
Olson ... Read More
San Diego Crashes the Party
Tuesday March 11, 2008
The road to the Final Four may be impassable for one of the big-time basketball schools currently on the NCAA Tournament bubble -- the San Diego Toreros and Middle Tennessee ... Read More
Sampson Sighting in San Antonio
Monday March 10, 2008
What do you do when you've been forced to resign in disgrace from one of the highest-profile jobs in your profession?
Go hang out with the San Antonio Spurs.
That's how former ... Read More
Weekend Wrap
Monday March 10, 2008
'Twas an eventful final weekend of the regular season. Let's look at some of the big stories:
North Carolina beats Duke, 76-68: The Tar Heels' balance trumped the Blue Devils' perimeter ... Read More
Come Dancin'
Monday March 10, 2008
Four more teams claimed won their conference tournaments and claimed automatic bids to the NCAA tournament over the weekend:
Belmont - Atlantic Sun
Winthrop - Big South
Drake - Missouri ... Read More
Buzzer Beater? Or Buzzer Cheater?
Monday March 10, 2008
Championship Week Starts Early
Saturday March 8, 2008
The power conferences are still closing out their regular seasons, but several of the smaller divisions will crown champions this weekend. Who will join Ivy League champion Cornell in winning ... Read More
Stay Classy, Waco
Friday March 7, 2008
OK, people... this has got to stop.
Last night's Texas A&M vs. Baylor game was the latest in what seems like an increasing number of college basketball games marred by fans ... Read More
The Best Offense: a Good Defense
Thursday March 6, 2008
Ever notice how often you'll see a big-time coach -- like, say, Michigan State's Tom Izzo -- step up and defend an underperforming in-conference colleague whose job seems to be ... Read More
Wednesday Notes
Wednesday March 5, 2008
On Monday I called Texas Tech a "bubble team" with an outside shot at making the NCAA Tournament -- but warned the bubble might burst when the Red Raiders faced ... Read More
Bullish on Beasley
Wednesday March 5, 2008
Michael Beasley: Lottery Winner?
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All season long, we've been referring to Kansas State freshman forward Michael Beasley as the prohibitive favorite to be selected first overall in ... Read More
Carolina in My Mind
Wednesday March 5, 2008
Tyler Hansbrough named Sports Illustrated Player of the Year
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Good week for the Tar Heels. First, they got Ty Lawson back after a six-game absence. Then they ... Read More
The Closing Bell
Tuesday March 4, 2008
As part of the ongoing celebration of the 100th season of basketball at St. John's University, legendary SJU coach Louie Carnesecca will ring the closing bell at the New York ... Read More
Weekend Wrap
Monday March 3, 2008
Ty Lawson back on point
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Catching up on the big stories of the weekend...
From an NCAA Tournament perspective, the biggest story of the weekend may have been ... Read More
800
Monday March 3, 2008
Coach K wins number 800
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Congratulations to Mike Krzyzewski of Duke, who posted his 800th career Division I victory when the Blue Devils beat North Carolina State, ... Read More