With a tip of the hat to the excellent Ballin' is a Habit blog, we bring you the most depressing bracket pool ever conceived: September Madness I have to say... Citigroup over ... Read More

Brandon Jennings' decision to play in Europe is looking better and better every day. "Hoops" Weiss of the New York Daily News is reporting that Jennings has signed a deal with ... Read More

You can't buy a John McCain throwback jersey like Barack Obama's. But the republican candidate's legislative resume suggests that he might have a significant impact on college sports if elected.

Stayed up until all hours of the morning to catch the gold-medal game at the Olympics did you? Good. That'll be good practice for what's next. ESPN has announced a season-opening marathon ... Read More

The 2008 National Champions received their bling at a private ceremony on campus this week.Jeff Jacobsen, Kansas Athletics More Wordless Wednesday on About College Basketball Wordless Wednesday

Yes, the political season is upon us. And I know many of you are thinking, what's the best way for me to show my support for my candidate of choice? Obama ... Read More

There's an excellent article on Stephen Curry in this week's Sports Illustrated: the newfound celebrity he gained with his outstanding run in last year's NCAA Tournament, and the work he's ... Read More

Before last season, Tyler Smith transferred from Iowa to Tennessee to be closer to his father, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Given the situation, the NCAA waived the ... Read More

Arizona's Lute Olson has had a rough time since returning from his leave of absence. To recap: Top assistant Kevin O'Neill -- who stepped in and coached the Wildcats during ... Read More

Our old pal Miladin Kovacevic finally faced a judge this week. Unfortunately, he wasn't the one on trial. The New York Daily News reports that Kovacevic testified at a hearing examining the ... Read More

Why is this photo significant? The "short" guy is 6'9".Getty Images / Kevin C. Cox More Wordless Wednesday on About College Basketball Wordless Wednesday

There's a list of some of Charles Barkley's greatest quotes making the rounds via e-mail... and now they're online, too. Sir Charles is best known for his NBA career -- and ... Read More

Last weekend's Ohio State/USC football game was a celebrity magnet to rival a Laker playoff game -- with the likes of Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Christian Slater, Greg Oden, Isiah ... Read More

His highlight-reel dunks draw thousands to YouTube. He's already talking smack to the likes of LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. He's going to team with Blake Griffin to give the Sooners a ... Read More

College basketball is the fourth most popular spectator sport, according to a survey of over 1000 readers of Men's Health magazine. The readers were asked, "Do you consider yourself a fan ... Read More

Final Four hero Mario Chalmers -- who made headlines last week after he and Kansas teammate Darrell Arthur were kicked out of the NBA's rookie orientation program for making their ... Read More

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Back in June we told you the story of Bol Kong, one of the top basketball players in Canada, who has an offer to play for Gonzaga this season. He's ... Read More

The last thing I want to do is turn this space into a political forum -- God knows, the last thing this election needs is another political blog. But when ... Read More

Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins passed away yesterday, a year to the day after his 1966 Texas Western team was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Haskins led UTEP ... Read More

As you're watching the season-opening Sunday Night Football game between the Bears and Colts, take a close look at Peyton Manning's home field. Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Colts, ... Read More

The powers behind college sports tend not to be terribly concerned about accuracy in titles... after all, the Atlantic 10 conference stretches west to the banks of the Mississippi. And has ... Read More

The Kansas basketball program has had a little less time to bask in the afterglow of their National Title. Since Bill Self and company cut down the nets at the ... Read More

Bet you didn't know Duke's mascot was selected to honor a World War I-era French Army regiment. Getty Images / Kevin C. Cox Mascots of the ACC More Wordless Wednesday posts

Division I coaches -- and native New Yorkers -- Norm Roberts of St. John's, Paul Hewitt of Georgia Tech, Seth Greenberg of Virginia Tech and Bob McKillop of Davidson are ... Read More

The alphabet soup of agencies investigating OJ Mayo and the estimated $300,000 in improper benefits he received while in high school and college has produced its first official fall guy: ... Read More

Ordinarily, when a top-30 basketball prospect commits to a school with a great basketball program like Ohio State, we simply pencil him in to the rotation and start wondering how ... Read More