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Charlie's Basketball Blog December 2008 Archive

By Charlie Zegers, About.com Guide to Basketball

2008: The Year in Review

Wednesday December 31, 2008
The Kansas Jayhawks celebrate their National Title.Getty Images / Jed Jacobsohn As you prepare to sit through another New Year's Eve with (shudder) Ryan Seacrest... here's a look back at the ... Read More

Can the Big East Produce a One Seed?

Tuesday December 30, 2008
With eight teams ranked in the ESPN/USA Today top 25 and a ninth high up in the "others receiving votes" list, the Big East conference seems primed to send an ... Read More

Nothing but (Hair) Net

Tuesday December 30, 2008
In case you were wondering where Eric Devendorf completed his 40 hours of community service -- he spent Christmas pitching in at the Syracuse Rescue Mission. Take note of the ... Read More

Devendorf Reinstated

Monday December 29, 2008
Syracuse will reinstate suspended guard Eric Devendorf in time for the Orange's Big East opener against Seton Hall on Tuesday. Devendorf was accused of hitting a female Syracuse student in a ... Read More

Devendorf Gets Community Service

Friday December 19, 2008
The Devendorf affair (wow that sounds like a bad spy novel) is drawing to a conclusion. The Syracuse board of appeals has decided to rescind Devendorf's suspension -- which was ... Read More

Cedric Jackson's Prayer Answered

Friday December 19, 2008
With 2.2 seconds remaining in a tie game, Cleveland State's Cedric Jackson takes the inbound pass near his own foul line and launches a 60-foot prayer... and unheralded Cleveland State ... Read More

2,302

Thursday December 18, 2008
Breaking the career scoring mark at any Division I school is an impressive feat. When that school is the University of North Carolina, with a list of basketball alumni that includes ... Read More

I Fought the Law...

Thursday December 18, 2008
Too many of the college hoops headlines this week have involved formal statements from police departments. Here's a look at the college basketball police blotter: Mississippi Coach Accused of Assault, Racial ... Read More

Giving "Senior" a Whole New Meaning...

Friday December 12, 2008
Ken Mink gave up a second year of junior college basketball when he entered the Air Force, and he regretted missing out on another season of hoops. So when he ... Read More

Wolverines Strike Again

Sunday December 7, 2008
In the 1984 classic cheese-fest Red Dawn, a small group of American high school students fights a guerrilla war against Soviet occupation forces in the early days of World War ... Read More

Wayman Tisdale Speaks

Thursday December 4, 2008
Apparently the theme for today on this blog is "college hoops greats facing massive health challenges." I just gave you an update on Wake Forest's Rodney Rogers, who is reportedly ... Read More

A Prayer for Rodney Rogers

Thursday December 4, 2008
Rodney Rogers -- one of the great players in the history of Wake Forest basketball -- has been badly injured in an ATV accident and is paralyzed from the shoulders ... Read More

Pitino's Mea Culpa

Tuesday December 2, 2008
The early days of the 2008-09 season have been rough on the Bluegrass State's glamor programs. First VMI dropped Kentucky like a bad habit. Then third-ranked Louisville lost to Western ... Read More

CBE Classic Wrap-Up

Tuesday December 2, 2008
The CBE Classic featured the two schools that won the last three NCAA Championships... but Syracuse was the story. Syracuse celebrates Flynn's three-pointer.Getty Images / Jamie Squire More Feast Week Photos Biggest Winner: ... Read More

2k Sports Classic Wrap-Up

Monday December 1, 2008
The Blue Devils prevailed, but a plucky team from Michigan prevented what should have been a much sexier matchup in the finals. Big Winner: The Wolverines. Coach John Beilein's rebuilding process ... Read More

Preseason NIT Wrap-Up

Monday December 1, 2008
It used to be called the Preseason NIT. Then they changed it to the "NIT 2008 Season Tip-Off." But from now on, it should be called, "It's Blake Griffin's world... ... Read More

Maui Classic Wrap-Up

Monday December 1, 2008
The Maui Classic was as good as advertised, giving college hoops fans the first matchup of top-ten teams of the season and an extended look at the top team in ... Read More

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