Wake Forest and the ACC will have bragging rights at next months' NBA All Star game... Wake is the only school that can boast more than one all star, with ... Read More

The firing of Georgia head coach Dennis Felton means there will be at least three major-conference job openings -- and potentially several more -- after this season. Get your resume together... ... Read More

The correct situation for rushing the court is an oft-debated question in the world of college basketball etiquette. Certain situations are no-brainers... win a title? Beat your most hated rival, ... Read More

I confess that I've missed out, so far, on the phenomenon that is High School Musical -- my daughter is not yet two years old; as of yet she can't ... Read More

According to Binghamton, NY police, Bryan Steinhauer -- the Binghamton University student left in a coma after being beaten in a bar brawl by 6'9" power forward Miladin Kovacevic last ... Read More

The "Cameron Crazies" harass Maryland's Greivis Vasquez during the Terps' visit to Duke on Saturday. Duke embarrassed Maryland, 85-44.Getty Images / Kevin C. Cox a2a_linkname="About College Basketball";a2a_linkurl=location.href;

Top-ranked Wake Forest lost for the first time, and second-ranked Duke flat-out embarrassed Maryland, 85-44. That makes Duke the number one team in the country, right? Not so fast. It seems to ... Read More

The Dallas Academy Girls' basketball team -- the squad on the losing end of the 100-0 game I mentioned in today's Fast Breaks -- seems to be enjoying their new-found ... Read More

Your shot at Final Four tickets is long gone... unless you're willing to brave the secondary market. But you can still get seats at face value for the first two ... Read More

On SI.com, Jacob E. Osterhout attempts to discredit the notion that college teams need a big man to win a championship -- saying that, since 2000, no team with an ... Read More

You won't see the NJIT Highlanders on SportsCenter too often... but last night was special. It was their first win since February 19, 2007. Jheryl Wilson scored a career-high 26 points to ... Read More

Looks like Wake Forest's reign as the number one team in the nation will be short-lived. The Demon Deacons dropped their first game as number one, losing to Virginia Tech, 78-71. ... Read More

Jermaine Dixon takes the court as part of Pittsburgh's pregame introductions for Monday's game against Syracuse.Getty Images / Gregory Shamus

Basketball end-game strategy, for beginners: When your team is losing, it's a good idea to foul. That stops the clock, and if the opponent misses the freebies, your team will have ... Read More

There were three undefeated teams in Division I when the day began. This evening, Wake Forest is the last one standing. Wake Forest 78, Clemson 68: Jeff Teague is making a ... Read More

NCAA president Myles Brand has pancreatic cancer, the organization announced on Saturday. According to the statement, his prognosis is not good. Brand has headed the NCAA since 2002. Before moving to ... Read More

My wife's grandfather was a high school and college referee -- and one of the coolest guys I've ever met. In honor of him, I try not to get on ... Read More

The NCAA changed its regulations this week to classify basketball players as young as seventh grade as "prospects."

A high school girls basketball team in Greely, Colorado won a game this week by the surprising margin of 94-1. As is obvious from the score, the losing team didn't ... Read More

New York City has a long-standing reputation as a town that produces great point guards. There's some evidence to support the claim -- five of the NBA's all-time leaders in ... Read More

Georgia Tech's incoming freshman class is looking more and more impressive, with the news that Atlanta native Derrick Favors -- the top-ranked recruit in the class of 2009 -- has ... Read More

Wake Forest fans storm the court after the Deacons beat North Carolina on Sunday.Getty Images / Streeter Lecka

The Awful Announcing blog once famously quipped, "Billy Packer could take the joy out of sex." Now, it seems, the old blowhard will be sucking the life out of another ... Read More

The North Carolina Tar Heels were the consensus -- and unanimous -- number one team for most of this season. Today, they're in last place in the ACC after their ... Read More

Syracuse guard Jonny Flynn gives Rutgers' Mike Rosario the Frederic Weis treatment in this emphatic dunk. The commentators seem awfully convinced that Flynn should have been called for a charge. I ... Read More

It's a shame that the North Carolina/Wake Forest game won't be televised nationally... At the same time, I'm almost glad. I'd hate to have to decide between Tyler Hansbrough and Jack Bauer.

On second thought, let's expand it a little:

The Boston College Eagles got a ton of press -- and deservedly so -- for knocking off unbeaten and top-ranked North Carolina last week. They're getting more press today, but the ... Read More

Connecticut fans have lots of reasons to cheer after last night's 61-55 win over #25 West Virginia. Consider: The Mountaineers represented the Huskies' first real test since their shocking loss ... Read More

Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Panthers, the new #1 team in all the land. Pitt jumped from number three to number one in the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls. The Panthers ... Read More

The top-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels capped a rough week for previously unbeaten teams, losing to Tyrese Rice and Boston College, 85-78, in both teams' ACC opener. Rice, BC's talented ... Read More

If you watch a thousand basketball games this season, you won't see a better finish than the last 33 seconds of today's Kentucky/Louisville game. A quick recap of the action: With Louisville ... Read More

St. John's head coach Norm Roberts has spent most of this season appearing on various "coaches on the hot seat" lists. His chair may be a bit cooler tonight, after ... Read More