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Over the course of the next two weeks, College Basketball Talk will be detailing what some of the country’s best, most intriguing, and thoroughly enigmatic teams need. It’s the spirit of the holidays. We’re in a giving mood. What do other teams have on their Christmas Wish Lists? Click here to find out. Gotta have it…
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Late Night Snacks: Triple-double, UNT stinks, so does Memphis
Dec 21, 2012, 1:14 AM EDT
Game of the Night La Salle 88, Iona 74: In a game loaded with talented guards and mostly devoid of a concept known as defense, you’re almost always guaranteed to see some exciting basketball. That’s exactly what happened at La Salle on Thursday, as the Explorers and Gaels combined for 94 points in the first…
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Report: NCAA fired lead investigator in Shabazz Muhammad’s case
Dec 20, 2012, 10:22 PM EDT
You should know the story of Shabazz Muhammad by now. The nation’s No. 1 recruit coming out of high school, Muhammad was investigated by the NCAA for accepting illegal benefits during his high school career. According to reports from CBSSports.com from back in February, one of the things that the NCAA was looking into involved…
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On Wednesday night, I wrote this about Marquette’s loss to Wisconsin-Green Bay: Marquette needs Todd Mayo back. They simply don’t have enough scoring pop on their perimeter without him. How bad are things in Milwaukee right now? Green Bay had lost seven of their last eight coming in, and they beat the Golden Eagles despite…
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So remember all that talk about Myck Kabongo and how he’s been suspended for the rest of the season by the NCAA and how’s it’s ridiculous and you should be mad and that Texas is in big trouble? Well, we may have actually spoken too soon. According to Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports, Texas and…
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With Jabari Parker, will Duke be better next year than this year?
Dec 20, 2012, 8:12 PM EDT
If the season ended today, Mason Plumlee would be the National Player of the Year in my book. And I know I’m not alone in that line of thinking. He’s been the best player on the best team, and his schedule is only going to get easier as the season moves along. But Plumlee will…
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You might have missed it amongst the bigger conference realignment news, but the MAAC will have a different look in the 2013-2014 season than it did this year. The league will add Monmouth and Quinnipiac while Loyola (MD) will be departing to join forces with the Patriot League. That leaves 11 teams for next year,…
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Tracy Pierson of BruinsReportOnline.com is as plugged into the UCLA program as any reporter in the country. He’s the guy that broke the news that Joshua Smith will be transferring. He’s a voice that you can trust even if he’s speculating, because you can be sure that, somewhere in the UCLA hierarchy, that same speculation…
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My first reaction to seeing the report from Yahoo! that Texas point guard Myck Kabongo would be suspended for the rest of the season by the NCAA was simple: Duh! The kid lied to the NCAA. As Pat Forde wrote, Kabongo “provided inaccurate information to NCAA investigators when he was interviewed.” ESPN’s Andy Katz explained…
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Late Night Snacks: Introing a Marshall Henderson shot-tracker
Dec 20, 2012, 3:02 AM EDT
Games of the Day UTEP 91, Oregon 84 3OT: Triple OT is always exciting, right? Sadly, there were no buzzer-beaters at the end of any of the four periods. The biggest shot of the game came from Konner Tucker, who hit a three to put UTEP up five in the final minute of the third…
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Back when North Carolina lost to Indiana during the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, I told you that, for the Tar Heels, the loss was “much, much worse than simply a blowout.” Tony Reali agreed with me, and on Wednesday night, No. 23 UNC made us look smart as they went into Austin and got drubbed by…
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According to a report from Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports, Texas sophomore Myck Kabongo will be suspended for the rest of the season by the NCAA. Kabongo has not played yet the season as he’s been held out by Texas pending the results of the NCAA investigation. At issue is whether or not Kabongo received…
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The Duquesne Dukes led early and never looked back as they beat the Western Michigan Broncos 71-66.
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No. 11 Cincy outlasts Xavier in the renewal of the Crosstown Classic
Dec 19, 2012, 10:03 PM EDT
Sean Kilpatrick scored 25 points and Cashmere Wright chipped in with 15 as No. 11 Cincinnati jumped all over Xavier in the second half, winning the sanitized Crosstown Shootout, err Crosstown Classic, 60-45. Xavier held a 24-19 lead in the final minutes of the 1st half, but the Bearcats cut that lead to 24-22 by…
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It was only a matter of time until Geno Auriemma, the head coach of the UConn women’s team, let loose on conference realignment. He’s a fiery guy and unafraid to voice his opinion on any matter, which is only magnified by the fact that he is, undoubtedly, the absolute best in his profession. “I hope…
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We have our first coaching change of the season. On Wednesday, news broke that Ronnie Arrow would be retiring, effective immediately, as the head coach at South Alabama. Assistant Jeff Price, who has won over 300 games as a head coach at Lynn University, Georgia Southern and West Virginia Wesleyan, is expected to take over.…
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At this point, it’s impossible not to feel for Indiana’s Maurice Creek. After having a freshman season where he was averaging 16.4 points cut short when he ruptured the patella in his right knee, Creek struggled through half of his sophomore season before the same injury in his other knee ended that season. Prior to…
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Over the course of the next two weeks, College Basketball Talk will be detailing what some of the country’s best, most intriguing, and thoroughly enigmatic teams need. It’s the spirit of the holidays. We’re in a giving mood. What do other teams have on their Christmas Wish Lists? Click here to find out. Gotta have it…
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Late Night Snacks: A Stetson buzzer-beater, Oklahoma’s upset
Dec 19, 2012, 1:14 AM EDT
Games of the Day Stetson 69, Florida Atlantic 68: Stetson guard Chris Perez tipped in a miss by Aaron Graham at the buzzer to give the Hatters a win over FAU. “I saw [junior] Aaron [Graham], he shot it, and the ball didn’t hit the rim,” Perez said. “My guy didn’t box me out, so…
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We all know who the best team in the ACC is. They just so happen to be the best team — well, at least the No. 1 team — in the country. That’s Duke. The title of the second best team in the ACC has been up for grabs, however. Entering the season, the trendy…
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VIDEO: VCU forces 32 turnovers, beats down Western Kentucky
Dec 18, 2012, 11:02 PM EDT
Briante Weber scored 14 points for VCU as the Rams drubbed a short-handed Western Kentucky team 76-44. The Hilltoppers came into this game with a little bit of hype, but playing without TJ Price and Jamal Crook, their two leading scorers and starters in the back court, WKU simply had no chance. They committed 32…
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Providence honors Newtown victims with jersey, 26 empty seats
Dec 18, 2012, 10:47 PM EDT
There have been a number of memorable tributes across the country for the victims of the massacre in Newtown, CT. Last night, UConn, playing their first game since the shooting, honored the victims with a patch on their jersey and a moment of silence before the game. Yale had a 26 second moment of silence…
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Only a select few coach long enough and well enough to make it to 900 victories. Jim Boeheim did it all at one school. Vin Parise joins SportsTalk to break down exactly how Boeheim made it to this spectacular point in his illustrious coaching career.
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Christmas Wish List: OSU needs production from Ross, Smith
Dec 18, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
Over the course of the next two weeks, College Basketball Talk will be detailing what some of the country’s best, most intriguing, and thoroughly enigmatic teams need. It’s the spirit of the holidays. We’re in a giving mood. What do other teams have on their Christmas Wish Lists? Click here to find out. Gotta have it…
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Wichita State is finding themselves beat up at the most inopportune time. A day after head coach Gregg Marshall announced that leading scorer and rebounder Carl Hall would miss up to a month after getting surgery on his broken right thumb comes news that Ron Baker will miss six weeks with a stress fracture in…
