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Grinnell’s Jack Taylor is the best shooter in the country, apparently
Nov 20, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
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NBCSports.com had a chance to talk with Taylor after his historic 138-point game. Click here to read the interview. Forget Rotnei Clarke. Take your Doug McDermott and go home. Jordy Hulls? What is a Jordy Hulls? The best shooter in the country is Jack Taylor, a sophomore guard at Grinnell, a D-III school in Iowa.…
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It was exactly one week ago that we all decided that we might need to hedge our bets on Butler being the best team in the Atlantic 10. Last Tuesday, during ESPN’s Marathon Madness, the Bulldogs turned in a clunker of a performance against Xavier, going into the Cintas Center and leaving with a 62-47…
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Texas is playing without the guy that is probably their most talented player. That would be Myck Kabongo. If you haven’t been paying attention, the NCAA has Kabongo in their cross hairs because they are concerned about how he paid for a trip to Akron for a workout this summer. Without Kabongo in the mix,…
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Is the ACC making major moves the next step in realignment?
Nov 20, 2012, 8:43 PM EDT
Russ Thaler talks with Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated about the recent realignment in the ACC and the imminent ripple effect that will be felt around the NCAA:
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All anyone wanted to talk about with Arizona heading into the season was the addition of Xavier transfer Mark Lyons. And to be perfectly fair, Lyons is a huge x-factor for this team. He’s the point guard that Sean Miller was missing, even if he’s not exactly a prototypical point guard. But one of the…
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I’m just as sick of talking about realignment as you are. That’s why this is really the only post that I’ve written on the subject since Maryland and Rutgers decided to set this entire process back in motion. Again. At this point, however, it’s worthless to bemoan the fact that rivalries have been destroyed, the…
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Unfair to rush to any judgement on UCLA after Shabazz’s first game
Nov 20, 2012, 12:18 AM EDT
BROOKLYN – All things considered, Shabazz Muhammad didn’t play too badly in his first game as a collegian. He finished with 15 points on 5-10 shooting in 25 minutes of action, although a couple of those buckets came in the final minute with the outcome, a 78-70 loss to Georgetown in the semifinals of the…
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Markel Starks, Otto Porter lead Georgetown past No. 11 UCLA
Nov 19, 2012, 11:24 PM EDT
BROOKLYN – This game was supposed to be about Shabazz Muhammad and UCLA. With the nation’s most talented freshman finally getting declared eligible by the NCAA this past Friday, Monday night’s game against Georgetown in the semifinals of the Legends Classic was supposed to be his debutante ball. We’ve all seen the mixtapes. We’ve all…
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Back from mission, Tyler Haws is the same player but a new man
Nov 19, 2012, 2:31 PM EDT
BROOKLYN – Back in October, a significant change was announced by Thomas S. Monson, the current President of the LDS Church. Instead of requiring young men to wait until they are 19 years old to be able to go on their two-year missions, the rule change now allows high school graduates to leave after their…
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Oregon State got some bad news on Sunday night, as they found out that starting center Angus Brandt will be out for the rest of the season. Head coach Craig Robinson tweeted out the bad news last night, but it’s really not all that surprising. There haven’t been details about the injury released yet, but…
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It’s official. Maryland is headed to the Big Ten. It will be announced at 3 p.m. If this report from Inside Maryland Sports’ Jeff Ermann, who had the story days before anyone else, isn’t enough to convince you, than this tweet from Brett McMurphy should be: Now we sit back and wait to see what…
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Ben McLemore is turning into the missing piece for Kansas: We all know what Kansas is missing this year: a go-to player. A star. A ‘give me the ball and get out of my way’ scorer that can be trusted with the ball in his hands in crunch time. Their best option? Freshman Ben McLemore,…
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Team of the Week: Colorado Buffaloes Colorado dispatched of Murray State late on Sunday night, giving the Buffaloes their second tournament title in the calender year. The last one they won? The Pac-12 tournament back in March, which sent Tad Boyle’s club off to the NCAA tournament. But with a number of key pieces leaving…
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College Hoops Week in Review: Player of the Week: Marcus Smart
Nov 19, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
Player of the Week: Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State Marcus Smart entered the season with the reputation for being a winner and one of the best all-around players in the country, and nothing about his first four games at the collegiate level has proven different. Smart led Oklahoma State to a title in the Puerto Rico…
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. – When Deshaun Thomas gets into rhythm, there aren’t many players in the country that can score like him. After averaging 15.9 points as a sophomore, Thomas entered Sunday afternoon’s matchup with Washington in the final of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off averaging 22.0 points early on this season. The 6-foot-7 lefty did…
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Senior point guard Abdul Gaddy had made a career out of being a pretty good point guard for the Washington Huskies. He came of the bench as a freshman, spelling Venoy Overton and Isaiah Thomas. He moved into a starting role as a sophomore, averaging 8.5 points and 3.8 assists before tearing…
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Danny Hurley has Rhode Island heading in the right direction
Nov 17, 2012, 9:09 PM EDT
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Danny Hurley knew that he’d have an uphill battle when he took over for Jim Baron at Rhode Island. Forget, for a second, the fact that the Rams are coming off of a season where they managed to win just seven games, because that would just be too obvious. Maybe the fact…
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BROOKLYN – With five minutes left in the semifinals of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic on Friday night, St. Joseph’s was down 63-57 to No. 20 Notre Dame when Langston Galloway went diving for a loose ball near the sideline. A member of the Fighting Irish landed on the back of his head as he…
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I had UCLA ranked 25th in the preseason. That was well below where everyone else had them. My thinking? The pieces didn’t fit for the Bruins. Their point guard play was reliant up a 6-foot-9 freshman, Kyle Anderson, nicknamed ‘slo-mo’ and a guy that flamed out at North Carolina, Larry Drew II, in about as…
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We have a new Florida State this year, but will they be improved?
Nov 16, 2012, 10:19 PM EDT
BROOKLYN – Florida State’s venture into ACC relevancy the last four seasons has centered around their front court. Big bodies; athletic shot-blockers; tough, physical, grind-you-down defense. You should know the names: Solomon Alabi. Chris Singleton. Ryan Reid. Most recently, Bernard James, a 27 year old veteran who was, quite literally, a man amongst boys. For…
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Games of the Day 1. UMass 77, Providence 75: For the second time in three days, UMass came away with a solid win at the buzzer. On Tuesday, it was a three from Sampson Carter with one second left to beat Harvard. On Thursday, it was a last second tip-in from Terrell Vinson that locked…
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Trevor Releford helps teammates learn by coming off the bench
Nov 16, 2012, 2:11 AM EDT
NEW YORK – Last season, Alabama had plenty of preseason expectation. There weren’t exactly picked to run through the SEC — that won’t happen for anyone as long as Coach Cal is stockpiling first round picks up in Lexington — but the Crimson Tide were a trendy pick to finish second in the conference in…
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Two OT threes from James Bell sparks a Villanova win over Purdue
Nov 16, 2012, 12:34 AM EDT
NEW YORK – James Bell shot just 5-17 from the floor on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, but he hit arguably the two biggest shots of the night. Bell hit a pair of threes in overtime to spark a 14-4 Villanova run and give the Wildcats an 89-81 win over Purdue in the second…
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Drexel falls to 0-2 with a loss to Illinois State in overtime
Nov 15, 2012, 10:31 PM EDT
When Drexel lost to VCU in the finals of the CAA tournament last March, it was the first time they were on the wrong end of the box score since January 2nd. Prior to that, Drexel’s last loss was on December 3rd. Crunch a few numbers, and what that gives you is an 18 game…
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Luke Cothron is the latest example of everything that is wrong with the NCAA. A four-star recruit in the Class of 2010, Cothron is currently at his fifth college, six if you include NC State, who he originally committed to in high school. He originally signed with Auburn, but was ruled a non-qualifier. Cothron had…
