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Central Florida will be appearing before the Committee on Infractions in April as a result of a report from ESPN and the New York Times that Ken Caldwell and Brandon Bender worked as runners between agents and players recruited by UCF. In an effort to soften that blow, UCF has put in some self-imposed sanctions,…
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Buzz Williams, one of the good guys coaching college basketball
Feb 21, 2012, 9:30 AM EDT
I’ve always been a big fan of Buzz Williams. He’s a guy that came from nowhere to become one of the nation’s most underrated coaches, but it hasn’t gone to his head. He’s as humble and hungry as ever, the kind of guy that hasn’t forgotten his roots despite the success that he’s had. I’ve…
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Let’s forget, for a second, that Baylor has been so disappointing this season, because if you look at this game in a vacuum, this is a good win for the Bears. They go on the road to face Texas, a team that has been playing well of late and is currently fighting for their bubble…
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Shabazz Napier saves UConn’s season for at least another day
Feb 21, 2012, 12:40 AM EDT
Shabazz Napier caught quite a bit of heat over the last couple of days. It was bad enough when he decided to pop off in UConn’s post game press conference after their 79-64 loss to then-No. 13 Marquette, but then on Monday word leaked that Napier — who has been overly critical of his team’s…
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North Florida’s Parker Smith with the best shooting night of the year?
Feb 20, 2012, 10:22 PM EDT
I think its safe to say that North Florida’s Parker Smith is a streaky shooter. On Saturday, it took Smith 17 shots — including a 1-11 performance from three — to score 12 points as North Florida barely held on to beat Kennesaw State, who has yet to win a game in Atlantic Sun play,…
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Tray Woodall: ‘My sister and I had to sell drugs. … I was in fifth grade.’
Feb 20, 2012, 5:53 PM EDT
Pitt has had a disappointing season to say the least. The Panthers entered the season with hopes of competing for the Big East title, but thanks to an injury to Tray Woodall, Jamie Dixon’s club has collapsed. They lost eight straight without Woodall earlier in the season, and while it looked like they turned a…
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On Saturday night, Michigan knocked off Ohio State to remain a game out of first place in the Big Ten, giving them a puncher’s chance at winning the league’s regular season title and vaulting them to No. 11 in the country when the latest rankings came out on Monday. Michigan is a lock for the…
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UConn is in serious trouble, but their issues range much farther than whether or not they are going to get a chance to defend their national title this season. Its not a stretch to say that this season has been an utter disaster for the Huskies. A legitimate title contender in the preseason, UConn is…
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All times ET. Television guide via here. Game of the Night: No. 9 Baylor @ Texas, 9 p.m. (ESPN) Baylor suffered their first upset at the hands of Kansas State over the weekend, fully dropping them out of the consciousness of the country when we discuss the best teams in the nation. Now two days…
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Player of the Week Team of the Week Five Thoughts – Baylor getting upset is a bigger deal that it seems: Heading into this weekend, Baylor had all but had their Final Four aspirations deemed null and void by the media majority after getting smacked around by both Kansas and Missouri twice this season. But…
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Player of the Week Five Thoughts Team of the Week: New Mexico Lobos What a week for New Mexico. In all honesty, I’m not sure if I can think of a single team that has had a better week this season than what the Lobos managed to pull off. Playing the two other contenders in…
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Team of the Week Five Thoughts Player of the Week: Draymond Green, Michigan State Here’s a stat for you: five times this season, Draymond Green has had at least 20 points, 10 boards and five assists in a game. They’ve all come in the last 11 games. He’s done it in three of his last…
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Winners Kansas State: It seems like decades ago at this point, but back when the sun was still shining on Saturday afternoon, the Wildcats landed the biggest win of the day by going into Waco and knocking off No. 9 Baylor 57-56. Coming in, the Wildcats had lost four of their last six games and…
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Long Beach State is going to have to win its league’s automatic bid if it want to make the conference tournament. That’s just the way life is for the 49ers. Their two marquee wins — at Pitt and Xavier on a neutral court — don’t appear to be all that “marquee” as the Panthers and…
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Trey Burke may have knocked Ohio State from the No. 1 seed line
Feb 19, 2012, 1:20 AM EDT
No. 6 Ohio State may have just cost themselves a shot at getting a No. 1 seed come Selection Sunday as they dropped a 56-51 decision to No. 17 Michigan on Saturday night. With losses in two of their last three games, the Buckeyes now find themselves at 22-5 on the season — all fivefour…
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One week ago today, No. 13 San Diego State was on their way to the Thomas and Mack Center to take on UNLV with a chance to solidify their standing at the top of the Mountain West standings. But after a 58-56 loss to Air Force — a team that had just two league wins…
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Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark., is one of the toughest places in the country to play. You want proof? The Razorbacks have yet to win a game this season away from BWA. They are 0-9 to be exact, and some of those losses — by 22 at Georgia, by 19 at Tennessee, at Houston…
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NC State should be thanking two of the program’s legends, Tom Gugliotta and Chris Corchiani, after their 76-62 loss to No. 20 Florida State on Saturday afternoon. With six minutes left in the game and the Wolfpack down by 18 points, Gugliotta and Corchiani got themselves tossed out of the game. Neither former player is…
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Over the last month, UConn has gone from a team with title aspirations to one that is going to have to make a serious rally late in the season if they want to make the NCAA Tournament. That’s what happens when you lose seven out of nine games in league play. The two wins in…
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Kansas State boosts its bubble stock with win vs. No. 9 Baylor
Feb 18, 2012, 5:06 PM EDT
Saturday afternoon has already provided us with quite a few fireworks, bubble and otherwise, but there hasn’t been a bigger winner than Kansas State. The Wildcats picked up a huge win on Saturday, going into Waco and knocking off No. 9 Baylor 57-56. K-State had been struggling in recent weeks, losing four of their last…
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UNLV is not a very good road team. That much we knew heading into their Saturday afternoon (well, Saturday morning for those out west) matchup with New Mexico in Albequerque. Considering that the Lobos are playing their best basketball of the season, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that New Mexico was able to beat…
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Time to take Marquette seriously as a Final Four contender
Feb 18, 2012, 2:41 PM EDT
Last Saturday, UConn lost at Syracuse by 18 points, but it wasn’t an 18 point loss. The Huskies were able to stay within striking distance for most of the game, getting as close as one possession multiple times in the second half, before a big Syracuse run closed out the contest. UConn’s 79-64 loss to…
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Loyola Marymount is not going to get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Let’s just get that out of the way right now. If you lose to Columbia at home and lose by 24 at Morgan State, you basically sign away any right you have to even have your named mentioned in bubble discussions.…
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Game of the Weekend: Sat. Ohio State @ Michigan, 9 p.m. While the rivalry between these two schools isn’t quite as intense on the basketball side as it is for football, that doesn’t mean that this game isn’t carrying a ton of weight in the Big Ten standings. The Buckeyes are currently sitting in a…
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I’m not sure there was a team in the country that needed a win as badly as West Virginia did on Thursday night. Let’s ignore, for a second, that the Mountaineers were playing Pitt — their Backyard Brawl rivals — for the last time as Big East counterparts. West Virginia came into this game having…
