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Gonzaga 73, No. 13 St. Mary’s 59: See here. Tennessee State 72, No. 7 Murray State 68: See here. No. 22 Wisconsin 68, Minnesota 61 OT: In one of the stranger games you are going to see this season, Minnesota whiffed on a golden opportunity to land a marquee win heading into the season’s crucial…
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The key for St. Mary’s: don’t let the Gonzaga loss spark another collapse
Feb 10, 2012, 2:10 AM EDT
Last season, St. Mary’s had the inside track to becoming the first team not named Gonzaga to win an outright WCC title since 2000. They were sitting two games up on the Zags with three to play in the league, meaning that even with a loss to Gonzaga in the second-to-last game of the regular…
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Murray St. loses its first game, but it’s still a team to be feared
Feb 10, 2012, 12:14 AM EDT
Murray State cracked under the pressure in its 72-68 loss to Tennessee State. I have no problem with saying that. The burden of being the nation’s last undefeated team finally got to the Racers. That’s the only way to explain how a team with so many veterans — eight of the nine players in Murray…
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We’ve already written pretty extensively about the three marquee games that took place tonight. This post will focus on all of the basketball that happened around the rest of the country that no one seemed to notice. No. 10 Kansas 68, No. 6 Baylor 54: See here. No. 2 Syracuse 64, No. 11 Georgetown 61…
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Before we get into the meat of this post, before we spend anytime analyzing what happened in Duke’s 85-84 win over UNC in the Dean Dome or how the Blue Devils were able to erase a 10-point deficit in the final two minutes, let’s all sit back and admire how the game ended: That is…
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Wednesday’s Shootaround: Kentucky rolls, Ohio State struggles, Creighton loses
Feb 8, 2012, 1:02 AM EDT
No. 3 Ohio State 87, Purdue 84: William Buford snapped out of what felt like a season long slump to score 21 of his 29 points in the second half — including seven straight to put OSU up 80-73 with two minutes left — as the Buckeyes avoided getting upset at home. Buford’s second half…
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Tuesday’s Shootaround: Missouri survives, Jamil Wilson shines
Feb 7, 2012, 9:05 AM EDT
No. 23 Louisville 80, UConn 59: See here. No. 4 Missouri 71, Oklahoma 68: This was the epitome of a trap game for the Tigers. They were coming off of an emotional win over Kansas at home — one that forced Frank Haith to set a 2am curfew — and have a date with Baylor…
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We all thought that UConn was on the verge of turning their season around. After a disastrous performance against Georgetown in DC on Wednesday and the loss of their head coach to spinal stenosis of Friday, UConn came out and looked motivated against Seton Hall on Saturday. Some of their underlying issues were still evident…
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College Hoops Week in Review: Tray Woodall and Miami make noise
Feb 6, 2012, 12:33 PM EDT
Player of the Week: Tray Woodall, Pitt Pitt lost eight straight games this season. They started off Big East play with seven consecutive losses. They lost to Wagner. They lost to DePaul. They lost to Rutgers by 23 points at home. And despite all of that, the Panthers are all of a sudden a team…
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Missouri beats Kansas thanks to Denmon, controversial 11-0 run
Feb 5, 2012, 1:06 AM EDT
This season has featured a change to the block/charge rule. In an effort to prevent weak-side defenders from planting themselves under the rim to try and draw a charge, the NCAA has put in a charge circle. Its not quite as far out as the NBA’s charge circle, but its there, and its something new…
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Want to hear a crazy stat? Before this season, Bo Ryan had lost just 11 games at the Kohl Center while head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers. His record in Big Ten play? 78-6. In ten years. This season has been a completely different story, however. Thanks to Ohio State’s 58-52 win on Saturday afternoon,…
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Maybe, just maybe, Calhoun’s leave could be UConn’s turning point
Feb 4, 2012, 2:32 PM EDT
For what feels like the 10th straight season, UConn head coach Jim Calhoun’s health will force him to miss time. Calhoun, who is 70 years old, has a painful condition known as spinal stenosis that was aggravated on UConn’s loss at Georgetown this week. This isn’t something new, either. Calhoun strongly considered getting surgery when…
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(All times ET) Game of the Weekend: Sat. 9 pm: No. 8 Kansas @ No. 4 Missouri Let’s put this game in a vacuum. Let’s pretend that Missouri hasn’t turned into a top five team and that Kansas has struggled this season with their two-man attack. This game would still be must-see TV. Why? Because…
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On Thursday night, Murray State overcame a double-digit deficit at home to knock of Southeast Missouri State 81-73, keeping their record unblemished and the dream of a perfect season alive. But having to overcome a double-digit deficit against a team like Southeast Missouri State isn’t exactly the way to prove to the country that an…
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Friday’s Shootaround: Pac-12 excitement, St. Mary’s pulls ahead
Feb 3, 2012, 6:53 AM EDT
No. 9 Murray State 81, SEMO 73: See here. The Pac-12: Since the Pac-12 has such a terrible TV and I spent the last three weeks on the road, tonight was the first night that I have actually been able to sit down and watch some Pac-12 basketball. It also happened to be arguably the…
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Thursday’s Shootaround: SDSU survives, Southern Miss takes control of CUSA
Feb 2, 2012, 10:30 AM EDT
No. 14 Georgetown 58, UConn 44: See here. No. 12 San Diego State 58, Boise State 56: On Saturday afternoon, San Diego State was drilled by Colorado State, losing by 17 in a game that was never much in doubt after the first 10 minutes. On Wednesday, the Aztecs did everything they could to try…
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Georgetown bounces back from a loss to Pitt by beating UConn
Feb 2, 2012, 8:40 AM EDT
WASHINGTON – John Thompson III has unquestionably brought the Georgetown basketball program back to national relevancy, but if anything has defined his tenure as the head coach of the Hoyas, its late-season meltdowns. The Hoyas won the Big East Tournament and made a run to the Final Four in 2007, but that March seemed to…
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Missouri was struggling Monday night in Austin. With Marcus Denmon shooting 3-12 from the field, Kim English struggling to get himself open and Phil Pressey turning the ball over, the Tigers needed a spark, and they got it from the man they rely on to be a game-changer. Michael Dixon scored 21 points on 9-10…
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Illinois 42, No. 10 Michigan State 41: We went fairly in depth on this game last night, but there was one stat that I forgot to get to in that post. This game was the Illini’s second biggest win on the season. The biggest was their upset of Ohio State in Assembly Hall. In that…
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Illinois gets a big win, but Michigan State suffers a bigger loss?
Jan 31, 2012, 11:49 PM EDT
Illinois got the win they so desperately needed. Coming into Tuesday night’s game against Michigan State, the Illini had lost three games in a row since their win over Ohio State. Two of those losses came against Minnesota and Penn State on the road. Sitting squarely on the bubble with a back-loaded league schedule —…
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No. 4 Missouri 67, Texas 66: I’ve said this before and I truly believe it — the sign of a good team is that they can go on the road, play poorly and still come away with a win. That’s exactly what Missouri did on Monday night. They didn’t shoot all that well, they made…
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Over the last couple of seasons, BracketBusters has become less and less relevant. Between the lack of marquee games and the fact that the losers of the matchups tend to be hurt more than the winners are helped, there has been a fairly strong reaction to the event. Some have even dubbed it BracketEliminators. This…
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LOGAN, Utah – Stew Morrill has built Utah State into a power in the WAC. They’ve won seven regular season titles since 2000 and made eight NCAA Tournaments in that time. To get an idea of the level that this program has reached, think about this: they packed the 10,270 seat Dee Glen Smith Spectrum…
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Player of the Week: Mike Moser, UNLV The UNLV transfer has been one of the nation’s most surprising stars this season, and this week he once again showed why he is such a dangerous and versatile threat. In two games this week, Moser averaged 22.5 ppg, 16.5 rpg and 2.5 spg while shooting 15-29 from…
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Ryan Boatright won’t be suspended. Well, anymore. As Kevin Duffy, a UConn beat writer, first reported, the Huskie’s freshman point guard will be allowed to play tomorrow against Notre Dame after being reinstated by the NCAA. Duffy also provided a thorough timeline of Boatright’s eligibility issues. It begs the question: if a player wasn’t suspended,…
