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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,…
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Playing their third straight game without the services of starting center Fab Melo, Syracuse escaped with a 63-61 win over West Virginia at the Carrier Dome on Saturday afternoon. What everyone is going to remember is the missed goaltending call, which is fair. The goaltend was as obvious as the no-call was atrocious: And, as…
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Game of the Weekend: Sat. 1:30 pm: No. 16 Mississippi State @ No. 13 Florida At the end of the day, the SEC is Kentucky and every body else. That’s not an insult directed at the rest of the league, the Wildcats are just that good. The battle for second place is where the intrigue…
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No. 25 Wisconsin 57, No. 17 Indiana 50: Its really unfair to judge Indiana too heavily on what happened in the Kohl Center on Thursday night. You don’t win on the road in the Big Ten this season, and while the Badgers have struggled early on in the season in their own building, this is…
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18-4, 11 straight wins, 5 all-league players and no one’s talking about Oral Roberts?
Jan 26, 2012, 5:37 PM EDT
TULSA, Okla. – On Saturday night, I had the chance to see one of the nation’s best-kept secrets play as Dominique Morrison scored 22 points in a 93-86 win over Summit League rival Oakland. Morrison is a four-year starter at Oral Roberts and a guy that has been all over the all-Summit teams throughout his…
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Oklahoma State 79, No. 2 Missouri 72: In the most surprising result of the night, Missouri went into Gallagher-Iba Arena and got dropped by the struggling Pokes, who were able to fight back from a deficit midway through the second half despite having starter Markel Brown tossed for his celebration of two thunderous dunks. Missouri…
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No. 22 Michigan 66, Purdue 64: The Wolverines picked up a huge win on the road against the Boilermakers, hanging on for the win after Purdue missed two good looks from three in the final minute. One of those looks came off the hands of Robbie Hummel with 12 seconds left in the game. Making…
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Conner Teahan’s living his dream, but would trade it for one thing
Jan 24, 2012, 3:23 PM EDT
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Conner Teahan is living the dream. He grew up a mere 30 minutes from the University of Kansas in Leewood, KS, and, like most people that grow up a mere 30 minutes from Lawrence, he’s been a lifelong, diehard Jayhawks fan. “There aren’t going to be many bigger KU fans than I…
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LAWRENCE, Kan. – There’s no question who the best player on the Kansas basketball team is. He also happens to be the guy that most pundits will tell you is the best player in the country. That’s Thomas Robinson. At 6-9 and 240 pounds of muscle, Robinson has come into his own as a monster…
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Tuesday’s Shootaround: Syracuse and Kansas win, Iona blows another lead
Jan 24, 2012, 2:17 AM EDT
No. 4 Syracuse 60, Cincinnati 53: Coming off of an embarrassing, 76-67 loss to Notre Dame — a loss that was no where near as close as the final score indicates — Syracuse was looking to make a statement on Monday night. People have begun to speculate that the Bearcats may actually be the second…
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Missouri and the Big 12 highlight the hoops week in review
Jan 23, 2012, 3:28 PM EDT
Player of the Week: TyShawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson, Kansas We all already know about what TyShawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson did against Baylor. Taylor had 28 points, six boards and five assists while T-Rob demoralized the Baylor interior for 27 points and 14 boards as the Jayhawks steamrolled Baylor 92-74. Coming into the game,…
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TULSA – The Summit League is one of the most underrated conferences in the country. They are rarely mentioned when the conversation of the best mid-major league comes up, yet they sit 12th in the league RPI standings and can claim five of the nation’s top 15 scorers. And to get an idea of just…
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The 4:00 pm games: On paper, it didn’t seem like this Saturday’s game were going to be incredibly interesting after the top five battle that took place in Waco, Texas, but those people (me included) ate their words after three games involving teams ranked in the top 11 came down to the final possession in…
