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Wisconsin went into East Lansing on Thursday night and had their hopes of winning the Big Ten’s regular season title dashed. The Spartans used a 14-0 run midway through the first half to open up a double-digit lead on the Badgers, one they stretched out to 20 points during the second half before ultimately winning…
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Jay Bilas is not only the best color commentator covering college basketball games, he may the be single best talking head in all of sports. Why? Well, for starters, he has one of the most sound basketball minds you’ll ever come across. Simply put, he knows the game. But Bilas is also a lawyer, which…
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On Thursday night, Vanderbilt showed the nation why everyone in the country is so tantalized by their talent. The Commodores scored 53 first half points, hitting 70.8% from the field and knocking down 10-12 — seriously, 10-12 — from beyond the arc as they built a 25 point lead at the break. By the time…
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Michael Snaer caps off an improbable comeback for 1st place Florida State
Feb 17, 2012, 1:10 AM EDT
Florida State made one of the most improbable comebacks you’ll ever see in their 48-47 win over Virginia Tech on Thursday night. The Hokies used a 17-0 run over the first six minutes of the second half to open up a 40-25 lead as the Seminoles looked utterly lost offensively. In fact, over the first…
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All times ET. Television guide via here. Game of the Night: Wisconsin @ Michigan State, 7 p.m. (ESPN) After going into Columbus and knocking off Ohio State on Saturday afternoon, Michigan State drew themselves even with Ohio State in the loss column of the Big Ten race. (OSU won on Tuesday, meaning they are currently a…
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Forgive me if I’m not ready to buy into South Florida just yet. Yes, after a 65-51 victory over Villanova — a game that wasn’t even that close for much of the second half — the Bulls are currently sitting at 9-4 in the Big East, guaranteed to finish above .500 in the Big East…
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Think about this for a second: in their loss to UAB on Wednesday night, SMU was outscored 30-16 in the second half. They shot just 4-20 (20%) in the process, missing 12 of the 14 threes they attempted while grabbing just four offensive rebounds and committing four turnovers. And believe it or not, that was…
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Kendall Marshall raised some eyebrows on Wednesday when he was quoted in the Durham Herald-Sun as saying that North Carolina had never been taught how to close a game: Marshall said former Tar Heels guard Shammond Williams came by practice on Friday and talked to the players about finishing games out. “He just asked us,…
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So when do we start calling Luke Harangody “mini-Jack Cooley”?
Feb 16, 2012, 8:30 AM EDT
The past couple of days has spawned plenty of talk about who the most improved player in the country is, a debate that seems to center about big men this season. The name that every seems to mention first is Kansas big man Jeff Withey, who has gone from an afterthought in the Jayhawk’s team…
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Less than a week ago — literally six days ago — I wrote a post off of No. 21 St. Mary’s loss to Gonzaga saying, essentially, that they could not afford to allow that game to trigger another late-season collapse. Specifically, I wrote that “On paper, the Gaels look like a safe bet to win…
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Back in October, the team that we all thought was going to be the best in the Mountain West was New Mexico. It took awhile for those Lobos to show up, but this has been a different team since they lost to UNLV back in January. And they showed it on Wednesday night, going into…
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Its hard to believe that a team having lost six of their last seven games had their season take a turn for the worse, but that is precisely what happened to Illinois on Wednesday night as they lost to Purdue in Champaign 67-62. It was the seventh loss in the last eight games for the…
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The chance that Jim Calhoun returns to the UConn bench this season is looking more and more unlikely. The school announced that the Husky head coach will miss at least the next three games with back problems that have left him immobile. Calhoun has already missed three games after UConn’s trip to Washington DC to…
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Pete Thamel wrote a terrific piece about Butler and the path that they are taking to try and rise from the middle of the Horizon League to make yet another tournament run this season. There are a number of juicy nuggets in there. For example, Thamel cites a study that estimates Butler University will make…
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All times ET. Television guide via here. Game of the Night: New Mexico @ San Diego State, 10 p.m. (CBSSports Network) Thanks to UNLV’s misstep at TCU on Tuesday night, the Lobos and the Aztecs will be squaring off for the right to call themselves the team to beat in the Mountain West. Now, SDSU…
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Bruce Weber, recruiting and the Illinois’ recent struggles
Feb 15, 2012, 1:10 PM EDT
Its no secret that basketball in the state of Illinois is down. Illinois hasn’t reached the same levels with Bruce Weber at the helm as they did when he was coaching Bill Self’s players to the national title game. DePaul, who was once a national powerhouse, is now the laughing stock of the Big East…
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Mississippi St.’s disappointing season continues with loss to LSU
Feb 15, 2012, 10:30 AM EDT
There really is only one way to look at the way Mississippi State’s season is heading: a massive disappointment. After losing to LSU in 69-67 overtime last night, the Bulldogs fell to 6-5 in the SEC, a full five games off of Kentucky’s pace. It was their second straight overtime loss — the previous one…
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When Ohio State’s complimentary players step up, watch out
Feb 15, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
Jared Sullinger is going to get double-teamed just about every single time he touches the ball in the post this season. That’s the way that you have to play him, he’s that good on the block with his back to the basket. On Saturday, we saw the pitfalls of those double-teams. The biggest Buckeye tried…
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George Mason wins the battle for first in the CAA with fireworks
Feb 15, 2012, 9:30 AM EDT
Game. Of. The. Night. George Mason knocked off VCU 62-61, dropping the Rams a game behind both the Patriots and Drexel in the CAA standings, thanks to the heroics of Sherrod Wright, as you see above. (Higher quality video is here.) But the excitement of this game went well beyond the final shot of the…
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Loss to Clemson makes the bubble appear that much closer for Virginia
Feb 15, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
Even with Tuesday’s ugly 60-48 loss at Clemson, Virginia should be in pretty good position for an at-large bid come NCAA Tournament time, should being the key word. The Cavs have had a very successful season, one good enough that Tony Bennett has had his name tossed around with the likes of Frank Haith, Mike…
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If you want, you can call UNLV’s 102-97 overtime loss to TCU the result of the Rebels playing a trap game on Tuesday night. You wouldn’t necessarily be wrong. UNLV beat San Diego State on Saturday afternoon in one of the most thrilling games of the season and, in the process, moving themselves into a…
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The reason that Creighton is having the season that they are having is that Greg McDermott can boast one of the most potent offenses in the country. According to Kenpom, they are scoring 1.164 PPP, good for fifth in the country. What makes them so dangerous? They shoot the ball as well as any team…
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Tuesday’s Shootaround: Not doubting Syracuse and not buying Baylor
Feb 14, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
No. 5 Kansas 59, Kansas State 53: See here. No. 2 Syracuse 52, No. 18 Louisville 51: Sometimes, we look too deep into the outcome of a game, which is why some people look at the score and the opponent and think that, somehow, this should take away from what we think about the Orange.…
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Kansas State missed out of a golden opportunity to pick up a quality win against No. 5 Kansas on Monday night, losing to the Jayhawks 59-53 in the Octagon of Doom. In and of itself, the loss is bad enough. With Kansas State’s surge to relevancy over the last six or seven years, the battle…
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College Hoops Week in Review: Jeff Withey, Wichita State and Cuse vs. OSU?
Feb 13, 2012, 4:46 AM EDT
Player of the Week: Jeff Withey, Kansas Last Saturday, when Kansas lost to Missouri in Mizzou Arena, Jeff Withey was a no-show. He finished without a single point on just one field goal attempt, grabbing only four rebounds — and just one offensive — in 23 minutes. That’s about as sufficient as a no-show as…
