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Thursday was a fun night. A handful of teams threw away games with poor execution down the stretch. Niagara on the other hand, capitalized not one, not two but four times. Let’s hit the links. Friday’s Top games: 7:00 p.m. – Yale @ Harvard 7:00 p.m. – Rider @ Fairfield 7:00 p.m. – Manhattan @…
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Just another busy day in the college hoops neighborhood. Ohio’s game against Eastern Michigan was postponed because of an armed gunman near campus. Plus a toddler ran on the court during Baylor’s home game against Oklahoma. 64 games were played last night. I love that number. Let’s hit the links. Wednesday’s Top games: 7:00 p.m.…
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CBT Podcast: The role of Marshall Henderson in college hoops, and Coach of the Year debate
Jan 30, 2013, 1:55 PM EDT
Episode 8 of the CBT Podcast is here. College Basketball Talk writer Daniel Martin joins host Troy Machir to discuss the controversial sharpshooting superstar and his place in the game. Ole Miss guard Marshall Henderson has become the game’s most entertaining villain, and despite the Rebels’ first SEC loss of the season, Henderson’s colorful character…
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Marshall Henderson got his first real taste of the big time last night, and while he finished with 21 points, his Ole Miss squad dropped their first SEC game of the season to a Kentucky team that actually looked pretty good. But I guess that will happen when Nerlens Noel blocks 12 shots. We got…
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Marquette got rid of their bat problem. Louisville got back on track. Kansas won again. Grambling State lost again. That’s the hand we were dealt last night. Let’s hit the links. Tuesday’s Top games: 7:00 p.m. – Wisconsin @ No. 11 Ohio State 7:00 p.m. – No. 19 North Carolina State Virginia 7:00 p.m. –…
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How can we really begin to describe this past weekend? A bat got loose at the Bradley Center. Northern Illinois scored 4 points in a single half. Marshall Henderson almost got bum-rushed by the Auburn student section. North Carolina got trounced. UCLA got trounced. Syracuse lost, Louisville lost. Heck, Lehigh lost at home to Lafayette…
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“Upset Week” continued last night on the college hardwood. Minnesota lost to Northwestern, Creighton lost to Drake, Butler lost to La Salle and Miami absolute demolished Duke. There were also at least six other games that can be classified as upsets as well. Oh, and Drexel’s Frantz Massenat hit a 50-foot buzzer-beater to beat Hofstra.…
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Drexel’s Frantz Massenat sinks 50-foot buzzer-beater to defeat Hofstra (VIDEO)
Jan 23, 2013, 11:19 PM EDT
Drexel was picked to win the Colonial Athletic Association this season, but as a result of injuries and inconsistent play during the first two months of the year, the Dragons have been a bit of a disappointment. How bad has it been? The team that won 18 straight games at the end of last season…
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CBT Podcast: Miami, Ole Miss and Oregon on the rise, Missouri and Notre Dame fall back
Jan 23, 2013, 1:30 PM EDT
Episode 7 of the CBT podcast is here. Host Troy Machir is joined by College Basketball Talk writer Raphielle Johnson to discuss a litany of different topics, including the teams and players that haven’t gotten the recognition they deserve, for both good and bad reasons. Miami, Ole Miss and Oregon are all sitting at the…
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Let’s see. Louisville lost to Villanova. North Carolina State lost to Wake Forest. Missouri almost lost to South Carolina. Kentucky lost to Alabama. Oh wait, that last one isn’t all that surprising. Oh, and as usual, Kansas won. Yeah, it was that kinda night in college hoops. Lets hit the links. Wednesday’s Top Games: 6:00…
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Oklahoma freshman James Fraschilla, son of ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla, rocks the air guitar (VIDEO)
Jan 22, 2013, 1:30 PM EDT
One of the better trends sweeping the college basketball nation this season has been the growing number of reactionary sideline celebrations. The trend got its start back in February 2012 when Seton Hall walk-on Peter Dill unveiled “The Hammer of Dill” to the entire word, and the game has never been the same since. With…
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Now that Inauguration Monday/MLK Day is in the books, we can start to look forward to anther solid week of college basketball. Everybody was bemoaning the loss of the Kansas/Missouri rivalry game when the Tigers jumped to the SEC. But the Jayhawks take on their other rivals, you know, the Sunflower State university, tonight in…
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Michael Carter-Williams dunks as well has he dishes out assists (VIDEO)
Jan 21, 2013, 11:45 PM EDT
Syracuse guard Michael Carter-Williams has had a sensational sophomore season. the highly touted distributor did not see much action last season because he was behind the likes of Scoop Jardine, Dion Waiters and Brandon Triche. But when he did get in, he did things like this. Through 19 games this season, the 6-foot-6 Massachusetts-native is…
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Billy Donovan gets 400th win and celebratory Gatorade bath (VIDEO)
Jan 19, 2013, 7:12 PM EDT
Despite not having Laurence Bowers in the lineup, the game between Missouri and Florida was billed as one of the marquee match-ups on a loaded Saturday of college hoops. Unfortunately, the Florida Gators had other plans, and turned the game into a rout, beating the Tigers 83-52. Billy Donovan has never been one to draw…
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Walt Lemon buzzer-beater propels Bradley past Missouri State (VIDEO)
Jan 19, 2013, 5:22 PM EDT
On a day featuring a loaded slate of college basketball action, the first highlight of the day comes from a game you probably didn’t know was going on. Bradley guard Walt Lemon Jr. drove the entire length of the floor with 4.3 seconds remaining and hit a running 3-pointer off the glass to give the…
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Today’s Morning Mix is rather light. We want you to save up you energy for tomorrow, which looks like the most fully loaded day of hoops we’ve seen all season. Oh, and you can take tonight off. There are only three games on tonight. We got you covered. Lets hit the links. Friday’s Top Games:…
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Matthew Dellavedova. He may have one of the ugliest strokes in the game, but BOY is it effective. BYU fans across the country are all waking up on the wrong side of the bed today. I know I say this almost every day, but MAN, do we have a lot of interesting news and notes…
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Episode 6 of the College Basketball Podcast is here. Host Troy Machir is joined by recruiting expert Jeff Borzello of CBS Sports’ Eye on College Basketball to discuss the top freshman in the college game today. Each week Jeff puts together his Freshman of the Year“rankings, and we spend 30 minutes discussing what each player…
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Marshall Henderson. Get familiar with that name because you will be seeing it a lot in the coming months. Well, if you’re a daily reader to the site, then you’ve already seen it a lot, because College Basketball Talk has been driving the Marshall Henderson bandwagon all season long. Now, lets hit the links. Tuesday’s…
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Not too much action on the hardwood last night. Louisville beat UConn. Kansas beat Baylor. Grambling lost again, and Savannah State’s Preston Blackman scored 41 points in the Tiger double-overtime win over Morgan State. But despite a light smattering of hoops action, there are a plethora of news items we need to get to. Lets…
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As is the case every Monday, The Morning Mix is here to get you caught up to speed on everything that took place this weekend in the college hoops world. In case you spent your weekend under a rock, there are no more undefeated teams in the country. On the flip side, Grambling and Maryland-Eastern…
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Another night of college hoops, another night of suspect refereeing. But that’s in the past. We got a lot to get to this morning. Lets hit the links. Thursday’s Top Games: 7:00 p.m. – Fairfield @ Loyola (Md.) 8:05 p.m. – No. 13 Creighton @ Missouri State 9:00 p.m. – Wright State @ Loyola (Il.)…
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Last night was fun, wasn’t it? What’s that? You didn’t watch college hoops all night like I did? You totally missed out. But fear not, because The Morning Mix is here to get you caught up to speed on all the happenings. But I’m warning you, last night was crazy. Or as the kids say…
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Words cannot describe Jamaal Franklin’s dunk against Fresno State (VIDEO)
Jan 10, 2013, 1:55 AM EDT
What you are about to see is the most ballsy display of posterization the world has ever seen. And I’m not just throwing out crazy words to make this an entertaining post. What San Diego State’s Jamaal Franklin did against Fresno State on Wednesday night is not taught by any coach, counselor or instructor. There…
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Illinois’ Brandon Paul is a dynamic high-octane scorer. He dropped 35 points against Gonzaga earlier this season and who can forget his 43-point performance against Ohio State a year ago. But lost in all the hype of his scoring ability is his underrated dunking acumen. We haven’t seen the 6-foot-4 senior go off on somebody…
