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On Sept. 10, Minnesota forward Trevor Mbakwe plead guilty to a DWI he was arrested for back in July. Friday was the Golden Gophers’ media day and the former All-Big Ten forward told reporters that he has already been reprimanded by head coach Tubby Smith. “It’s something that happened earlier in the summer time. Coach…
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UCLA still waiting to hear on Shabazz Muhammad and Kyle Anderson’s eligibility
Oct 12, 2012, 5:35 PM EDT
Tonight marks the official beginning of the college basketball season. However, the UCLA Bruins are still scrambling to find out what they’re team will look like when the first game takes place next month. UCLA had one of the best recruiting classes this season, yet the program’s best two recruits – Shabazz Muhammad and Kyle…
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Former Husky Ricky Moore returns to Storrs as director of basketball administration
Oct 12, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT
Connecticut formally announced the return of former Husky guard Ricky Moore to the program on Friday, as he was named the director of basketball administration. Moore, who was an assistant on Paul Cormier’s staff at Dartmouth the last two seasons, returns to the school that he helped lead to its first national title in 1999.…
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Former Oklahoma State forward Darrell Williams given suspended sentence
Oct 12, 2012, 3:52 PM EDT
Former Oklahoma State basketball player Darrell Williams received two suspended one-year sentences for his conviction on charges of rape by instrumentation and sexual battery. Williams, who has insisted that he’s innocent throughout the case, avoids spending any more time behind bars but will have to register as a sex offender. Payne County District Judge Phillip…
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Throughout the month of October, CollegeBasketballTalk will be rolling out our previews for the 2012-2013 season. Check back at 9 a.m. and just after lunch every day, Monday-Friday, for a new preview item. To browse through the preview posts we’ve already published, click here. To look at the rest of the Top 25, click here.…
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Notre Dame in an unfamiliar position entering the 2012-13 season
Oct 12, 2012, 1:23 PM EDT
In each of the last three seasons Big East coaches have predicted that Notre Dame would finish somewhere in the middle of the conference pack. In 2009 Mike Brey’s team was picked to finish eighth place, followed by predictions of seventh (2010-11) and ninth (2011-12). With Big East media day set for Wednesday, Brey’s program…
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Midnight Madness tonight!!! College basketball season officially begins
Oct 12, 2012, 12:02 PM EDT
It’s been exactly 193 days since it’s been college basketball season. You remember when it ended, right? Anthony Davis, John Calipari and the entirety of Big Blue Nation took over New Orleans as Kentucky rolled over Kansas to win their eighth national title. That feels like so long ago, doesn’t it? Well, the wait is…
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A disappointing championship season? That’s what Pittsburgh is looking to rebound from.
Oct 12, 2012, 11:22 AM EDT
When is a championship season a disappointing one? When the title you win is the CBI (no disrespect to the good folks who run that tournament), thoughts of the last season have more to do with missing the NCAA tournament. That’s the situation the Pittsburgh Panthers found themselves in last season, as inexperience and the…
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Compiled by Eric Angevine and Troy Machir If pitchers and catchers reporting is a rite of spring, the college hoops All-Name Team is the definitive rite of autumn. For years, Troy and I toiled separately, each producing our own All-Name lists in our own styles; him for Ballin’ is a Habit, me for Storming the…
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Cleveland Cavalier Tristan Thompson admits to paying Myck Kabongo’s expenses
Oct 12, 2012, 8:15 AM EDT
The big news on Wednesday night was that the NCAA was investigating Texas point guard Myck Kabongo for the possible receipt of impermissible benefits. But while the focus of the NCAA was reported to be the relationship between Kabongo and sports agent Rich Paul, Kabongo’s long-time friend and former teammate Tristan Thompson says that it…
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Zach Peters wasn’t expected to be Thomas Robinson‘s replacement this season. With Jeff Withey (who has made some preseason all-american teams), Perry Ellis, Kevin Young and Landen Lucas on the roster, playing time isn’t exactly guaranteed for Peters, a 6-foot-9 forward from Plano, TX. But Peters does provide depth. And, more importantly, even a season’s…
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Steve Fisher: “Right now, it’s not the best team we’ve had”
Oct 11, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
The last time Steve Fisher coached a team with this much hype he was 20 years younger in Ann Arbor and his starting lineup consisted of the Fab Five. Not even in 2010-2011, when his Aztec team went 34-3 and produced two NBA Draft picks, including Kawhi Leonard, has Fisher had a team that entered…
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As we noted earlier, highly-touted wing James Young — a Michigan native that never even made a visit to Michigan State — joined the Harrison twins in John Calipari’s 2013 recruiting class. This didn’t get as much pub as the Harrisons’ commitment did (hey, Young is only one guy, you know?), but it is a…
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Yesterday, we talked about the fact that the NCAA had implemented a rule banning Instagram from being used on the recruiting trail. Today, the NCAA clarified things for us in a statement: “Schools can and do use Instagram in all sorts of ways: to promote events, post game highlights and give a sense of what…
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Highly-touted 2013 shooting guard James Young commits to Kentucky
Oct 11, 2012, 5:33 PM EDT
6-6 shooting guard James Young made the news that many expected to hear official, as he verbally committed on ESPNU to attend Kentucky next fall. “I will be heading to the University of Kentucky,” said Young on the telecast while holding up a Kentucky t-shirt. Young is the fourth member of Kentucky’s 2013 class, joining…
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2012-13 College Basketball Preview: Mid-Major All-Americans
Oct 11, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
Throughout the month of October, CollegeBasketballTalk will be rolling out our previews for the 2012-2013 season. Check back at 9 a.m. and just after lunch every day, Monday-Friday, for a new preview item. To browse through the preview posts we’ve already published, click here. To look at the rest of The Lists we’ve published, click here. For…
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Kansas has won eight straight Big 12 regular season titles, and even with the loss of Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor Big 12 coaches expect the Jayhawks to extend the streak to nine. The Big 12 released its preseason coaches’ poll on Thursday, and Kansas was the unanimous choice to win the conference. Since coaches…
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Report: Northwestern’s JerShon Cobb was suspended for academic reasons
Oct 11, 2012, 12:23 PM EDT
Less than a month ago Northwestern announced that junior guard JerShon Cobb was suspended for the year for what was termed a violation of team policy. There is now official clarity on the reason for Cobb’s suspension, with Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune reporting that Cobb’s struggles in the classroom are what prompted the…
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Throughout the month of October, CollegeBasketballTalk will be rolling out our previews for the 2012-2013 season. Check back at 9 a.m. and just after lunch every day, Monday-Friday, for a new preview item. To browse through the preview posts we’ve already published, click here. To look at the rest of the Top 25, click here.…
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Kansas head coach Bill Self to receive John R. Wooden ‘Legends of Coaching’ award
Oct 11, 2012, 10:52 AM EDT
On the heels of leading Kansas to 32 wins and an appearance in the national title game, Kansas head coach Bill Self received multiple national coach of the year awards and a contract extension through the 2021-22 season. On Wednesday it was announced that Self would receive another honor, as he was named the John…
