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Thursday was Jim Calhoun’s 70th birthday, and, as Dan Martin laid out for you, things haven’t exactly been great from Calhoun since he turned 69. John Calipari is Public Enemy No. 1 when it comes to college basketball coaches, but few would argue if you put Calhoun second on that list. Not only are his…
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- As a “proud” alum of the 2002 D-III National runner-ups, I think it’s pretty awesome that the D-II and D-III Final Fours will be part of the 2013 Final Four in Atlanta. – Have a look at all the attendance figures from 2011-2012. As you could expect, Kentucky led the way. Syracuse was second,…
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Connecticut governor wants Boston College, UConn to play again
May 11, 2012, 12:12 AM EDT
Throughout the era of conference realignment, which began its current trend in 2003 with the ACC adding Miami, Virginia Tech and shortly thereafter Boston College, many have lamented the loss of rivalries. Geography in some cases has been trumped by the chase of increased revenue streams, meaning that some rivalries are either discontinued or get…
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Division II and Division III title games headed to Final Four weekend?
May 10, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
The NCAA released a statement on Thursday afternoon regarding the success of this year’s NCAA tournament. Reading through it is a bit boring, as you’ll run into much of the typical, self-congratulatory back-patting that press releases of that ilk tend to be filled with. But there is one interesting, potentially awesome note at the end…
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News of Louisville wanting out of the Big East has been well-known
May 10, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
According to a report by Andy Katz of ESPN.com, Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich has informed the Big East board of directors of the school’s desire to land in either the Big 12 or ACC. But this isn’t exactly a surprise development, given the events of last fall that culminated in West Virginia landing the…
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Big Ten, Kentucky once again on top of national attendance rankings
May 10, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
The more things change in college basketball, the more they stay the same. The NCAA released its attendance numbers for 2011-12, and the leaders in both the conference and individual school rankings should come as no surprise to anyone who follows the sport. For the 36th straight season the Big Ten leads the way in…
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There are a handful of mid-major conferences across the college basketball landscape that have established themselves as perennially capable of producing a Sweet 16 caliber team. The Missouri Valley, the WCC, the Horizon League, even the Ohio Valley and the MAC’s eastern division can usually be counted on for at least one potential cinderella. But…
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Ivy League strikes down proposal for postseason conference tournament
May 10, 2012, 3:35 PM EDT
The Ivy League has released a statement, announcing that it will remain with its current system for deciding an automatic bid to the men’s and women’s NCAA tournament and will not pursue proposals for a postseason conference tournament. “After careful consideration of these proposals, the athletics directors decided that our current method of determining the…
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Texas Tech guard DeShon Minnis will transfer to Rhode Island to play for new head coach Dan Hurley, the Philadelphia native tweeted Thursday afternoon. Minnis, a 6-3 freshman, averaged 3.1 points and 2.3 rebounds this past season in close to 16 minutes per game. His biggest games of the year in the first and last…
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Interim Big East commissioner Joe Bailey III says league is ‘very cohesive’
May 10, 2012, 1:25 PM EDT
Joseph Bailey III, the Big East’s interim commissioner after this week’s firing of John Marinatto, spoke with the media for the first time Wednesday and, contrary to the negative beliefs that some have about the future of the conference, Bailey maintained a more positive tone. ”I can tell you just from being in the meetings…
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As Jim Calhoun celebrates 70th birthday, challenges lie ahead
May 10, 2012, 11:44 AM EDT
Jim Calhoun is in a much different position this year, celebrating his 70th birthday Thursday, than he was one year ago, celebrating his 69th. One year ago, Calhoun was coming off a national championship with his Kemba Walker-led Connecticut Huskies, set to return guard Jeremy Lamb for what many were expecting would be a stellar…
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Larry Brown adds another: Illinois transfer Crandall Head commits to SMU
May 10, 2012, 10:26 AM EDT
Larry Brown has made another move on the recruiting trail, the second notable one in his short time at SMU. Illinois transfer Crandall Head has committed to the Mustangs, Jeff Goodman of CBSSports.com is reporting. Head recently visited the SMU campus. He left the Illinois basketball program in December and has been exploring his options…
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St. Louis mayor gives Missouri coach Frank Haith a key to the city
May 10, 2012, 9:19 AM EDT
The City of St. Louis has announced that Missouri head coach Frank Haith will receive an honorary key to the city from Mayor Francis Slay Thursday morning at 10 a.m. This comes after a season in which Haith led the Tigers to a 30-5 record, before being eliminated by 15th-seeded Norfolk State in the Round…
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- Jay Bilas gets the ball rolling today. he suggests that it’s time for Division-I hoops to downsize. Myron Medcalf thinks that reducing the landscape size would eliminate the cinderellas, which make the game so much better. Dana O’Neil also vouches for a larger pool of D-I teams, as it makes for a higher level…
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LSU head coach Johnny Jones has granted Ralston Turner a release to pursue a transfer to another school. Turner is a sophomore that averaged 9.1 points for the Tigers, down from the 12.3 points he averaged as a freshman. He hasn’t yet ruled out returning to LSU, but with the new head coach and a…
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Jay Bilas is allowed one bad idea each offseason, and this is the one
May 9, 2012, 9:45 PM EDT
Earlier on Wednesday, ESPN’s resident college hoops handyman, Jay Bilas, posted a column that argued the elimination of two-thirds of 350ish teams currently participating at the Division I level. Essentially, Bilas is saying that since there are so money non-competitive, uninteresting guarantee games that take place in November and December that we can drum up…
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After missing out on Nerlens Noel, Georgetown had an available scholarship and a spot in the front court to fill. Enter Bradley Hayes. A 6-foot-11, 230 lb senior from Jacksonville, Hayes spent the April live period playing with his AAU team in an attempt to secure a scholarship offer. And, according to a report from…
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Wisconsin transfer Jarrod Uthoff made a major media splash last month when news broke that Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan had blocked Uthoff from transferring to 26 schools — the entire Big Ten, the entire ACC, Marquette, Iowa State and Florida. But the pressure that the media put on Ryan forced him to change his…
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Wright State’s Julius Mays is currently in the process of trying to find a third school to finish out his collegiate eligibility. Mays spent the first two years of his career at NC State, where he struggled to find consistent minutes and provide consistent production. He transferred to Wright State following the 2010 season, where…
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Getting cut sucks. Regardless of the sport you play and the level that you play it at, being told that you are not good enough to play the sport you love is devastating and heart-breaking. Everyone of us has been through at some point. And I think we can all agree: it sucks. But that…
