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The demise of Rumeal Robinson, one of Michigan’s heroes during its run to the 1989 NCAA tournament title, isn’t anything new. It’s been almost three years since he was arrested by the FBI and charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank bribery, false statement to a financial institution and wire fraud. It wasn’t long…
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Three weeks ago, referee Karl Hess ejected NC State legends Tom Gugliotta and Chris Corchiani from a game against Florida State. As you might imagine, the reaction from the Wolfpack faithful was somewhat vitriolic. He wasn’t exactly the most popular guy in the state of North Carolina, and he had some issues at the ACC…
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Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: NEC Coach: Jim Ferry Record: 25-8, 16-2 (1st) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 167 – RPI: 87 – AP/Coaches: Unranked Seeding?: LIU-Brooklyn is probably looking at somewhere around a 15 seed. Names to know: Julian Boyd (17.4 ppg, 9.5 rpg), Jamal Olasewere (16.8 ppg,…
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Aaron Craft’s defensive abilities are highly regarded throughout college hoops. Ohio State’s sophomore is a great on-ball defender with great hands and is tenacious in his approach. Heck, Luke Winn watched every one of his possessions this season to track how often he creates turnovers (7.54 percent of opponents’ possessions)! It’s no coincidence that the…
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Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: Big Sky Coach: Wayne Tinkle Record: 26-7, 11-3 (2nd) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 81 – RPI: 77 – AP/Coaches: Unranked Seeding?: Montana is probably looking at somewhere around a 14 or 15 seed despite winning the Big Sky’s regular season and tournament titles.…
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Our picks for All-American teams, Player of Year and Coach of Year
Mar 8, 2012, 11:29 AM EDT
Deciding awards by a committee should make things easier. It eases any burden upon one person when it comes fretting about making the final call. So why does it feel like we could revise our picks for our 2011-12 college basketball postseason awards? (Click here to see the slideshow.) I mean, is there a right…
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Conference tournament action on Thursday and Friday could have a huge impact on who’s in and who’s out when the brackets are revealed this Sunday. New teams involved in the anxious waiting game include Seton Hall and West Virginia. Both lost second round tourney games on Wednesday. For teams like South Florida, Northwestern, Dayton, Xavier, St. Joseph’s,…
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Over the next 13 days, the brackets will start to take shape. Teams with no at-large aspirations will make one final push at the post-season. Teams on the bubble will look to assert themselves as worthy members of “The Big Dance”, and contenders will start priming their engines for a national Championship run. While “March…
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So how bad is the SEC? The SEC’s answer: its actually not as bad as it looks. Yes, Kentucky steamrolled the conference, but I’m not sure that Kentucky wouldn’t have steamrolled any conference this season. The Wildcats are loaded with talent and are playing the best defense of the John Calipari era. Thank you Anthony…
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It isn’t exactly going out on a limb to say that the Big Ten is the strongest conference in the country this season. What’s more debatable, however, is trying to figure out who, exactly, is the best team in the conference. Heading into the season, the answer was simple: Ohio State. Not only were they…
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Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: Patriot League Coach: Brett Reed Record: 26-7, 11-3 (2nd) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 81 – RPI: 107 – AP/Coaches: Unranked Seeding?: Lehigh is probably going to end up being one of the last teams slotted. At best, they are probably looking at a…
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Over the next 13 days, the brackets will start to take shape. Teams with no at-large aspirations will make one final push at the post-season. Teams on the bubble will look to assert themselves as worthy members of “The Big Dance”, and contenders will start priming their engines for a national Championship run. While “March…
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The Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center in Brooklyn, NY is not big at all. When empty, it does not look like the home of a Division-I Conference Champion. It’s small, narrow, and very bright. It looks more like a state-of-the-art intramural gym than anything else. But when you stuff 1,700 frenzied LIU-Brooklyn fans inside a…
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The question we all had about the ACC in the preseason had to do with fourth place. We knew Duke and UNC would be fighting for the regular season title, which they did. And we know that Florida State had the horses to make some noise in the league, which they did. What we didn’t…
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Photo of the Day: An actual glorious shot from Pac-12 tourney
Mar 8, 2012, 2:13 AM EDT
If the Pac-12’s regular season churned your stomach, the opening day of its conference tournament surely made you lose your lunch. Stanford throttled Arizona State. UCLA’s 55-40 win over USC set a new record for futility by both teams. Then the nightcap – Colorado’s 53-41 victory vs. Utah – broke that record. Ugh. One of…
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NCAA tourney projections: Texas, Northwestern, S. Florida need wins
Mar 8, 2012, 12:48 AM EDT
Four days and counting until Selection Sunday: time for an updated look at the bracket. After losing to Louisville on Wednesday, Seton Hall joins Drexel, Iona, Oral Roberts, and Middle Tennessee State as nervous at-large hopefuls. West Virginia is in that group, too, but is a little more secure heading into action on Thursday and Friday. …
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Montana claims Big Sky title, denies Lillard chance in Big Dance
Mar 7, 2012, 11:39 PM EDT
Damian Lillard was determined to get Weber State into the NCAA tournament. But one guy wasn’t enough against Montana’s starting five. The Grizzlies’ starters played all but nine minutes and scored every Montana point in an 85-66 win in Wednesday’s Big Sky tournament championship. It’s Montana’s second automatic bid in the last three years and…
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NEW YORK–Late in the first half of Seton Hall’s matchup with Louisville in the second round of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden, a voice rang out from the back of the Seton Hall student section. “I just wanna dance!” a fan yelled. Well, not so fast. Following the Pirates’ 61-55 loss to…
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Another regular season conference champion has been picked off. Savannah State, the outright champions of the MEAC, got dropped in their first round game against Hampton. Christopher Tolson scored 16 points to lead the way for the Pirates, who used an 11-2 run to blow the game open down the stretch. Savannah State had won…
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C.J. McCollum shoots Lehigh to 2nd automatic bid in 3 years
Mar 7, 2012, 9:45 PM EDT
Know the name C.J. McCollum. He’s primed to be one of March’s shooting stars. McCollum scored 29 points and helped Lehigh hold off Bucknell 82-77 in the Patriot League championship, clinching its second NCAA tournament bid in the last three years. The Mountain Hawks (26-7) managed to coax the Bison out of their preferred half-court…
