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NEW YORK- For the first six minutes against St. John’s on Saturday afternoon, No. 2 Syracuse looked out of sync. They had opened 0-of-5 from the field and had settled for jumpers against an undersized Red Storm team. Then, in the span of 24 seconds, it changed. Center Fab Melo slammed home a Kris Joseph…
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Maybe, just maybe, Calhoun’s leave could be UConn’s turning point
Feb 4, 2012, 2:32 PM EDT
For what feels like the 10th straight season, UConn head coach Jim Calhoun’s health will force him to miss time. Calhoun, who is 70 years old, has a painful condition known as spinal stenosis that was aggravated on UConn’s loss at Georgetown this week. This isn’t something new, either. Calhoun strongly considered getting surgery when…
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Bo Kimble’s helping coach Loyola-Marymount’s old style? Awesome
Feb 4, 2012, 10:10 AM EDT
Seeing Bo Kimble’s name makes me think of a few things. Non-stop offense. Shots from everywhere, mostly from 3-point land. Scoring, fun, scoring. And that one brilliant image of Kimble, a righty, shooting left-handed to honor the memory of his friend, Hank Gathers. All of ‘em are good things. In fact, all of ‘em bring…
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When the Super Bowl ends on Sunday night, the sports world will turn its attention toward March Madness. We’ll begin to think more seriously about No. 1 seeds, brackets, and oh yeah, those teams on the bubble. Must be time to debut Bubble Banter. As it’s still more than a month from Selection Sunday, the…
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Jim Calhoun’s hurting, but badly enough to call it a career?
Feb 3, 2012, 6:46 PM EDT
Health issues aren’t anything new to Jim Calhoun. Since 1994, he’s missed 17 games due to various ailments, including prostate cancer surgery, pneumonia, and an undisclosed problem that caused him to miss seven games during the 2009-10 season. (He wasn’t at four others due to an NCAA suspension and a family funeral.) Most of those…
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(All times ET) Game of the Weekend: Sat. 9 pm: No. 8 Kansas @ No. 4 Missouri Let’s put this game in a vacuum. Let’s pretend that Missouri hasn’t turned into a top five team and that Kansas has struggled this season with their two-man attack. This game would still be must-see TV. Why? Because…
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Onions? Bill Raftery’s got ‘em. But that’s not why we love him
Feb 3, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
Dick Vitale may be college basketball’s most famous TV analysts, but Bill Raftery is its most beloved. If all he ever gave the game was this brilliant moment, it’d be enough for anyone. But Raftery offers insight, honesty and boundless enthusiasm for a game played by kids. Sure, Raftery has his own catchphrases, but for…
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Wait. Allen Fieldhouse isn’t the best home-court edge in college basketball? And neither is Cameron Indoor Arena? And it isn’t even close? What’s next? That faster-than-light particles exist outside of comic books and science fiction? A study done by Ken Pomeroy for ESPN Insider (sorry about the paywall) found that Utah Valley enjoys the best…
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Part II: One year later, a look back at ’11 Jordan Brand rosters
Feb 3, 2012, 10:55 AM EDT
Rosters for the 2012 Jordan Brand game have been announced and, now that one year has passed since the Class of 2011 participated, let’s take a look at how those players have fared at the college level. Below is Part II, taking a look at the roster for the West: Did you miss Part I,…
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On Thursday night, Murray State overcame a double-digit deficit at home to knock of Southeast Missouri State 81-73, keeping their record unblemished and the dream of a perfect season alive. But having to overcome a double-digit deficit against a team like Southeast Missouri State isn’t exactly the way to prove to the country that an…
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Friday’s Shootaround: Pac-12 excitement, St. Mary’s pulls ahead
Feb 3, 2012, 6:53 AM EDT
No. 9 Murray State 81, SEMO 73: See here. The Pac-12: Since the Pac-12 has such a terrible TV and I spent the last three weeks on the road, tonight was the first night that I have actually been able to sit down and watch some Pac-12 basketball. It also happened to be arguably the…
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Those Ohio State tickets you just bought might not get you in the door. The school issues a memo Thursday, telling fans and other ticket buyers to be cautious about where they buy tickets and who supplies them. Turns out someone out there is printing counterfeit tickets and mucking up the home games. (The Buckeyes…
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This might be Gonzaga’s most complete team. And that’s saying something. The Zags haven’t missed an NCAA tournament since 1998 and are annually among D-I’s best non-BCS teams. Mark Few’s 332-86 coaching record? Absurd. So yeah, the Zags have had great teams. That’s why it’s somewhat amazing that this year’s version is 17-3, has only…
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Part I: One year later, a look back at ’11 Jordan Brand rosters
Feb 2, 2012, 3:44 PM EDT
With the 2012 Jordan Brand Classic rosters being announced today, let’s take a look back at the rosters of the 2011 game. Just a year out, we’ll consider it a “Where Are They Now?” Take a look at Part 1, the East rosters from 2011: Khem Birch | Forward | Pittsburgh/UNLV After averaging just over…
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Arkansas-Pine Bluff player pulls off Blake Griffin-esque dunk
Feb 2, 2012, 1:50 PM EDT
There are dunks and there are DUNKS. And then there’s what Savalace Townsend did Saturday night. The Arkansas-Pine Bluff senior pulled off one of the best dunks of the year vs. Grambling State (it took a few days for video to surface) when he drives by his man and rises up and up over Bryant…
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This season hasn’t been what Billy Kennedy expected. And not just because of how Texas A&M’s played. The Aggies’ first-year coach has spent the last few months adjusting to a new job (he came from Murray State) and a new home when he had difficulty sleeping, pain in his shoulder and other odd ailments. It…
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Hypothetical trade scenarios for a hypothetical trade deadline
Feb 2, 2012, 11:15 AM EDT
One of the best weeks of the entire baseball season are the days leading up to the trade deadline. Speculation abounds fans overreact, and once in a while a team gets better. College basketball doesn’t have a trade deadline. That’s basically impossible, but it’s at this time of the season where you can really formulate…
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Thursday’s Shootaround: SDSU survives, Southern Miss takes control of CUSA
Feb 2, 2012, 10:30 AM EDT
No. 14 Georgetown 58, UConn 44: See here. No. 12 San Diego State 58, Boise State 56: On Saturday afternoon, San Diego State was drilled by Colorado State, losing by 17 in a game that was never much in doubt after the first 10 minutes. On Wednesday, the Aztecs did everything they could to try…
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Kansas was in a spot to make a small trip-up into a full-on fall. Following a road loss to Iowa State and seeing a road matchup with No. 4 Missouri lurking on the horizon, a loss Wednesday night at home to Oklahoma would have paved a more difficult path for the Jayhawks in the tightly-contested…
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Georgetown bounces back from a loss to Pitt by beating UConn
Feb 2, 2012, 8:40 AM EDT
WASHINGTON – John Thompson III has unquestionably brought the Georgetown basketball program back to national relevancy, but if anything has defined his tenure as the head coach of the Hoyas, its late-season meltdowns. The Hoyas won the Big East Tournament and made a run to the Final Four in 2007, but that March seemed to…
