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Reminder: Weber State’s Damian Lillard is a stud. That is all.
Jan 20, 2012, 11:10 AM EDT
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Damian Lillard’s been smoking defenses all season, yet Weber State’s junior hasn’t captured the national spotlight the way Jimmer Fredette did last season. Maybe it’s because Lillard, a 6-2 guard, doesn’t stage long-range shooting exhibitions like Fredette did, or maybe it’s because while Weber State (14-3) is the Big Sky’s best team, it isn’t as…
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Weekend Preview: Baylor-Missouri headlines a weekend with some good hoops
Jan 20, 2012, 9:54 AM EDT
Game of the Weekend: Sat. 2:00 pm: No. 5 Missouri @ No. 3 Baylor To know how important this game is, all you need to do is look at the numbers next to the names of these two teams. How often do two top five teams lock horns, especially when the loser of that game…
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Friday’s Shootaround: UNC bounces back and Illinois falls back
Jan 20, 2012, 2:20 AM EDT
No. 8 North Carolina 82, Virginia Tech 68: There was a lot of good and a lot of bad to take out of the Tar Heel’s 14 point win over Virginia Tech on Thursday night. The good? After allowing the Hokies to hang around for far to long in the first 24 minutes or so,…
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UNC not dwelling on FSU, but Strickland injury’s a big issue
Jan 20, 2012, 12:51 AM EDT
For a moment, just a moment, Virginia Tech’s first-half performance against No. 8 North Carolina roused some concern. Fresh off the worst loss in the Roy Williams era in Chapel Hill, a 33-point drubbing at the hands of Florida State, a 7-of-14 three-point shooting attack gave the Hokies a five-point halftime lead. But a subtle…
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SPRINGFIELD, M0. – No one would have blamed Kyle Weems if he had decided to leave Missouri State after last season. Weems redshirted as a freshman, meaning that he finished his undergraduate degree this summer with a year of eligibility left in his back pocket. The new trend for high-major programs looking for a one-year…
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Cal’s chances to win the Pac-12 took a significant hit when forward Richard Solomon was ruled academically ineligible this week. The 6-10 sophomore didn’t play a huge role for the Bears (15-4), but their already thin frontcourt will miss him for rebounding and for depth. Can Harper Kamp really be the only reliable scoring threat…
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Creighton isn’t great defensively, but they only need to be “clutch”
Jan 19, 2012, 1:41 PM EDT
SPRINGFIELD, MO – After Wednesday night’s 66-65 win over Missouri State, the No. 19 Creighton Bluejays have taken control of the Missouri Valley race. They are tied with Wichita State at 7-1 in the league with a three game lead on everyone in the conference other than Drake and they have already won on the…
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Blogger Spotlight: Inside FSU’s nasty D with Tomahawk Nation
Jan 19, 2012, 1:01 PM EDT
Florida State isn’t a basketball school. Probably never will be. But Leonard Hamilton’s doing his best to ensure the Seminoles are a respectable hoops program (thanks to defense!). And luckily for college hoops fans, the blogging at Tomahawk Nation is even better than Hamilton’s program. That’s a credit to Michael Rogner, it’s basketball writer and…
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Seven good players who are great reasons to watch bad teams
Jan 19, 2012, 11:45 AM EDT
As teams begin to separate themselves from the pack, we’re beginning to spend more time focusing on and dissecting the elite, and less time on the mediocre. This shift in attention occurs each season, but if you’re a true college hoophead there’s still plenty of reason to watch or at least follow a number of…
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No. 16 San Diego State 75, New Mexico 70: The Aztecs have done some impressive things this season — there is a reason that they are ranked in the top 20 right now — but going into The Pit and getting a win is unquestionably the most impressive thing they’ve done this year. And its…
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As the NFL winds to a close – just three more weekends! – college basketball picks up more and more fans. And all those new fans have to start somewhere as they begin storing away info for filling out their bracket in March. My advice? Start reading this blog and absorb every bit of info…
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This loss won’t sit well with anyone in Indiana. Well, maybe Purdue fans. The Hoosiers bumbled their way to 70-69 loss at Nebraska, their third straight setback and one that takes a little sheen of an otherwise fantastic season. As Dana O’Neil tweeted, losing to a respectable Minnesota team at home is forgivable. Trounced on…
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When Yancy Gates’ right hook landed on Kenny Frease’s cheek and sent him to the ground during Cincinnati’s ugly and infamous brawl with Xavier on Dec. 10, it looked like the Bearcats hopes for 2011-12 dissolved in the pandemonium. Now, that Cincinnati Bearcats team, the team that lost to Presbyterian at home and helped to…
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The shortlist for college hoops player of the year revolves around a handful of guys, but apparently these are the ones to beat: Thomas Robinson (Kansas), Jared Sullinger (Ohio State) and Doug McDermott (Creighton). That’s from a straw poll of award voters conducted by Michael Rothstein, who’s now in his fourth season of doing this.…
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Just when you may have thought that the chapter had been written on Nurideen Lindsey and his abrupt mid-season transfer from St. John’s, it appears that story will need some editing. Jon Rothstein of SNY is reporting that Lindsey will not be transferring to Arkansas, as the sophomore guard had tweeted less than a week…
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San Diego State silenced a few critics when it held court against UNLV last weekend and grabbed a crucial win in what’s shaping up to be a stellar race for the Mountain West title. The Aztecs (15-2) hadn’t played a decent team in more than a month. Hosting the dregs of D-I and a couple…
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This is awesome. But first, let me set the stage. The Citadel, the team in white, took a 66-65 lead with 0.9 seconds remaining on a jumper from DeVontae Wright. On the ensuing inbounds, UNC-Greensboro’s pass looked primed to be picked off, but instead it was only knocked out of bounds. It set up this:…
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UConn won’t have freshman guard Ryan Boatright for yet another game, but coach Jim Calhoun can’t worry about it right now. Not with a home game against Cincinnati tonight. The Huskies (14-3) had been relying on Boatright, a 6-foot freshman guard, to boost their perimeter scoring and playmaking. No Husky is better at creating his…
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No. 19 Michigan 60, No. 9 Michigan State 59: The game of the night, without a doubt. After blowing an 11 point lead midway through the second half, Michigan took the lead with 36.5 seconds left after Trey Burke grabbed a rebound and led the break, finding Stu Douglass out of the corner of his…
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It’s not an overstatement to say that the weekend debut of Steven Adams, a Pitt-bound 6-11 center, was among the most highly-anticipated events of the season for recruiting junkies. Adams previously played twice in the United States at the adidas Nations events, most recently in August, and in his brief opportunity to showcase his skills,…
