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Good news! ‘Big Ten’s going to be like this the whole year’
Dec 31, 2011, 11:57 PM EDT
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The Big Ten openers hinted the nation’s best conference also might be its most wild and – for once – even its most exciting. Saturday confirmed it in a big way. No. 13 Indiana knocked off the league favorite, No. 2 Ohio State, 74-70, just hours after unranked Iowa won at No. 11 Wisconsin, a…
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“That was the Providence College team that lost a lot of games,” Friars head coach Ed Cooley said, rather sternly, after losing to St. John’s, 91-67, on Tuesday night. “That was the worst defensive game I have ever coached. That will be addressed at 6AM. Emphatically addressed.” Lesson learned in the first two-plus months of…
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Michael Kidd-Gilchrist’s performance against Louisville on Saturday afternoon was undeniable. He had 24 points on the night, 18 of them coming in the first half as Kentucky built a 15 point lead. He also added 19 rebounds, with 10 of those coming in the second half as Kentucky forced Louisville into miss after miss, pulling…
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Maybe head coach Danny Hurley has something special brewing this season on Staten Island. Wagner, one week removed from a big non-conference road win over Pittsburgh, got a little holiday magic to lift them to their third straight win. Best part of the video? Just after the shot falls, the color commentator vehemently denies any…
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Only patient coaches should test their luck with transfers
Dec 31, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
Transfers are a tricky business. When a new coach takes over a program, they’re often an early solution to filling available spots by guys who don’t want to play under the new coach. Or certain coaches take a chance on guys who for some reason didn’t like their original school of choice. Sometimes they pay…
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Back when Part I of “The Rivalry” made the rounds in early November, it was possible too early to get psyched about Kentucky-Louisville. Now it’s game day. So what better time to surface Part II? It’s the perfect thing to get you ready for the Cardinals and Wildcats. Man. Who’s ready for some hoops in…
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Stats aren’t the devil, but they’re aren’t perfect either (duh)
Dec 30, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
Any college hoops fan can tell you Kentucky’s Anthony Davis is among the nation’s best players and a no-brainer to have on the court as much as possible. (Unless your team’s playing the ‘Cats). Yet one statistical observation threw Twitter and some message boards into a tizzy when SI.com writer Luke Winn suggested UK might…
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Top recruit Kyle Anderson addresses commitment, state of UCLA
Dec 30, 2011, 2:50 PM EDT
UCLA scored the most coveted East Coast recruiting prize this fall, when 6-8 point guard Kyle Anderson of St. Anthony (Nj.) signed his name on the dotted line and pledged to play for the Bruins in 2012-13. Then the storm hit Westwood. The Bruins started 2-5 and didn’t beat a Division I team until November…
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Game of the weekend: 12:00 pm: No. 4 Louisville @ No. 3 Kentucky Hopefully Chane Behanan is more accurate in his prediction that this game will “go down as one of the best games in history” than he was about Louisville’s undefeated season. The Battle of the Commonwealth is always going to be a passionate…
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Blogger Spotlight: Big Ten Geeks on Hummel, Ohio St. and Meatheads
Dec 30, 2011, 10:10 AM EDT
It used to be there was one tempo-free guru for Big Ten hoops. Now there are scads, but only two of them have a sweet blogging gig at Big Ten Network. It’s not the only thing Mike Portscheller and Josh Reed do for a living, but it’s certainly their favorite. Why else churn through mounds…
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Friday’s Shootaround: Vandy, St. Mary’s, Washington win in routs
Dec 30, 2011, 8:16 AM EDT
Rutgers 85, No. 10 Florida 83 2OT: See here Vanderbilt 74, No. 13 Marquette 57: This is what Vanderbilt needed. This is the kind of performance that we had been calling for. The talent on their roster in undeniable. How that talent manifests itself on the court is a different story, and the only evidence…
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Rutgers’ future looks bright, but what about Florida’s right now?
Dec 30, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
“Those were all freshmen guards. The future is bright.” That’s how Rutgers head coach Mike Rice wrapped up his interview with Bill Raftery on ESPN after his Scarlet Knight team knocked off No. 10 Florida 85-83 in double-overtime at the RAC on Thursday night. That also happens to be precisely what every single person in…
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So here’s a story that presents more questions than answers
Dec 29, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT
“Naturally, these coaches are big shots. We’re paying them as big shots,” says former UCLA chancellor and Florida president Charles Young. “That, in my opinion, is one of the worst things.” That’s from a USA Today story on “College coaches and power: How much is too much?” It mostly focuses on football, but doesn’t ignore…
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The new West Coast Conference kicks off tonight. Adding BYU came a year late to benefit from Jimmermania, but simply having the Cougars is a nice boost to its overall profile and quality of play. Is the WCC finally a multi-bid league every year? It’s pretty close. (All times ET; TV info from HDSportsGuide.com) BYU…
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During this summer’s ESPYs Award Show I, for the first time in the history of man watching award shows, was yelling at the screen denouncing an award recipient. Jimmer Fredette, Joseph Smith love him, was given with the Male College Athlete of the Year Award over distinguished collegiate athletes Cam Newton and Kemba Walker. I…
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Over the course of this week, we will spend a few minutes catching you up on how some of the best conferences in the country currently look. With conference play starting up, its time to get into the basketball spirit. Favorite: Oregon State Yeah, I said it. I’m going with the Beavers, and it all…
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Can Vandy’s non-conference woes be eased with win vs. Marquette?
Dec 29, 2011, 12:07 PM EDT
To be fair, Vanderbilt didn’t string together a non-conference schedule full of cupcakes, like we tend to see from other high-majors. Of their four losses, two have come to ranked teams, including Louisville, who lost their first game last night, to Georgetown. On top of all that, senior forward Festus Ezeli is still working his…
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Quincy Miller’s 12 points vs. Miss St. crucial to Baylor’s future
Dec 29, 2011, 10:15 AM EDT
Quincy Miller’s performance on Wednesday night may not have been the loudest of his career, or even the loudest of the evening, but it helped improve Baylor to 13-0, on what turned out to be a terrifying night for the nation’s undefeated teams. With Louisville and Indiana taking their first losses of the season, to…
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It’s gonna be a wild season in the Big Ten. It might not be fast, but if the first few games are any indication, it’ll be entertaining. Tuesday gave us Illinois’ double-overtime win against Minnesota and Wednesday followed up with Purdue’s 79-76 victory vs. Iowa and a roller-coaster ride of a game between Michigan State…
