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This is Harvard’s moment to shine. Not sure that’s a good thing for the Crimson. After all, if Connecticut loses at home to Harvard (7 p.m. on ESPN2), I can’t imagine Jim Calhoun lets his team come home for about a week. Maybe more. The Huskies haven’t been killing teams yet (including that perplexing loss…
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Lindsey’s transfer deals St. John’s freshman class another hit
Dec 8, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT
Good thing St. John’s secured such a massive recruiting class. Only half of them are playing. Point guard Nurideen Lindsey will leave at semester’s end and transfer, according to the New York Daily News. Daniel Martin of JohnnyJungle.com says Lindsey is focused on making an NBA roster, but Lindsey later issued this statement: “I came…
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What will Santa Cooley bring Providence for Christmas? A win over Boston College Thursday would be a start. Beating Rhode Island on Dec. 23 would be even better. Let’s see what he’s bringing to Friartown, shall we? Ah, the old “Friar Holiday Gift Pack” ploy. That gets ‘em everytime. Not sure the rest of the…
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On national television, he made his college announcement. “I, Le’Bryan Nash, am going to take my game to Stillwater, Oklahoma to play for Travis Ford,” he said, putting on an oversized, orange Oklahoma State cowboy hat and showing a “number one” sign with his right hand, smiling from ear to ear. And so began the…
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At the time of this writing, there remain 14 undefeated teams in college basketball. It is by no means an anomaly compared to previous seasons, but what might stick out are a few of the teams currently enjoying an unblemished record this holiday season. Kentucky, Syracuse and Ohio State? You sort of expected them to…
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Thursday’s Shootaround: The SEC struggles, Xavier rolls again
Dec 8, 2011, 9:31 AM EDT
No. 12 Florida 78, Arizona 72 OT: See here. Dayton 74, No. 15 Alabama 62: See here. No. 8 Xavier 73, Butler 61: The Musketeers were just too physical for Butler as they used a 21-6 run to open the game and kept the Bulldogs at bay, only allowing them to get within four points…
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When Butler lost an exhibition game to D-II school Northern State in early November, coach Brad Stevens figured his team had “nowhere to go but up.” Nine games in, the Bulldogs are still working out the kinks. And it’s not getting any easier anytime soon. A 73-61 home loss to No. 8 Xavier dropped the…
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For now, we need to all cool our expectations for Alabama. It pains me to say that, because I really like the makeup of this team. They are gritty defensively, they have an outstanding presence on the low-block in JaMychal Green and, of course, Mr. POSTERIZED himself, Tony Mitchell. Alabama’s problem is that they simply…
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On Tuesday afternoon, Andy Glockner of Sports Illustrated wrote an extensive column on Florida. Specifically, he wrote about how much Florida shoots from beyond the arc. He goes into quite a bit of in-depth statistical analysis — seriously, go give it a read, there is a lot of rock-solid info in there — but the…
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Bernie Fine won’t face state charges, but feds a different story
Dec 7, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
This happened in the Bernie Fine case Wednesday morning. It’s not that Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick didn’t buy the accusations against the former Syracuse assistant coach. It’s that he can’t do anything about it because the statute of limitations related to the sexual molestation charges by Bobby Davis and Mike Lang had passed.…
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There are only a couple of Wednesdays left before college basketball has to share the hoops spotlight with the NBA. Lucky for the college hoops, these nights are stacked with good games in nearly every conference. (All times ET; TV info courtesy of HDSportsGuide.com) Iona at Denver, 9 p.m. (Root Sports) Game of the night?…
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It’s past time to stop praising Washington’s moral victories
Dec 7, 2011, 3:57 PM EDT
NEW YORK – Lorenzo Romar said a lot in the 10 or so minutes that he was in front of the microphones after his Washington team lost to Marquette 79-77 on Tuesday in the Jimmy V Classic, but there was one quote in particular that stood out: “Tonight, we didn’t finish, but I thought we…
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Almost one year ago, Thomas Robinson endured a month of tragedy and loss that is almost unimaginable. As a sophomore at Kansas, in January of 2011, he saw his grandfather, grandmother, and mother buried in the same month. After such adversity, the man whose character showed in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds has emerged…
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NEW YORK – I’ll admit it. At this point I have no choice. I was wrong about Villanova. I thought the Wildcats were going to be a sleeper in the Big East. I thought that point guard Maalik Wayns and big man Mouphtaou Yarou were going to figure it out this season, and I thought…
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College coaches are undoubtedly spending more time working on their current teams, as opposed to grinding on the recruiting trail, which generally is shown by a lack of verbal commitments in December. After all, there’s still over four months until the signing period starts for unsigned prospects. Still, Kansas, Vanderbilt and Tennessee all landed pledges…
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Tonight’s BYU-Weber State game features the nation’s leading scorer, a 6-2 guard who can score from just about anywhere and was lightly recruited out of high school. And no, he doesn’t play for BYU. Damian Lillard, a redshirt junior for the Wildcats, leads D-I in scoring at 28.2 points per game, bolstered by his massive…
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Jimmy V Classic No. 10 Missouri 81, Villanova 71: See here No. 13 Marquette 79, Washington 77: See here. Kansas 88, Long Beach State 80: Riding an impressive performance from their front court — Thomas Robinson had 26 points and 11 boards while Jeff Withey finished with 13 points, 13 boards and nine blocks —…
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NEW YORK – The Missouri Tigers had a reputation under Mike Anderson, one that only four words were needed to describe. “40 Minutes of Hell.” Using the defense taught to him by Nolan Richardson, the legendary Arkansas head coach, the Tiger’s would press for the entirety of the game, trapping in the back court and…
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Marquette’s tough, but they have some talent on that roster as well
Dec 7, 2011, 1:30 AM EDT
NEW YORK – A basketball team is always a work in progress. From the first day that the players arrive on campus until the day that the season ends — whether that is in the conference tournament, the first round of the NCAA Tournament, or, if you are lucky enough, on the final day of…
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The Big East’s downfall began once Pitt and Syracuse bolted. West Virginia leaving didn’t help either. But Tuesday cemented the once-proud college basketball conference into a hoops afterthought. The conference will add Houston, Central Florida and SMU to its basketball rotation starting in 2013, which is basically replacing a Porsche, a Ferrari and a Range…
