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Ugly ending to an ugly game. With 9.4 seconds left on the clock, No. 8 Xavier was up 76-53 on Cincinnati in the Crosstown Shootout. As always, this was an intense game with plenty of squawking going on between the two teams. But Ge’Lawn Guyn got in Tu Holloway’s, Dez Wells shoved Guyn and, well,…
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I had such hopes for a “Two-and-Through” rule. (sighs) It’s not to be, I guess. Lost amid the flurry of good college basketball games and NBA news the last two days was the final details of the NBA’s new labor deal, which maintains the current “one-and-done” rule for the NBA draft. From the Wall Street…
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That’ll do it for Reeves Nelson at UCLA. After two short suspensions for various issues this season, the junior was dismissed by coach Ben Howland Friday. “After much thought and deliberation, I have made the decision to dismiss Reeves Nelson from the UCLA men’s basketball team effective immediately,” Howland said in a statement. Nelson’s the…
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Game of the weekend: Sat. 3:15 pm: No. 2 Ohio State @ No. 13 Kansas: (All times ET) There isn’t going to be a much more intriguing individual matchup this season than seeing Jared Sullinger go up against Thomas Robinson. Both are potential lottery picks, but they do it in such different ways. Sully is…
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Jared Sullinger sitting for Ohio State? Bill Self isn’t buying it
Dec 9, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
Ohio State coach Thad Matta’s doing his best to give Kansas the impression All-America center Jared Sullinger won’t play Saturday when the No. 2 Buckeyes travel to No. 13 Kansas. The 6-9 sophomore missed last weekend’s game against Texas Pan-American and hasn’t practiced all week due to back spasms. Matta played it cool on Thursday.…
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Steve Lavin may need to reevaluate his St. John’s approach
Dec 9, 2011, 10:11 AM EDT
Thirteen months ago, Philadelphia native Nurideen Lindsey committed to play for St. John’s. At that time, he was part of an enormous ten-man recruiting class that was ranked among the best in the nation. Then the pieces began to fall off, one by one. Dwight Meikle was granted a release from his letter of intent…
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Friday’s Shootaround: UConn wins, West Virginia knocks off K-State in a thriller
Dec 9, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
No. 9 UConn 67, No. 24 Harvard 53: See here. West Virginia 85, Kansas State 80 2OT: It only made sense that, in a game pitting similar coaches with similar teams and similar players playing similar styles, we would end up going to double overtime. In one of the most exciting and intense games we’ve…
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Moral victory for Harvard? That’s not a bad thing vs. UConn
Dec 9, 2011, 12:17 AM EDT
Connecticut’s defense gave Harvard a glimpse of what life in the Top 25 is like. But Tommy Amaker’s OK with that. “Last year we didn’t belong on the court with them,” Amaker said. “Tonight was different.” For 25 minutes, at least. Thursday’s 67-53 loss to the Huskies was a far cry from last season’s 81-52…
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Bernie Fine now faces civil suit from Zach Tomaselli (video)
Dec 8, 2011, 9:02 PM EDT
Authorities won’t pursue two sexual molestation charges on former Syracuse assistant Bernie Fine because of the State of New York’s statute of limitations on those accusations. But he’ll face at least one civil suit. News from the AP: The attorney for a Maine man who claims former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine molested…
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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?…
