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AWARDS Player of the Year: Jorge Gutierrez, Sr., Cal Jorge Gutierrez might be the best player in the country that you’ve never seen play. And that’s assuming you’ve even heard of him. Gutierrez is a tough-as-nails, 6’3″ combo-guard from Cal that is the kind of player that doesn’t have a weakness in his game. He…
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Nobody ignores Wisconsin anymore. Bo Ryan’s squad may not play fast, but it seems they’ve finally earned people’s respect in preseason rankings. I slotted the Badgers No. 12 in our preseason Top 25, while AP voters placed ‘em 15th. Not bad. Still. The Badgers lost Jon Leuer from last year’s 25-9 team. Who steps into…
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Bobby Knight has made a name for himself in many ways throughout his illustrious career. For starters, he’s arguably the greatest college basketball coach of all-time. If his 902 career wins — which will remain the most in the sport until Mike Krzyzewski breaks the record this year — don’t convince you, maybe his three…
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The AP preseason All-America team boasted its first freshman last season. But it’s younger than ever this year. This is the future. Wisconsin’s Jordan Taylor is the lone senior on a team filled with sophomores – Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger, North Carolina’s Harrison Barnes, Kentucky’s Terrence Jones and UConn’s Jeremy Lamb. That’s only slightly different…
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Kaleb Tarczewski caps a wild day in the world of recruiting
Oct 31, 2011, 7:01 PM EDT
Monday was a wild day on the recruiting front, but easily the biggest news involved Kaleb Tarczewski. The talented seven-footer and the No. 8 player in the country according to our latest Consensus Recruiting Rankings chose Arizona over Kansas, filling out what is now the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class for 2012, which also includes…
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I don’t envy Cody Zeller. Not for the next few years at least. Indiana’s prize freshman is expected to be the building block upon which Tom Crean ensures Hoosiers hoops rises from the dregs of NCAA sanctions to Final Four contenders. (Better happen soon, too, or Crean might not be around much longer.) He’s a…
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Missouri beat Missouri Southern 106-60 on Sunday night, but the final score wasn’t what mattered. The $100,000 did. That’s what the game, dubbed the One State, One Spirit Classic, raised for Joplin, MO, the town where Missouri Southern is located. Its also the town that was absolutely devastated by an F5 tornado on May 22nd,…
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AWARDS Player of the Year: Tu Holloway, Sr., Xavier There is simply no argument that can be made for this award to go to anyone other than Holloway. The reigning Player of the Year, Holloway spent much of the season as one of only four players to averaged 20 ppg, 5 rpg and 5 apg…
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One of my favorite things to do during the preseason is try and identify the guys that will have breakout years in the upcoming season. Unlike Luke Winn, I’m not using any mathematical formulas to make these determinations. Instead, its a combination of young players that have looked promising early in their careers, talented role…
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Festus Ezeli has certainly had better offseasons. Having already been suspended by the NCAA for six games for accepting illegal benefits from a booster and recovering from offseason surgery on the patella tendon is his left knee, Ezeli sprained the mcl and the pcl in his right knee on Tuesday. He’s expected to miss six-to-eight…
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Late on Sunday night, Bill Self announced that his starting back court of Tyshawn Taylor and Elijah Johnson will be suspended for both of the team’s exhibition games. “Tyshawn and Elijah have both been terrific since school began in August,” Self said in a statement. “They’ve not only performed well, they have been very responsible…
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This injury news must seem a little too familiar to Louisville. The Cardinals spent last season adjusting to various injuries to nearly the entire roster, the most notable being starting forward Jared Swopshire, who sat out the whole year. The result was an overachieving season (25-10, 13-6 in Big East), but a tough ending. Is…
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College hoops’ unwanted storyline – who are the stars? – is typical for this time of year. Hell, for most of the season. Casual fans spend most of March figuring out who’s who just in time to fill out their brackets. But this isn’t one of those years. One of the NBA lockout’s few upsides…
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2011-2012 WCC Preview: Strongest mid-major conference this year?
Oct 28, 2011, 12:25 PM EDT
AWARDS Player of the Year: Elias Harris, Jr., Gonzaga Picking the WCC Preseason Player of the Year was not a simple task, as the conference brings back a ton of talent, including seven of the ten players named to the all-conference team. Harris wasn’t one of those seven, as the 6’8″ combo-forward struggled through his…
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On Thursday evening, Billy Kennedy finally announced the medical condition that has kept him away from the Texas A&M basketball team. And, well, its not good. “Through testing, it has been discovered that I am dealing with an early stage of Parkinson’s disease,” Kennedy said in a statement. “At this time, I am heeding the…
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We are still a solid week and a half away from the tip of our first official college hoops game, but we already have our first upset of the year. Playing an exhibition game against Seattle Pacific, an Division II school, the Wildcats found themselves down 37-29 at the half. After making a run to…
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Mark Turgeon’s job at Maryland just got even harder. Pe’Shon Howard, a sophomore guard expected to start along side Terrell Stoglin, broke a bone just below the big toe in his left foot and could miss as much as three months time. “I feel bad for Pe’Shon,” Turgeon said in the statement. “He worked so…
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The NCAA made some pretty significant changes to their rulebook today. Since we al love bullet points: – Conferences are allowed to vote to add $2,000 worth of full cost-of-attendance money to their scholarship offers. – Schools are now allowed to offer multi-year scholarships. Previously, they were offered on a one-year, renewable basis. -The APR…
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Blogger Spotlight: Hoops fundamentals with The Mikan Drill
Oct 27, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT
Words sometimes just aren’t enough for college hoops. Sure, you read everything out there, but sometimes you need a play detailed down to every pass, dribble and motion. That’s where The Mikan Drill comes in. Josh Riddell’s blog breaks down the game through embedded videos and photos and always turns up an insight or two.…
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AWARDS Player of the Year: Arsalan Kazemi, Jr., Rice There is quite a bit of talent in Conference USA this year, but the most productive player — and probably the best NBA prospect — is tucked away at the other school in Houston. Arsalan Kazemi, the first Iranian-born player to play Division I basketball, is…
