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Nobody’s got a handle on the conference realignment mess. Just when you think things have settled, someone else gets happy feet. If it’s not Missouri trying desperately to leave the Big 12, it’s TCU being courted by the Big 12 and away from the Big East. Hey, even the conference commissioners hardly know what’s going…
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Oregon’s student section now has its own Nike shoe. How it took this long, I have no idea. The school announced Wednesday that the Limited Edition Pit Crew Air Jordan 3 will be introduced at Midnight Madness Oct. 14, the first one at Matthew Knight Arena. Ten pairs will be given away as raffle prizes…
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As expected, Pat Summitt isn’t dwelling on her early onset dementia diagnosis. But her players? They’re using it to help them do something the Tennessee women haven’t done since 2008. Win it all. “I think it motivated this team. Once they heard about it, they were like, ‘We’re cutting down some nets,’” Summitt said Wednesday…
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Who’s coaching your kid? If you live in Memphis, it might be one of the area’s most-wanted criminals. So credit the eagle eyes of CBSSports.com’s Garry Parrish who noted that William Rhodes, who coaches the Memphis Select club team, appeared in this Memphis Commercial-Appeal photo gallery of the city’s wanted crooks. Rhodes is reportedly wanted…
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Steve Lavin had two choices in his ongoing prostate cancer treatment: radiation or surgery. He’s opting for the latter. The St. John’s coach will have surgery Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, one of the nation’s premier cancer treatment locations. He’ll have a recovery period, then resume coaching the Red Storm. “The advantage of early…
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Conference realignment excels at two things: Creating confusion and creating anger. Kansas coach Bill Self has finally embraced the latter. After months of downplaying the Big 12’s future demise despite schools doing their best to ditch the conference, Self finally had enough Tuesday night when news of Missouri openly declared its intentions to chase after…
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Christian Laettner is a brave man. I think. The former Duke star is on top of pretty much anyone’s “most hated” college hoops list for various reasons. Teammates said he could be jerk and he looked like a guy who could steal your girlfriend. Plus, he was an exceptional player. That’ll make everyone but your…
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John Calipari’s geography lesson clearly a jab at Louisville
Oct 4, 2011, 3:29 PM EDT
Jim Calhoun isn’t the only one tossing barbs Rick Pitino’s way. But Louisville’s coach probably expected this one, even if was a little more subtle than Calhoun’s dig. Kentucky coach John Calipari visited the hundreds of Wildcats camping out for Big Blue Madness tickets last week, doling out his usual complements for their fandom and…
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It didn’t take long for New York City police to find and charge the man who allegedly shot Arizona basketball player Kevin Parrom. And they’re not calling anything accidental, either. The Arizona Daily Star reports that Jason Gonzalez, 19, has been charged with attempted murder and nine other offenses related to the shooting. Police said…
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Connecticut wants out of the ACC, but it might be staying in the Big East, at least until it can convince the ACC to accept another member or two. Until then, the Huskies are prepping for another season against longtime rivals like Syracuse, Pitt, Georgetown. And Louisville. Ah, Louisville. There could be some off-court headlines…
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Apparently 50 names aren’t enough when it comes to preseason awards lists. When the preseason Wooden Award list comes out every October, some players are inevitably overlooked. This season’s no different. Of the 50 names on the list, it’s hard to argue any of them don’t belong. If you’re looking for college basketball’s best players,…
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No program wins without a few elite players. Not even Butler.
Oct 3, 2011, 10:10 PM EDT
Despite back-to-back Final Four runs, Butler’s always going to be seen as that charming, scrappy underdog. That ignores Butler’s success the last 12 years under four different coaches, but hey, why let facts get in the way of a public perception? That perception makes it easy to think of the Bulldogs as a no-talent, little-known…
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It’s official — college hoops has an unofficial visit issue
Oct 3, 2011, 8:40 AM EDT
College sports has an unofficial problem looming – unofficial visits. As USC football coach Lane Kiffin deals with allegations of a man paying for an official visit to visit Tennessee and then-coach Kiffin in 2009, the unofficial visit is gaining more notice among fans. It’s a good thing for transparency among college sports and not…
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Rodney Purvis delighted N.C. State by choosing the local school on Friday afternoon. Sounds like Raleigh’s latest hoops star likes the move as well. The North Carolina prospect has previously committed to Louisville, but re-opened his recruitment in May when assistant Tim Fuller took a job at Missouri. That gave the Wolfpack and new coach…
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The First Fan knows North Carolina and Duke are among the teams to beat in 2012. But he’s unwilling to commit to either one right now. President Obama – he of the multiple public brackets – was able to deflect that possibility during the end of a lengthy interview with Cameron Kent of WXII-TV. Kent…
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When Andre Drummond announced he’d enroll at Connecticut for the 2011-12 season – still a minor shock – it vaulted the Huskies into “team to beat” status, along with North Carolina and Kentucky. If he can play, that is. The 6-11 center was featured in a video on the Stack TV website in which he…
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Most starters who average just over six points a game at a program like Michigan State usually aren’t lauded when they quit. Delvon Roe isn’t most guys. The senior forward officially ended his basketball career Thursday, finally giving in to the ongoing knee pain that robbed him of what could’ve been a remarkable career. “This…
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One of Billy Kennedy’s first recruiting prizes at Texas A&M no longer fits the bill. Or maybe he just doesn’t want to play in the SEC. Kendrick Nunn, a 6-2 guard from Chicago in the class of 2013, announced on Twitter that he had a change of heart and wants to see what other programs…
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There are few things in college basketball like crazed Kentucky fans. Barely 24 hours ago, hundreds of Wildcats fans streamed across the grass around the Joe Kraft Center on the Lexington campus to set up camp and wait in line for three days for tickets to Big Blue Madness. Yes, for tickets that aren’t even…
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It’s no secret that Bruce Pearl’s ouster at Tennessee was the result of one big mess. Any college hoops fan (and a casual sports fan) knows about how Pearl lied to the NCAA, tried to cover it up, got his assistants involved, had more gaffes and it eventually cost Pearl and his coaches their jobs.…
