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Archive for December 2007

December 19th, 2007

Games to watch this week - 12/19

There are some fabulous match-ups on the college basketball schedule for this week. Here are some great games for your viewing pleasure…
Thursday December 20th - #7 Duke at #9 Pittsburgh. The young Dookies will face a huge test as they travel to Madison Square Garden to face the Sam Young, DeJuan Blair and the Panthers. […]

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December 17th, 2007

UPDATED 12/17: Stanford’s Twin Towers are back together

Things have gone from bad to worse for Stanford Cardinal sophomore forward Brook Lopez. Earlier this month, Lopez was ruled academically ineligible for the fall quarter. Now, the Cardinal have suspended Lopez indefinitely for a violation of team rules.
Tags: academically-ineligible, Brook-Lopez, Cardinal, cricket, Pac-10, Palo-Alto, power-forward, Robin-Lopez, Stanford, twin-towersShare This

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December 17th, 2007

Top 25 rankings - ESPN/USA Today poll - 12/17

North Carolina remains atop the latest ESPN/USA Today rankings released today. Five teams - North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas, Georgetown and Texas - all garnered at least one first place vote in the latest rankings:
1. North Carolina (24 first place votes) 9-0 759 pts
2. Memphis (4) 8-0 742 pts
3. Kansas (1) 10-0 713 pts
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December 17th, 2007

Syracuse G Devendorf tears ACL, out for the year

The Syracuse Orange suffered a huge injury blow on Saturday when junior guard Eric Devendorf tore the ACL in his left knee during the Orange’s 125-75 win over ETSU.
Devendorf, the 2nd leading scorer for the Orange (17 points ppg), was a pre-season member of the Big East All-Conference squad and was the foundation of […]

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December 15th, 2007

Quote of the day - 12/15

Many pearls of wisdom have come out of the world of college basketball. Some are profound…some are humorous…all are enjoyable. Here is today’s quote of the day from current Texas Tech and former Indiana coach Bobby Knight:
The key is not the “will to win”…everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that […]

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December 14th, 2007

Early report card on projected Elite 8 teams

We’re nearly a third of the way into the college basketball season, and with the conference battles set to begin in a few weeks, let’s do a quick review of the teams that many analysts and prognosticators picked to go to the Elite 8.
Tags: Brandon-Rush, Chris-Lofton, dajuan-summers, derrick-caracter, Georgetown, jajuan-smith, Kansas, Kevin-Love, Louisville, malik-hairston, North-Carolina, […]

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December 13th, 2007

UPDATED 12/13: Injury scare for Hoosiers’ Gordon

Indiana Hoosiers basketball fans across the country held their collective breath when freshman sensation Eric Gordon left the Hoosiers game with Tennessee State with a back injury.
Gordon fell hard on his back and suffered a soft tissue injury between his hip and lower back. His status for Indiana’s game on Saturday against Kentucky is questionable.
Hopefully, […]

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December 12th, 2007

UPDATED: Long arm of the law nabs Kansas’ Rush

Question: what should you do if you have some outstanding traffic charges against you?
Answer: show up on your appointed court date to resolve things.
Apparently, Kansas guard Brandon Rush didn’t get the memo…
Tags: Bill-Self, Brandon-Rush, Jayhawks, KansasShare This

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December 11th, 2007

Louisville suspends F Caracter indefinitely

The Louisville Cardinals, who were already very thin on their front line, have suspended starting forward Derrick Caracter for a curfew violation.
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December 10th, 2007

Top 25 rankings - ESPN/USA Today poll - 12/10

Unbeaten North Carolina sits atop the latest ESPN/USA Today college basketball poll that came out today:
1. North Carolina (25 first place votes) 8-0 763 points
 2. Memphis (4) 7-0 740 points
 3. Kansas (1) 9-0 717 points
 4. Georgetown (1) 7-0 669 points
 5. Texas 9-0 635 points
 6. Washington State 9-0 608 points
 7. Duke 9-0 594 points
 8. UCLA 8-1 […]

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