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Archive for February 2008

February 18th, 2008

Top 25 rankings - ESPN/USA Today poll - 2/18

We nearly had a new #1 team in the nation this week, as the Memphis Tigers barely escaped UAB 79-78 on Saturday. #2 Duke wasn’t as lucky, as they were manhandled by Wake Forest 86-73. With the Duke loss, we now have a #1 vs. #2 game coming up on Saturday when Memphis takes […]

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February 16th, 2008

Quote of the day - 2/16

Many pearls of wisdom have come out of the world of college basketball. Some are profound…some are humorous…all are enjoyable. In honor of the recently retired Bobby Knight, here is one of his best quotes:

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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February 15th, 2008

NIU basketball games postponed

Northern Illinois University has postponed all athletic events scheduled for this weekend after Thursday’s devastating on-campus shooting rampage. A gunman entered a NIU lecture hall and fatally shot 6 individuals before committing suicide.
NIU was scheduled to play Western Kentucky at 3:00pm on Sunday in a Mid-American Conference game.
Obviously, NIU made the correct decision to postpone […]

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February 14th, 2008

Games to watch this week - February 14th

As we get closer and closer to March madness, the conference battles are heating up. Here are some prime college basketball contests to watch this weekend:
Saturday February 16:
#7 Stanford at Arizona - the Wildcats are on a roll at home right now, as they have defeated Washington State, Washington and USC in their last […]

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February 13th, 2008

UPDATED February 13: Hoosiers head coach in hot water…again.

UPDATED February 13: The NCAA announced today in a “notice of allegations” that Indiana head coach Kelvin Sampson and members of his staff violated numerous telephone recruiting restrictions that were in place because of his previous violations at Oklahoma. The NCAA also indicated that Sampson about it to the school and NCAA investigators. The NCAA […]

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February 12th, 2008

Bobby Knight - then and now

If you haven’t had a chance to watch ESPN’s look back at the career of former Indiana and Texas Tech head coach Bobby Knight, you should watch it.
Regardless of whether you like him or hate him, the retrospective is very well done.

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February 11th, 2008

Top 25 rankings - ESPN/USA Today poll - 2/11

The Memphis Tigers remain atop the latest ESPN/USA Today ranking released this afternoon. UCLA dropped to #6 after their loss to Washington on Sunday,while North Carolina fell to #5 after losing to Duke earlier in the week.
1. Memphis (31 first place votes) 23-0 775 points
2. Duke 21-1 742 points
3. Kansas 23-1 712 points
4. Tennessee 21-2 […]

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February 9th, 2008

Quote of the day - 2/9

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 the legendary Hank Iba:
“You must be sure that you give back something that’s beneficial to the game. Any of the teaching you do must be for […]

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February 8th, 2008

LSU cans head coach Brady

LSU fired head coach John Brady on Friday after an 8-13 start to the 2007-08 campaign. The Tigers are in the cellar of the SEC West division with a 1-6 record.
Brady’s last game on the bench will be against #7 Tennessee this Saturday. After the game, assistant coach Butch Pierre will assume head coaching duties […]

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February 8th, 2008

Injury update - February 8th

With teams in the middle of their conference schedules, they need all the healthy players they can get. A few injuries here and there could cost a team some important conference victories (see North Carolina).
Here are the latest victims of the injury bug:
Florida State guard Isaiah Swann tore his left ACL in the Seminole’s […]

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