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College Fast Break - NCAA Basketball - College Basketball

September 27th, 2008

Getting to know the Summit League (III)

Many Summit League teams thrive off the three point shot. Last year the league had 11 players who shot at least 40% from downtown (minimum of 100 attempts). Summit League teams and players don’t necessarily make jaw dropping amounts of threes. They just consistently shoot quality percentages.
I equate 40% from the long […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

September 15th, 2008

Storylines?

What’s happening around college basketball these days?
Not a whole lot.
We uncreative types are enthusiastically awaiting Midnight Madness to begin on Oct. 17.
But for Kentucky, by way of some “loop holes” no doubt, all the madness begins on Oct.10.
Bob McClellan & Andrew Skwara from rivals.com weigh in on if it’s fair […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

August 20th, 2008

Ahhh Finally

Let’s backtrack a little and look back on the picks, predictions, prognostications—ah whatever—that I have laid out here so eloquently in the collegefastbreak domain somewhat recently.
In no particular order and in no particular feeling of confidence either:
**** Scoff at it, just get mad at it UofA fans. Your team will lay an egg this […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

August 15th, 2008

Prediction 8: ACC/Big Ten Challenge

The Atlantic Coast Conference has dominated the Big Ten in each of the 9 years of this yearly Challenge. The last two years the ACC has recorded 16 wins versus just 6 losses. The ACC’s total record is 56-30.
The Challenge tips off on the first of December with Wisconsin visiting Virginia Tech.
After the […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

August 5th, 2008

Window of Opportunity

When I began this prediction assortment, cometh straight from my crystal ball, no way-no how I saw coming a Northwestern Wildcat yearning. But if paper sheds any truth for this upcoming season, Big Ten basketball teams look to either ‘have’, or ‘have not’.
When coming up with a spot to slide NW into, I […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

August 4th, 2008

College Basketball’s Richest Teams

College basketball really does pay.
For the schools that is.
In a story earlier this year on Forbes.com, the site listed the 20 richest college basketball teams.
The list was based on four factors that include, their university (money generated by basketball that goes to the institution for academic purposes, including scholarship payments for basketball players); athletic […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 1 comment

January 30th, 2008

UPDATED: Games to watch this week - 1/30

UPDATED: Thursday 1/30, 9:24pm MST - Final score: Kansas State 84, Kansas 75. What did I tell you? Did I say that a Kansas upset was a definite possibility? Dang right I did. Maybe next time you’ll pay more attention to my gut feelings and predictions!
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Are you tired of watching the Republican and Democratic […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

January 9th, 2008

Games to watch this week - 1/9

The non-conference schedules are wrapped up…the holiday tournaments are complete.
That means one thing - LET THE CONFERENCE BATTLES BEGIN!!!
Here are a few dandy conference match-ups to put on your viewing calendar for this week:
Wednesday January 9th: #15 Mississippi at #7 Tennessee - are the Rebels for real? Can they actually compete for the SEC West […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments