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August 16th, 2008

It May Be Time To Give The Olympics Back To The College Players

Anybody with a pulse has probably been keeping up with what’s been going on at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
The United States basketball team destroyed Spain today 119-82 to advance to the medal round. This should come as no surprise. The U.S. has been abusing the competition since they got off the plane […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 4th, 2008

Some #’s from the Pre-Draft camp

If you like studying the NFL combine numbers and all, you’ll get a kick out of the NBA Pre-Draft numbers gathered in Orlando last week.
Thanks to rushthecourt.wordpress.com for bringing these numbers to my attention. And much thanks to draftexpress.com for their up close and personal work from Orlando last week.
You can see all of […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 1 comment

March 22nd, 2008

NCAA tourney Day 3 - late thoughts

Here are some closing thoughts as this Saturday is winding down:
- Oh how I wish I could have watched Washington State take apart Notre Dame. That is an impressive win. Notre Dame can ball it.
- Marquette deserved a better fate than they got against Stanford. Lopez’ last second baseline leaner was a lucky shot. […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

January 2nd, 2008

Games to watch this week - 1/2

College basketball returns from its holiday hiatus with some great games this week. Here are a few games to keep an eye on…
Thursday January 3rd: #5 UCLA at #20 Stanford - the Pac-10 conference wars start up as Stanford’s Twin Towers (Brook and Robin Lopez) host freshman phenom Kevin Love and the UCLA Bruins. This […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

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-towers

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