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College Fast Break - NCAA Basketball - College Basketball

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

July 1st, 2008

CDR and I: Licking our wounds, but still getting paid, probably

I’m no Nostradamus when it comes to forecasting players’ draft positions, as you can probably already tell.
My NBA draft predictions weren’t exactly Matt Millen-esque, actually far from it, however a couple of glaring mistakes certainly overshadowed the brilliant gems.
Like anyone is keeping score at home, besides me that is.
I keep score.
In previous posts […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 1 comment

June 28th, 2008

NBA Draft offal: Where Minnesota Trades Mayo Happens

On Thursday night Minnesota had a lot of people respecting them, believing they had made the correct selection at #3. But when folks woke up Friday, many were probably not too surprised the team who gave up Kevin Garnett traded away O.J. Mayo too. This time the T-Wolves didn’t get a Al […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 2 comments

April 19th, 2008

Let the underclassmen exodus to the NBA begin, Part II

As I predicted a couple of days ago, the number of underclassmen declaring for the NBA draft is steadily rising.
The latest two to declare: Memphis junior guard Chris Douglas-Roberts and UCLA forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute.
CDR led Memphis in scoring at 18.1 points per game and made a name for himself during the Tigers […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

April 7th, 2008

National championship game - as it happens

As Kansas and Memphis square off for the National Championship, what better way to watch the game than to do a running commentary…
Before I start, I promised my pick, and that is Memphis. Even though Kansas looked incredible against North Carolina, I like how Memphis is rolling right now.
Of course, I’m forced to listen to […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

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. […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

November 17th, 2007

UConn vs. Memphis…as it happens

UConn and Memphis will be squaring off in the championship game of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic at MSG this evening, and I wanted to do a running commentary of the game. I want to see if Derrick Rose is the real deal, and if Memphis can challenge for the national title this season.
UConn […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments