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September 29th, 2008

Fast Breakin’

To ensure that your college hoopin one track mind stays up to date, we will gladly provide you with pleasing golden nuggets of wisdom that you can, eh, change the world with. We’ll see.
**Oh, make no mistake about it, Nuss is revved about WSU basketball.
“He bulked up a little last year, but holy […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

September 1st, 2008

Can Things Get Any Worse For Indiana?

The team is already reeling from transfers of top players and possible sanctions from the NCAA for their former coach who had a bad phone habit.
Reports have come out of Bloomington that senior forward Kyle Taber injured his knee last week, had surgery and is expected to be out for 10 weeks. But coach Tom […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

August 17th, 2008

Chaminade over UNC…?

What, you thought the Bigfoot shenanigans would go away forever?
And we all thought Favre was starved for some flash.

This year’s Maui Invitational features three of the top teams in the country.
Don’t take this the wrong way, but if Chaminade upsets the Tar Heels, credit is mine.
But for all this poppycock, there does come a sensible […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 1 comment

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

July 24th, 2008

College Basketball’s TitleTown USA

Once or twice a year ESPN does some wacky poll of some sort to find out who’s the best in this and that for sports. From greatest athlete to biggest bust.
Now the Worldwide Leader in Sports is seeking to find out which United States city is TitleTown USA.
All this month they are visiting […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 1 comment

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

May 20th, 2008

Sleeper Seniors

Do you love to listen and read about what is being said regarding your school’s player(s) who stayed for all four years? All too often these guys who stay until they’re seniors are not going to be lottery picks, and most will not even be first rounders. It’s almost as if these players […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

February 28th, 2008

Games to watch this week - February 28th

The clock is ticking…
March Madness is fast approaching.
Every conference game matters. One big win could secure your team a birth in the NCAA tournament. One huge loss could dash your team’s hopes to play in the post-season.
Here are some of the biggest games to watch this week:

Tonight: #15 Michigan State at #9 Wisconsin - the […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

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 […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

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.

Tags: Bobby-Knight, Indiana, Texas-Tech

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