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College Fast Break - NCAA Basketball - College Basketball

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

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

May 20th, 2008

Ok, so what would the penalty be?

Since ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” broke a story last week that former USC player O.J. Mayo allegedly recevied as much as $30,000 in cash and gifts from someone working for sports agency that Mayo eventually signed with, both the NCAA and the Pac-10 have said they will conduct investigations to see if there was any […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 1 comment

March 12th, 2008

Conference tournament schedules

Many of the smaller conference tournaments have already been completed, but the Big Boys are just getting started.
Here are the schedules for the bigger conference tournaments:
ACC Tournament
March 13-16, 2008
Championship Game: March 16 @ 1 pm
Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Charlotte, North Carolina
Atlantic 10 Tournament
March 12-15, 2008
Championship Game: March 15 @ 6 pm
Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Big 12 Tournament
March […]

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

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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By Rich Carlson -- 1 comment

October 4th, 2007

Bruins coach Howland inks 7-year deal

After two consecutive trips to the Final Four, UCLA signed head basketball coach Ben Howland to a 7-year contract that will pay him $1.5 million a season.
Tags: Ben-Howland, Bruins, Darren-Collison, Josh-Shipp, Kevin-Love, Luc-Richard-Mbah-a-Moute, NCAA, Pac-10, UCLA

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