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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

February 6th, 2008

Games to watch this week - February 6th

There are some incredible college basketball games on tap for this week. Here are the best ones to watch:
Wednesday February 6th: #2 Duke at #3 North Carolina - Tar Heels versus Blue Devils. Dean Dome. Nothing more needs to be said.
Thursday February 7th: #4 UCLA at #17 Washington State - terrific Pac 10 contest. Can […]

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

December 14th, 2007

Early report card on projected Elite 8 teams

We’re nearly a third of the way into the college basketball season, and with the conference battles set to begin in a few weeks, let’s do a quick review of the teams that many analysts and prognosticators picked to go to the Elite 8.
Tags: Brandon-Rush, Chris-Lofton, dajuan-summers, derrick-caracter, Georgetown, jajuan-smith, Kansas, Kevin-Love, Louisville, malik-hairston, North-Carolina, […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

November 6th, 2007

AP Pre-season All-American team announced

The highly anticipated AP pre-season All-American team has been announced, and its members shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone:
PF Tyler Hansbrough - North Carolina
C Roy Hibbert - Georgetown
G Chris Lofton - Tennessee
G Drew Neitzel - Michigan State
G Darren Collison - UCLA
What blows my mind is that Hansbrough was not a unanimous selection to the team […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

September 29th, 2007

Hoyas lock up Thompson III for six more years

2006 may have marked the rebirth of Georgetown as a perennial national championship contender, and the Hoyas signed head coach John Thompson III to a six year contract extension through 2013. The Hoyas won the Big East regular season championship, the Big East tournament, reached the Final Four and ended the year with a stellar […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments