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NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Preview and First Round TV Schedule
If your men’s NCAA Tournament bracket has suffered irreparable damage at the hands of Norfolk State, Ohio, and Lehigh, you have another chance. The NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament starts...
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Shaka Smart Turns Down Illinois, Will Remain at VCU
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, VCU head coach Shaka Smart has turned down Illinois’ offer to become its men’s basketball coach. Smart had been Illinois’ top choice to replace the recently fired...
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Video: Kentucky Fan Parodies Toby Keith, Sings “Courtesy of the Big White and...
As you all know, I tend to be a sucker for most of the fan-written and performed songs that pop up on YouTube. Unless they are just supremely awful, I let my appreciation for the passion the fans are...
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What if…Coach K had been fired from Duke after his third season?
This is the seventh post in our ongoing series of the Top 10 What Ifs in college basketball history. Today, he is a household name – maybe the most famous and popular head coach in all of American...
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What if…LeBron had gone to college and the one-and-done rule was never...
This is the eighth post in our ongoing series of the Top 10 What Ifs in college basketball history. Many of the previous “What If” scenarios have been easily tangible. We saw Hank Gathers die. We saw...
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Thank You, Jordan Taylor
An era in Wisconsin sports history has come to an end. Jordan Taylor has played his final game as a Wisconsin Badger, and that’s something Badger fans have not wanted to think about. Jordan Taylor...
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Brad Stevens Says No To Illinois, Staying At Butler
In case you haven’t been paying attention over the past few years, Butler head basketball coach Brad Stevens really likes his job. No, I mean he really likes his job. For the third-straight offseason,...
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Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Deserves Praise, Not Mockery, As He Battles Stutter In...
This is a simple point I’m going to make, so I’ll be brief with it. But it’s an important one, I think, so I’m not leaving it unsaid anymore. Over the weekend, I saw numerous blog and social media...
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Does The 2011-12 Indiana Basketball Team Deserve A Banner In Assembly Hall?
This post originally appeared at AssemblyCall.com, where I host an IU postgame show with Andy Bottoms and Ryan Phillips. This idea first hit me in the immediate aftermath of the Kentucky loss. I ran it...
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The 10 Most Talented Final Four Teams of All Time
Every year, some dummy makes the comment: “This great college team could beat this terrible NBA squad.” Of course, I walk away from the conversation because clearly this person doesn’t know much about...
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Matt Roth’s Scholarship at Indiana Should Not Be In Question
This post was originally published at AssemblyCall.com, an IU-hoops specific website where we host postgame shows immediately following all IU basketball games. Terry Hutchens wrote a terrific piece...
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6 Simple Rules For College Hoops Court Storming
Two of the reasons everyone loves college sports are the unpredictability of each and every game and the spontaneous actions of the players and fans on a regular basis. One of the most beloved...
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Duke Backs Into #1 Ranking in Coaches Poll … Will They Back Into Another...
Let’s begin with the obvious: there is no 2012 Kentucky this March. College Basketball lacks a truly great team this season, and there are about a dozen schools that could make a claim for #1 seeds in...
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Don’t Sleep On Bo Ryan’s Badgers (Now Less Boring!)
There’s been so much made of how good the Big Ten is this year, and I’m not here to refute that. Indiana has proven all season long that they are one of the best teams in the country, if not the best...
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Louisville guard Russ Smith to return for senior season
Conventional wisdom held that Russ Smith, Louisville’s leading scorer from it’s NCAA championship team, would be headed to the NBA after a remarkable junior season. That wisdom was apparently way...
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Varez Ward: Former Auburn player indicted for point shaving
Former Auburn basketball player Kyievarez “Varez” Ward has been charged with conspiring with gamblers to throw games during the 2011-12 college basketball season. Ward was suspended midway through the...
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The Top 10 basketball coaching jobs in America
After leading the Butler Bulldogs to one of the most successful six-year runs in recent NCAA basketball history (lack of a championship notwithstanding), Brad Stevens has decided to leave the Midwest...
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My Career advice for Marshall Henderson
In a development that surprised absolutely no one, guard Marshall Henderson was suspended by Ole Miss this week for unspecified reasons, but it is believed that he failed drug test. This came in the...
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Has Johnny Manziel Made You Question the Myth of Amateurism?
In 2011, I penned an article begging the NCAA to pay college athletes. My thesis was simple: under the current set of rules, many athletes were being exploited by the NCAA and its system. Therefore,...
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Mack Brown turns up the heat on Rick Barnes
DeLoss Dodds has put in more than 30 years as the athletic director at the University of Texas. During his tenure, sports teams under the Texas banner have won more than 100 conference championships....
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