0 comments by Matt Zemek on 2/6/2015
Thursday night in college basketball, a number of exasperating teams stepped on the hardwood. Iowa is playing well this season, but that doesn’t mean the Hawkeyes don’t know how to toy with the emotions of their fan base. A penchant for blown second-half leads is the most central reason this season had been such a […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
We all have a morning routine. Mine involves eating a bowl of cereal while watching the local news as my wife gets ready to start her day. As I am eating my breakfast, I am checking my email and scanning the headlines coming across in my Feedly so I can see what some of the […]
KNOXVILLE, TN – OCTOBER 25: Blake Sims #6 of the Alabama Crimson Tide rushes past A.J. Johnson #45 of the Tennessee Volunteers on the way to a touchdown at Neyland Stadium on October 25, 2014 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
0 comments by Mike Ferguson
National Signing Day has come and gone, and the cold reality has sent in: college football is done. With the exception of largely unheralded spring games, we’re approximately seven months away from meaningful Saturday football action. Thanks to the pageantry, history and tradition, college football is a sport unlike any other. Yet, what truly makes […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 2/5/2015
There’s an off-court aspect to yesterday’s big college basketball story, in which Syracuse announced a self-imposed postseason ban. In this space, however, we’ll address an on-court topic connected to Wednesday’s news. As a result of the Orange removing themselves from postseason play, the 2015 ACC Tournament will shrink from a 15-team field to a 14-team […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
There are two main angles to explore in the wake of Wednesday’s announcement that Syracuse men’s basketball program will not participate in any postseason event in 2015. In case you missed it, Syracuse self-imposed a postseason ban in response to an ongoing NCAA investigation into the program. Orange fans can rightly say that the NCAA’s constant, […]
0 comments by Bart D
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect To be frank, making definitive arguments on who won or lost National Signing Day is idiotic. It’s impossible … even armed with a militia of psychologists … to determine the futures of teenagers entering college and projecting their success on a football field. It’s far more asinine than even grading […]
0 comments by Bart D
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect National Signing Day is like going to vote. You have a bunch of people who think it matters and we should be paying full attention because it’s a harbinger of things to come … and a bunch of other people who think it’s meaningless. So annually, I do this just […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 2/3/2015
National Signing Day is upon us. Tomorrow, many will be hanging on the decisions of players who have yet to play a down of college football. Many things, both negative and positive, can be said about recruiting and National Signing Day, but the fact is that winning on this day is integral for college coaches […]
0 comments by Allen Kenney
The big story at Texas since Arkansas eviscerated the Longhorns in the Texas Bowl has been the hard charge being made by Charlie Strong toward the finish line on national signing day. The wooing process led to a revelation that was overshadowed by speculation about five-star studs and a turf war with Texas A&M. After […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
There are two types of college football fans when it comes to recruiting. Those that are absolutely enthralled by it and those that can’t be bothered by it. Whether you follow recruiting or not, the fact is that college football recruiting is not only becoming big business, it’s becoming part of the fabric of social […]
0 comments by Scott
A week ago, we took a look at how teams stood nationally. Instead of rehashing the same ground, let’s take a look 16 teams who either improved or drove their NCAA tournament at large hopes into a brick wall… a brick wall named conference road losses. * Improved Florida – The Gators did something they […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch
It seems with each college basketball season, people come up with reasons why the game is failing, in trouble, or not as good as it could be. Everywhere, think pieces pop up about how to increase ratings, or just make the game more viewer-friendly and entertaining. Personally, I don’t think viewership is ever going to […]
0 comments by Bart D
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Back in 2004 on Feb. 4, something happened which changed the course of modern humankind. Mark Zuckerberg founded something called Facebook. At the time, Facebook was genius. It started out I think as needing a .edu e-mail address to be on it, so it seemed less creepy than MySpace. It […]
0 comments by Scott
The one thing Kansas has consistently done for a decade is win the Big 12. Monday night went a long way to another Big 12 title for the Jayhawks, as they put together a big run bridging the first and second halves to run past the Iowa State Cyclones, 89-76. Kansas sits at 8-1 in […]
CHAPEL HILL, NC – FEBRUARY 02: Anthony Gill #13 of the Virginia Cavaliers blocks a shot by Isaiah Hicks #22 of the North Carolina Tar Heels during a game at the Dean Smith Center on February 2, 2015 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 2/2/2015
For Virginia, Monday’s win at North Carolina was accomplished with some feats it was not able to pull off against Duke on Saturday. While the early minutes of this game showed that the Tar Heels were intent on copying the recipe the Blue Devils used in defeating the Hoos, Virginia’s defense rebounded in the second […]
