0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 1/21/2016
There is no question that Butler has become a national power over the past decade, having reached two national title games while thriving under its third head coach in that span. Joining the Big East was a huge jump forward for the Bulldogs, and their success has translated into postseason play and opportunities. However, so […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/20/2016
No, no, no — we’re not going to use the “B-word” around here for another full month. The word which rhymes with “Clack it, Allah, gee!” is not going to be printed in this space until absolutely necessary. Projecting seeds and regions, plus the number of teams each conference will put in the NCAA tournament — […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It’s not as though most conferences in this crazy, cluttered and clamorous college basketball season are portraits of stability and top-to-bottom clarity. Moreover, it’s not as though established powers are uniformly retaining their places in the top tiers of conferences. Duke is in trouble. Kentucky is clearly not the favorite in a very weak SEC […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
With Saturday’s seven-point win against an improved TCU squad, Kansas appeared to be in the fast lane to another conference title. However, with Tuesday night’s blowout loss to Oklahoma State, the Big 12 seems to be as balanced it has been in recent years. Coming into Monday, there was a four-way tie atop the conference […]
Northwestern players react as they walk on the court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Wisconsin in Evanston, Ill., on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Wisconsin won 76-49. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 1/19/2016
One fact every college basketball fan has heard at one time or another concerns Northwestern’s history with the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Namely, that Northwestern has no history. The Wildcats have never earned a March Madness bid. Not once. It has not happened since the NCAA created its championship basketball tournament in 1939, though Northwestern […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
For the third time this season, the No. 1 team in the country went to the state of Iowa and fell. In this case, it was a game that rescued a team’s season. * Northern Iowa has plummeted ever since beating No. 1 North Carolina in Cedar Falls last November. The Panthers have lost their […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 1/18/2016
Check out this alley-oop by Syracuse as Tyler Roberson throws it down…. Our jaws just dropped 😱 This alley-oop is
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It was one year ago when Duke University’s men’s basketball team couldn’t play a lick of defense. It was two years ago that the University of Kentucky wobbled on many of its road trips in the conspicuously weak Southeastern Conference. In January of 2016, Mike Krzyzewski and John Calipari, both Hall of Famers, will once […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
When I’m (hopefully) 98 years old and still able to draw breath, I hope I won’t have to write about all the awful, horrible, no-good, very bad rules in the football rulebook. Surely, they’ll be changed before too long. However, some of them are still on the books, and when a certain kind of play […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
The Indiana Hoosiers haven’t yet encountered the toughest stretch of the Big Ten schedule, but they are riding a 10-game winning streak. A season which appeared to be in pronounced peril a month ago stands on much more solid ground today. Weirdly, an injury could have unlocked the key for the Hoosiers and their defense. […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 1/16/2016
With time running down, Oklahoma missed their first shot at the win but they crashed the boards and would not be denied….. So. Clutch. https://t.co/Gf9Xg42MHT — ESPN College BBall (@ESPNCBB)
0 comments by Joe Webb
It’s been a wild start to the 2015-16 college basketball season, as two powerhouses, Duke and Kentucky, have seen themselves free-fall down the ranks. Just like that, last year’s champion and a yearly threat to the throne don’t appear to be getting the love everyone thought they’d be getting. That may just show how early […]
Jan 11, 2016; Glendale, AZ, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Marlon Humphrey (26) celebrates after recovering an onside kick during the fourth quarter against the Clemson Tigers in the 2016 CFP National Championship at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Yesh Ginsburg on 1/15/2016
This picture has been flying around college football social media since Monday’s national championship game between Alabama and Clemson: If the picture is right, that’s a very big deal. A lot of people think the referees got the rule wrong and that Alabama should not have been awarded the ball because the ball did not […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Two years ago, Iowa basketball appeared to be the real deal in the middle of January. Two years later, the Hawkeyes get a second chance to write a happy ending to a season filled with promise. * Before addressing Iowa’s authoritative 76-59 win over Michigan State on Thursday night at the Breslin Center in East […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 1/14/2016
Check out this play from Tulsa as they took down UConn on Thursday night…. Reverse alley-oop dunk. Need we say more? https://t.co/zvDeMSo3SV — ESPN College BBall (@ESPNCBB)
