What does Duke have to do to get some attention?
Friday, March 26th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »All year long you hear it, every year, from every fan base that doesn't call Cameron Indoor Stadium home. My response is always simple: Duke is on television so much because A.) ...
Farokhmanesh, the art of mastering the moment
Friday, March 26th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »The keyword here at the Midwest Regional is "gutsy." Or maybe, as one Bill Raftery often says, it's "Onions!" Ohio State guard Jon Diebler preferred "unconscious." Tennessee's Scotty Hopson wasn't quite so delicate when ...
WVU’s Butler says injured hand won’t be a problem
Friday, March 26th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »West Virginia guard Da'Sean Butler says his injured right hand will not affect his play in the NCAA tournament's regional final. Butler says he wrapped his hand and wrist in ice after Friday's practice as a precaution. Butler ...
Ga. Tech’s Hewitt tells St. John’s thanks, no thanks
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »St. John's won't get its first choice for a new basketball coach. Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt confirmed Thursday he has turned down an offer from St. John's. This story was reported earlier Thursday by Gary ...
Fordham fills opening with ex-Hofstra coach Pecora
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Few basketball programs face the rebuilding Fordham does. The Rams will try to turn things around with a new coach and a renewed focus on the city it calls home. Tom Pecora, a New York native ...
Auburn to pay Barbee $1.5M annually over six years
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »New Auburn coach Tony Barbee is pledging to take the program "to heights it's never been before." He was introduced Thursday evening in a news conference beneath the scoreboard at the new $92 million Auburn Arena, which opens ...
Final Four Odds – Without Jayhawks, Wildcats Favored
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball betting | No Comments »The March Madness tournament has been its usual fantastic self with unpredictable upsets, crazy finishes and unexpected contributors. While teams like Northern Iowa, Best sportsbook, Ohio and St. Mary’s have surprised as underdogs, they have also reshaped the bracket with ...
Bryant’s broken foot hinders WVU from taking big step
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »It would take a Congressional hearing to force a smile from Bob Huggins under normal circumstances. Since his starting point guard has a broken foot, a crowbar might be required to get Huggins to crack anything that resembles a grin ...
Ready to stumble? Nope — Mack up to task
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »The hire began with a question mark and a story. Perhaps a column on Xavier coach Chris Mack and the fact he has led the Musketeers to yet another Sweet 16 appearance in his first season shouldn't ...
Time to fight trite, white stereotypes
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Saint Mary's Omar Samhan owns a vicious big-man game and significant athletic ability, which made it all the more strange why, when during the Gaels' embarrassing defeat of Villanova the Wildcats' coach, Jay Wright, decided to mostly single-cover him. ...
