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2013-14 college basketball rankings: New Mexico, Boise State getting mentioned
Now that the early entrants for the NBA Draft is in the books there are multiple sites who are updating their latest pre-pre-pre-season top-25 rankings for the 2013-14 season. Boise State and New Mexico are both getting early season respect, well one poll leaves New Mexico out of their top ...
DeVon Walker transferring from Florida basketball program, school announces
Florida small forward DeVon Walker will transfer from the program, the school announced via GatorZone on Monday. These are the requisite quotes from Billy Donovan and Walker: "DeVon has a bright future, and we hope for the best for him wherever he chooses to go," Donovan said. "I’ve grown a ...
Sixteen Years of UNC Basketball: More Sweet Than Bitter
A healthy discussion with SouthernCub after a completely unrelated post got the wheels turning. I took issue with some perhaps intended, perhaps imagined insinuations that Duke has been the best--or at least the better--program over the past 10-15 years, and made the counter-argument based largely on NCAA tournament performance. I ...
Sixteen Years of UNC Basketball: More Sweet Than Bitter
A healthy discussion with SouthernCub after a completely unrelated post got the wheels turning. I took issue with some perhaps intended, perhaps imagined insinuations that Duke has been the best--or at least the better--program over the past 10-15 years, and made the counter-argument based largely on NCAA tournament performance. I ...
Mid-Major Basketball Transfer List: May Edition
Updated April 12 Jeff Goodman of CBS puts together an awesome job of tracking all the transfers around college basketball and earlier this week he posted his first list of the year. Here are the mid-major players looking to move elsewhere. Transferring Out: America East K.J. Brown, 6-2, G, Sr., ...
2013-14 college basketball early season tournaments involving Mountain West teams
The early season tournaments for the 2013-14 college basketball season are coming into focus, and there are a lot of Mountain West teams taking part. Below is a quick look at some of these preseason tournaments, and of course some are more glorious than others. This list probably will change, ...
College Basketball: Kansas' Ben McLemore's AAU Coach Reportedly Accepted Money From Agent During 2012-13 Season
So we have here a story by Eric Prisbell of USA Today exposing apparent payoffs from an NBA "agent" to Ben McLemore’s former AAU coach: Ben McLemore’s former AAU coach says he received thousands of dollars in cash, lodging, meals and trips from a middle man who courted the Kansas ...
DERBY LIVE: Orb wins after surging among bettors
The 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs had a field of 19 horses, with Orb topping the field in just over two minutes. He's the newest contender for a Triple Crown in thoroughbred racing. The Preakness follows in two weeks and the Belmont Stakes is June 8. ...
Is basketball assistant Barry Rohrssen coming back to Pitt?
April was a pretty traumatic month for Pitt. There was (in no particular order), the Trey Zeigler transfer, Steven Adams' decision to go to the NBA, the recruiting losses, and rumors of J.J. Moore transferring ... and that was just the basketball program. But May's a new month and things ...
Florida basketball schedule: Gators to play Memphis in 2013-14, according to report
Details continue to leak out about Florida's 2013-2014 non-conference schedule. Two weeks ago, this site reported that Florida would meet Kansas at home during the Gators' 2013-14 non-conference schedule; now, CBS Sports' Jeff Goodman reports that Florida's Jimmy V Classic opponent will be Memphis. Memphis will play Florida in the ...
Kentucky Basketball: Wildcats' Non-Conference Schedule A Very Good One
Just when you thought there was not much basketball news left to tell other than Andrew Wiggins’ school choice, BAM! We get Kentucky’s non-conference schedule to talk about and dissect. Courtesy of the Lexington Herald-Leader, here it is: Date Tream Kenpom 11/01/13 TRANSYLVANIA (exhibition) N/A 11/04/13 MONTEVALLO (exhibition) N/A 11/08/13 ...
Braxton Ogbueze to transfer from Florida basketball program, school announces
Freshman guard Braxton Ogbueze will transfer from Florida, the school announced Wednesday on GatorZone. "Braxton has been a hard worker with a great attitude, and we wish him nothing but the best as he moves on," Donovan said. "I’ve appreciated the opportunity here at Florida and have learned a lot ...
Courtney Ingersoll Talks Rockets Basketball, the MAC and More
It wasn’t long ago that Courtney Ingersoll was leading the nation in three point shooting as a senior for the Toledo Rockets. After finishing her basketball career with an Elite Eight finish in the 2012 WNIT, Ingersoll remained at UT to pursue a postgraduate degree. She has kept an eye ...
Kentucky Basketball: John Calipari Touts 100% Graduation Rate, Correctly
John Calipari put out this post on his blog yesterday touting Kentucky’s academics in the basketball program under his regime. This, as you might expect, drew a lot of negative commentary on Twitter, with the usual suspects deriding Calipari’s claim of a 100% graduation rate. Calipari put it this way: ...
What's Next For Canes Basketball?
The 2012-13 Miami Hurricanes team is one that won't soon be forgotten. ACC regular season champions. ACC tournament champions. Sweet 16. 5 seniors. NBA draft bound sophomore. The whole team is unforgettable. But that's all over now. Miami's top 6 leading scorers from last season have all moved on. So ...
Pitt loses basketball recruit Lennard Freeman to North Carolina State
When it rains it pours, I suppose. Pitt lost another one of their recruiting targets today - this time, it was power forward Lennard Freeman. A couple of weeks ago, Freeman had Pitt in his final five schools. But the Panthers couldn't land the Oak Hill Academy forward, who decided ...
MAC Basketball Transfers and Coaching Changes
Silly season is upon us in the MAC, where transfers and coaching changes are making headlines. We'll be updating transfer and coaching news in this stream. So, I once was a NASCAR fan. I admit it. One thing that fascinated me about NASCAR was the whole "Silly Season" as it ...
Kentucky Basketball: Are The Tar Heels A Better Fit Than The Wildcats? Not Likely.
An article by Anthony Lenahan over at Rant Sports argues that the North Carolina Tar Heels is the best destination for Andrew Wiggins. His reasoning boils down to this: No star player wants to be on a team that can’t compete for the NCAA Tournament championship; North Carolina is a ...
Toledo Women's Basketball Loses Three Players, Gains One
The Toledo Rockets coaching staff announced at tonight's annual banquet that three players would be leaving the program: Taylor Carver, Michele Hayes, and Kendyl Nunn. Taylor Carver was a redshirt freshman who didn't see much playing time this season as she dealt with injury and a senior loaded front court. ...
Kentucky Basketball: Atlantic Article Accuses Adolph Rupp Of Antisemitism
Marvin Kalb writes in the Atlantic today about the City College of New York (CCNY) team that won an NIT and NCAA championship in 1950, but one year later, some of the players were convicted of point shaving. Interestingly enough, Kentucky was also embroiled in accusations of point shaving the ...
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The American Red Cross is helping people in the Midwest with shelter, food, relief supplies and emotional comfort after tornadoes over the weekend destroyed homes and left thousands without power.
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