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The New Year Report: Conference Previews – Part One
New Year’s Eve is right around the corner. Some people think of resolutions. Others think of champagne corks. Still others reflect back on another year gone by. But, for me, one of the things I think of first when I … Continue reading
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Tagged acc, arizona, arizona state, baylor, big ten, big xii, boston college, california, clemson, duke, florida state, illinois, indiana, iowa, iowa state, kansas, maryland, michigan, michigan state, minnesota, north carolina, notre dame, ohio state, oklahoma, oklahoma state, oregon, pac-12, pittsburgh, stanford, syracuse, texas, ucla, utah, virginia, washington, wisconsin
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The Forgotten 40: The Country’s Best College Basketball Teams that No One is Talking About
One of the regular features that we plan to run on BSB throughout this year’s college hoops season is a ranking of the best teams that no one is talking about. We want to highlight some of the “other” teams … Continue reading
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Tagged akron, alabama, arkansas, belmont, bucknell, byu, california, colorado, denver, detroit, Forgotten 40, georgia, illinois state, iowa, iowa state, long beach state, long island, loyola (MD), manhattan, marshall, mercer, middle tennessee state, montana, north dakota state, north texas, northwestern, oklahoma, ole miss, penn state, princeton, richmond, robert morris, rutgers, south dakota state, south florida, temple, tulane, uconn, umass, usc-upstate, wagner
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The Sweet Sixteen – Day Two
7:07 on Friday in Indianapolis, IN #1 Louisville vs. #12 Arizona The one “Cinderella” is one of the winningest programs in NCAA history–Arizona. A 12-seed, who very few thought should even have made the tournament proved themselves and now gets … Continue reading
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Tagged arizona, gonzaga, kansas, louisville, michigan state, north carolina, oklahoma, syracuse
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Random Top 5 Lists for the Sweet 16
Note: For Bry’s preview and picks of Thursday night’s games, scroll down. Top 5 Freshmen in the Sweet 16: 5. Kemba Walker, UConn: This New York City native is poised to become the next great star at UConn. His lightning … Continue reading
Tuesday’s Top Twelve – Best Matchup/Potential Matchups of the Weekend
The best sports weekend of the year–hands down–begins in earnest in less than 48 hours. Yes, I am like little-kid-on-Christmas excited. No, I’m not embarrassed by it. Looking over the brackets, there are a bunch of first-round matchups and potential … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009 ncaa tournament, arizona st., boston college, butler, clemson, dayton, florida st., kansas, lsu, michigan st., north carolina, north dakota st., oklahoma, oklahoma st., pittsburgh, syracuse, temple, tennessee, ucla, usc, vcu, west virginia, xavier
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College Basketball Preview: The Contenders
[DISCLAIMER: most of this was written before the preseason tournaments, so I apologize if some new developments were not addressed. Oh, and one of these teams is written facetiously–see if you can figure out which one.] I wrote a column … Continue reading
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Tagged duke, gonzaga, louisville, notre dame, oklahoma, pittsburgh, temple, tennessee, ucla, uconn, unc
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First Impressions of the 08-09 College Hoops Season
The glory that is the college basketball season is well underway, and I’m looking forward to settling in tonight for two top teams in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, when Duke travels to Purdue. Baseball is the only sport I look forward … Continue reading
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Tagged blake griffin, davidson, duke, florida, georgetown, gonzaga, greivis vasquez, kyle singler, nick calathes, north carolina, notre dame, oklahoma, purdue, stephen curry, syracuse, tennessee, ty lawson
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First-Round Viewing Guide (In The Philly Market) – Friday
The BSB crew, along with some friends, will be holing up in Sea Isle City, NJ for the duration of the first and second rounds. Expect some updates if we happen to find an internet connection when we get there. … Continue reading
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Tagged blake griffin, butler, clemson, davidson, gonzaga, mike green, oklahoma, pat calathes, scottie reynolds, st. joe's, stephen curry, villanova
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Kelvin, Put Down the Phone!
I’ve been a Kelvin Sampson fan for a long time. He’s been one of the premier X’s and O’s coaches in college basketball for a long time, but was never really given his due. In twelve seasons as the head coach … Continue reading
