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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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College Hoops Looking Like a Two-Horse Race
As Bry noted below, the end of the baseball season means more time to focus on the NFL. But it also means there’s a new sport coming back for our viewing pleasure: college basketball. The season gets underway tonight, and … Continue reading
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Tagged duke, kansas state, michigan state, ohio st., pittsburgh, villanova
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The Sweet Sixteen – Day One
The Sweet 16 round of the tournament is probably where we all get to see the best basketball of the year, in my opinion. The stage is not yet “too big” for anyone, yet almost all of the games are big enough for that … Continue reading
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Tagged connecticut, duke, memphis, missouri, pittsburgh, purdue, villanova, xavier
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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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Looking Ahead to Next March
One of my favorite columns to read every year are the ones where, in the aftermath of the championship game, the writers project the top teams for next year’s college basketball season. I’ll attempt to beat them to the punch this … Continue reading
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Tagged duke, gonzaga, kansas, louisville, michigan st., north carolina, pittsburgh, tennessee, tyler hansbrough, uconn, usc
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