It definitely can’t hurt having one of the NBA’s best players as an alumnus of your school. Need some proof? Check out the special version of the Nike Zoom KD III that Nike Basketball put together for Kevin Durant and Texas this season. Maybe it’s the colorway, or maybe it’s the school logo on the side, but either way I like it. Check ‘em out: Read More »

First, Philadelphia was hit with the news that Lou Williams was going to miss the rest of the regular season with a strained hamstring. Now, the New York Times is reporting that perhaps their best player, Elton Brand, the man who turned around his Sixer career this season, has been playing for the past month with a fractured hand. Read More »

Most 16-year-old boys are known for either playing sports or sitting at home playing video games. Alex Kline, however, is not your typical teenager. Alex runs TheRecruitScoop.com, writes for Adam Zagoria’s blog and has a huge following on Twitter. He is a great resource for players and college coaches that are looking to improve their stance. We had to opportunity to catch up with Alex to get to know how it all started and some of his opinions on the basketball world. Read More »

With March Madness officially coming to an end last night, fans all over the nation have been watching players pour their blood, sweat and tears into building the reputation for their respective schools. This year’s NCAA Tournament has been one of the most entertaining we’ve seen in recent years, and with every game being televised, the amount of revenue generated was through the roof. USA Today mentioned that this year’s Tournament will generate more than $771 million dollars in television rights alone. Read More »

Regardless of how you feel about last night’s championship game, it was definitely another great NCAA Tournament this year. So if you happened to go to sleep when UConn started pulling away, here’s your morning dose of Luther Vandross and One Shining Moment.

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We have all witnessed history. On many, many levels. We wake up this morning with UConn as champions of college basketball; the Huskies the last team standing at the end of an absolutely incredible postseason rampage that included winning five Big East Tournament games in five days and then reeling off the six Ws needed to win the NCAA Tournament. That type of run would have been considered unreal for a top-ranked team – the fact that it was put together by a UConn squad that wasn’t even ranked until Week 4 of the season and then entered the Big East Tourney as a No. 9 seed is just absurd. History will remember this Connecticut squad as one of the most unlikely championship teams in college basketball history … Kemba Walker should donate his kicks (Air Jordan 6-17-23) to Springfield. He’s been wearing these ever since the start of the Big East Tournament and hasn’t lost since. After the Big East tourney, he told us he was ready to go get six more Ws … To the game … Read More »

How good of a game will tonight’s NCAA Championship be between UConn and Butler? Lets hope it’s better than the title game 21 years ago when the Runnin’ Rebels slaughtered Duke by 30 points.

This weekend, I watched HBO’s documentary on UNLV and was reminded of how ill they were. Their style, their talent, their attitude – it didn’t matter if the NCAA hated them and everything they stood for. The Rebels repped for Las Vegas and were one of the best college teams ever (their 1991 team was even better and yet somehow didn’t win it all). Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon, Greg Anthony and Anderson Hunt embarrassed Duke. Watch and be amazed, but pray tonight’s game is closer than this one was.

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So what are you doing at 9:23 PM ET tonight? Unless you’re watching WWE RAW’s recap of last night’s Wrestlemania, you’ll be tuned in to the NCAA National Championship game between No. 8 seed Butler and No. 3 seed UConn.

So how is this going to play out tonight? You’ve undoubtedly watched/listed to Jay Bilas, Doug Gottlieb, Digger, Hubert, Dickie V, and any number of other talking heads; you’ve probably read plenty of pre-game analysis and you may have even made your opinion known in the comments section of the site or on our poll (most of you appear to be feeling UConn). So last but not least, some members of the Dime Crew wanted to weigh in our personal picks for tonight’s game: Read More »

If you’re looking for a great program and some great swag in your high school choice, Oak Hill Academy just may be the spot for you. As one of the few Jordan Brand schools in the nation, you know you’re going to get laced out. So before their game against Montrose Christian School at the ESPN Rise National High School Invitational, ESPN’s Paul Biancardi snapped a picture of their exclusive version of the Air Jordan 2011. Read More »

Even with John Wall’s impressive, yet unspectacular rookie campaign, the Wizards are sitting at an ugly 20-56, ahead of only Cleveland in the East. Some of their young talent has taken advantage of the playing-time opportunities on a roster that has just three players over 30 years old. Some other players haven’t. What about a guy like Mo Evans, actually the oldest player on the team? Not only was he traded during the core of the season, but also went from being a glue guy on a playoff team in Atlanta to an old vet on one of the worst teams in the league. Still, he’s making the most of it. On the court, his numbers in D.C. have increased to 28 minutes and 10 points per game. And off the court, he told me he’s been checking out everything the nation’s capital has to offer. Read More »