So it’s not 96 after all. Earlier today, the NCAA announced that the its Division I Men’s Basketball Committee unanimously passed a recommendation to expand the Tournament field to 68 teams beginning in 2011. While the measure still has to be approved by the NCAA Board of Directors later his month, in most cases the board passes whatever proposals have been stamped by its committees. Read More »

With Kentucky plowing through everyone this season to a current No. 3 ranking in the country, and their trio of impact freshmen (John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe) playing beyond expectations, it got me thinking about past great UK games. One game in particular will always stand out in my memory: the 2005 Elite Eight, Kentucky vs. Michigan State. Read More »

Thank God for the great Americans at COED Magazine. Someone had to put together photo galleries of the cheerleaders from every school in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16, and they stepped up to the plate. Read More »

The NY Times has an article today called “Timeout Tactics Include Seating and Setting” that breaks down the science behind how and where some top college coaches seat their players during timeout huddles. I’m sure you’ve noticed that every team’s timeouts look different – bench, no bench, stools, etc. – but there is apparently real, detailed strategy behind the way players are situated. And it’s as much about girls as it is about game-planning. Read More »

If you’re on the east coast and stayed up late to watch the Davidson/St. Mary’s NIT matchup, you may be dragging this morning, but you know it was well worth it. It’s a shame the Stephen Curry/Patty Mills shootout wasn’t on prime time for half the country to see because it was honestly one of the most entertaining games I’ve seen all year. These ESPN highlights don’t the game justice – it was up and down and the two stars rose to the occasion (at times, Steph was pulling from about three feet beyond NBA three-point range).

Let us know if you caught the game and what you thought of it…

Niketown New York is setting up to be a prime time hoops destination for the month of March. Every week they’re going to be rolling out different free games, events and contests for college hoops fans in NYC.

It kicked off last week at the store with various giveaways (everything from gift cards to Nike gear to free subscriptions to Dime Magazine) and was a huge success. Read More »

As I’ve said before, the first day of the NCAA Tournament is my favorite day of the year. Unfortunately, it seems some people just don’t understand. Yesterday I got the most depressing e-mail ever from one of my buddies. I seriously almost wanted to cry. I don’t want to get him in trouble, but this is all he had to say: “I am assuming Dime doesn’t send out emails like this…” Read More »

In Smack today we asked the following: “At the beginning of the Selection Show, did you see those two guys in the committee room completely botch their ‘dap’ exchange?” If you didn’t catch it, here you go:

Source: FanIQ

You know what? This stinks! Every year this happens to me. I wait patiently for the brackets to be released, thinking I’m going to get my way, and every year without fail, the Selection Committee crushes my heart. How can this nonsense keep happening?

Let me start with this: The Big Ten got the same number of teams in the tournament as the Big East. Is that a joke? I’ve been looking at projections for weeks now and I didn’t want to believe any of the rumors. Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio State can go kick rocks. Read More »

Welcome to The Bong Show, where there will be buckets, buckets and more buckets as ASU and James Harden match up with Temple and Dionte Christmas.

With multiple national TV games this season in a high-profile conference, most of the college basketball world is familiar with the scoring machine that is James Harden. 6-5, lefty, with a body closer to Brian Scalabrine than Corey Maggette, he keeps defenses off balance and susceptible to his array of offensive weapons, whether it’s raining jumpers from deep or sneaking into the paint. Read More »