By Austin Burton
OK, college football, you got this one.
Responding to a week of college basketball that started strong with ESPN’s 24-hour tip-off marathon, then got scandalous with news of a potential catastrophe at Syracuse, the gridiron guys regained the spotlight with some Top-5 upsets and plenty of down-to-the-wire thrillers.
But even though college hoops took a comfortable backseat to the BCS, NFL and NASCAR, that doesn’t mean it was uneventful. Here are the best and worst of the weekend: Read More »
Tags: Anthony Hicky, Bernie Fine, Billy Kennedy, Dominic Cheek, Doron Lamb, Elston Turner, Gary Bell, harrison barnes, Jabari Brown, JaMychal Green, Jared Cunningham, J’Covan Brown, Jeremy Lamb, Jim Boeheim, Kevin Pangos, Khalid Mutakabbir, Lorenzo Romar, Mason Plumlee, Mike Anderson, Ray McCallum Jr., Renardo Sidney, Robbie Hummel, Shabazz Napier, Tahj Tate, Trevon Harmon
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By Rey Jefferson
After the NBA Draft and before Midnight Madness, it seems nobody really talks about college basketball. While free agency and trades in the pros dominate the headlines, now is the time where your favorite NCAA team is gearing up and building the chemistry that could carry them to a national championship. The recruits are on campus, the returners are learning their new roles, and coaches are devising game plans. Here is my pre-preseason national Top-10: Read More »
Tags: Brandon Knight, c.j. leslie, Corey Fisher, E'twaun Moore, Enes Kanter, Frank Martin, Jacob Pullen, Jared Sullinger, Jay Wright, John Calipari, Josh Selby, Kalin Lucas, Kyle Singler, Kyrie Irving, LaceDarius Dunn, Marcus Morris, Perry Jones, Robbie Hummel, Ryan Harrow, Tom Izzo
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By Austin Burton
Earlier this morning we gave you four Players to Watch in the Midwest region. Here are four more from the South…
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E’TWAUN MOORE, Purdue, SG, Jr.
The Boilermakers don’t need to look hard for motivation. Pretty much everybody wrote them off when star forward Robbie Hummel went down with a season-ending knee injury in late-February, and the remaining stragglers signed Purdue’s death certificate after Minnesota ran through them in the Big Ten tournament. If anybody is going to cover for Hummel’s absence, it’s Moore (16.6 ppg). Read More »
Tags: E'twaun Moore, Ekpe Udoh, Jerome Randle, Kevin Anderson, Luke Harangody, Patrick Christopher, Quincy Acy, Robbie Hummel, Scottie Reynolds, Theo Robertson
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By Matty D
That’s right, the start of the college hoops season is just one week away and you know what that means: it’s time to unleash the mother effing fury! For the past seven months, I’ve been bottling up a vicious mixture of excitement and rage, just waiting for the moment to release my emotions onto the rest of the world. Well that time has come. Your boy Matty D is back to give you a look at the top teams in the country and to separate the champs from the chumps. Read More »
Tags: Austin Freeman, Chris Wright, Curtis Kelly, Denis Clemente, Derrick Favors, E’Twaun Moore, Gani Lawal, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Greg Monroe, Iman Shumpert, Jacob Pullen, JaJuan Johnson, Jason Clark, Jerome Dyson, Kansas State, Keaton Grant, Kemba Walker, Purdue, Robbie Hummel, Stanley Robinson, UConn, Wally Judge
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