Prior to the beginning of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, most prognosticators weren’t giving much love to Big East Champion Villanova Wildcats, saying that that the Conference was overrated, and predicting that the Cats would be the first top seed eliminated. As it turns out, all of the so called experts were right, as the upstart [...]
Prior to the start of the 2014-2015 college hoops season, we all knew that the University of Kentucky Wildcats potentially had something very special brewing on campus in Lexington. For the first time in a number of years, Coach Cal and the UK program actually had some upperclassmen to lean on, in the form of [...]
March 22, 2015
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This Willie Cauley-Stein dunk is definitely the dunk of the tournament. Possibly even the dunk of the season for college hoops. Not only did Kentucky dismantle Cincinnati late in the second half of the round of 32, but to put salt in the wounds, Quadri Moore has to watch this highlight over, and over, and [...]
March 21, 2015
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The storied history of college basketball in the state of Kansas is legendary, going back to the inventor of the game, Dr. James Naismith, to storied head coach Phog Allen, and arguably the biggest recruit in hoops history period, Wilt Chamberlain. But what all of those things have in common is one thing….the University of [...]
March 21, 2015
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The Ohio State Buckeyes and Arizona Wildcats both won their opening game of the 2015 NCAA tournament, setting up a Saturday night thriller between the two programs. But more importantly, it places freshman phenoms D’Angelo Russell and Stanley Johnson on the court at the same time. It’s a safe bet that scouts from a trio [...]
The Dayton Flyers squeaked past the Boise State Broncos in the opening round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, surviving a last-second shot to win 56-55 at University Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio. Quite a bit of Dayton involved in that game, huh? Did playing on their home floor provide an unfair advantage for the Flyers, [...]
It’s well known that the Commander in Chief of the United States, Barack Obama, is a huge NBA and college hoops fan. In fact, if one didn’t already know, he’s a University of North Carolina diehard, and does pretty well when it comes to filling out an NCAA bracket every year around this time. Ever [...]
March 18, 2015
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Each Season, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association chooses one freshman that has played the best basketball on a consistent basis, to win the Wayman Tisdale award. It should not shock anyone that the victor of the current year’s honor goes to the great Duke freshman, and potential number 1 pick in the 2015 NBA draft, [...]
March 17, 2015
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