The SEC rules college football.That’s not even in dispute this point. But in college basketball, one can get into some heated discussions over which conference is the best. But this year any and all of those conversations will have to include the Big Ten. The funny thing is, the Big Ten is normally known as…
College Basketball’s Best Rivalries
As the regular season winds down this week in college basketball, the best rivalries in the game will be played to end the season. The Duke Blue Devils will visit the North Carolina Tar Heels in what is the greatest rivalry in the sport, and maybe n all of sports. Duke and Carolina are eight…
Will Kentucky’s Coach Calipari Need to Shift Gears in Recruiting?
The John Calipari method of recruiting since he has been the coach of the Kentucky Wildcats has been pretty simple. He goes to rivals.com or scout.com or whatever recruiting website he likes and looks at the rankings. Then he starts at the top and works his way down at each position and gets the top…
March Madness Begins: Projecting the Tournament’s Top Seeds
The calendar flipped to march over the weekend. That is music to the ears of college basketball fans. The regular season will wind down this week which means “bubble watching” will be our greatest obsession and Joe Lunardi will be America’s biggest unknown celebrity, if there is such a thing. What does Lunardi do the…
Why Miami Hurricanes Will Make an Early Exit from NCAA Tournament
The Miami Hurricanes are having their best season ever. They are about to win the ACC regular season crown with a record of 23-5 and 14-2 in the ACC. They hold a two game lead over the Duke Blue Devils and gave them all they could handle in Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday. So why…
NCAA Tournament: Is it Time to Expand to 128 Teams?
128 teams in the NCAA Tournament? Blasphemy! That’s what you’re thinking isn’t it? But let’s look at some numbers here. There are roughly 350 Division I college basketball teams. 128 teams in the tournament is well under half of the teams. Compare that to the NBA and NHL where over half the teams get in,…
College Basketball’s Most Disappointing Teams in 2012-13 Season
Thinking back to the beginning of the season, there are several teams that just have not lived up to the preseason hype. Let’s take a look at some of the worst offenders: North Carolina State Wolfpack- The Wolfpack is 19-7 and 8-5 in the ACC with wins over Duke, UConn and North Carolina. But the…
2013 NCAA Tournament Picks: Seeds Five through Eight
Last night we gave you our picks for the top four seeds for the NCAA Tournament. One of those teams has promptly gone out and lost already. The Butler Bulldogs lost tonight at home to the St. Louis Billikens. Don’t be surprised to see St Louis on the lost this time. #5 seeds- Marquette Golden…
2013 NCAA Tournament Field Predictions : Top 16
Everybody seems to have an opinion on who is in and who is out of the NCAA Tournament. It’s a lot of fun to speculate on possible match-ups a month before the Big Dance begins, but until all of the conference tournaments are played it is really just shooting in the dark. There are over…
How Does Noel Injury Affect College/NBA Basketball Going Forward?
Nerlens Noel, the Freshman center for the Kentucky Wildcats, was about to get paid. Any time you turned on a UK basketball game, some analyst commented that Noel was likely going to be the NBA’s #1 draft pick next season. How much was he about to get paid? We don’t know for sure but we…