NCAA Throws the Book at Syracuse Basketball
Citing a decade of violations in which the Syracuse University’s men’s basketball program was essentially out of control, the NCAA brought the hammer down on March 6th. The sanctions include...
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Iowa State Rallies From 21 Point Deficit to Beat Oklahoma
The 15th ranked Oklahoma Sooner basketball team rolled into Ames, Iowa on March 2nd and blew out the 17th ranked Cyclones in the early going, taking a 37-19 lead into...
R.I.P. Jerry Tarkanian
Jerry Tarkanian, coach of the 1990 NCAA Basketball champion Nevada-Las Vegas Runnin’ Rebels, died February 11th in Las Vegas at age 84. Tark the Shark as he was nicknamed, took...
R.I.P. Dean Smith
Dean Smith, who coached North Carolina to two NCAA Basketball titles in a 36 year career from 1961 to 1997 died February 7th at age 83. Smith retired with a...
Coach K Sets ACC Record for Most Basketball Wins
The last couple of weeks have been pretty good for Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. On January 25th, Coach K won his 1000th game as a head coach when the...
Emerging Mid Major Powerhouse Northern Iowa Beats Wichita State
Every year in college basketball, some team or teams emerge from the mid major conferences and play at the level of the bigger schools and power conferences. Some teams that...
Georgetown Routs #4 Villanova by 20 Points
Up to this point, fourth ranked Villanova has set the pace in the Big East Conference this season. Going into their game at Georgetown on January 19th, the Wildcats were...
It Was a Weekend of Upsets in College Basketball
It’s been nearly 40 years since the last time an NCAA men’s Division I basketball team had an undefeated season, and we predict there won’t be any this season either....
Notre Dame Edges North Carolina 71-70
As usual, the Atlantic Coast Conference is stacked with excellent basketball teams including five currently in the Top 25. Two of those team, #13 Notre Dame and #18 North Carolina,...
Top Ranked Kentucky Crushes Number 5 Kansas 72-40
It’s probably not a good idea to read too much into losses that some perennial college basketball powerhouses sustain when playing other perennial powerhouses in the first few weeks of...
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