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Krzyzewski returning to coach USA Basketball
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski just couldn't pass on "the ultimate honor" of representing his country again as the U.S. men's national team coach. Krzyzewski is returning as coach through 2016, extending a run that included leading the Americans to two straight Olympic golds while helping reshape a program that needed ...
Kentucky Basketball: Duke Blog Mistakes Calipari's Confidence For Paranoia
The Duke Basketball Report goes off the rails on John Calipari: The truth is that while Kentucky has prospered, they won the national championship under Calipari for three distinct reasons: 1) an extraordinary talent in Anthony Davis; 2) an extraordinary freshman leader in Michael Kidd-Gilchrist); and 3) critical injuries to ...
Pac-12 Basketball Recruiting: Top 5 2013 Point Guards
The spring signing period is over and each Pac-12 school has completed its recruiting class of 2013. This post begins a short series of three posts covering the top five players signed at the point guard position, the following two posts will rank the top five wings and the top ...
Sports world keeps eye on Oklahoma tornado
The massive tornado that ripped through a handful of Oklahoma City suburbs and killed at least 50 people grabbed the attention of the sports world on Monday, especially the players and coaches with ties to the area. Kevin Durant, a three-time scoring champion for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, posted ...
Kansas lands transfer Tarik Black from Memphis
Memphis forward Tarik Black is transferring to Kansas and will be eligible to play immediately. Black has graduated from Memphis and has one year of eligibility left. Last season, Black started five of 32 games played for Memphis and averaged 8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds. His 58.9 field goal percentage ...
Big Ten basketball 2013 Review, Pt. II
The what and why can be found here, but my efficiency stats, in a nutshell, try to value each players' contributions (points, rebounds, assists, etc.) and efficiency (how many missed shots, turnovers, etc.). I calculate both per-game and per-possession rankings by taking the box scores from Big Ten teams' regular-season ...
Jamie Dixon downplays potential Pitt-Penn State basketball series
With news of Pitt and Penn State possibly starting up another annual football series, you knew it was a matter of time before things switched to the basketball side. The Post-Gazette's Sam Werner did a great interview with Jamie Dixon at the ACC meetings. So be sure to read the ...
College Basketball: Time For Court-Storming To End
Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News had a piece the other addressing a few questions about college basketball, including Andrew Wiggins, Dick Vitale's recommendation to appoint a college basketball "czar," and this: 3. Speaking of czars, let’s say Mark Emmert gave you free rein to ban fans from storming the ...
Washington's Wilcox undergoes foot surgery
Washington guard C.J. Wilcox has undergone surgery on his left foot to stabilize a stress fracture that bothered him for much of his junior season. The school says Wilcox had the surgery on Friday. Wilcox's surgery stabilized the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. He is expected to make a ...
Some Odd IU-Purdue Football/Basketball Scheduling
Within the past week, IU's 2014 Big Ten basketball schedule was announced. As is common each year, IU will play certain teams only once. Unfortunately, one of those teams this year is one of our biggest rivals, Purdue. As stated in this article by Alex Bozich, IU will play Ohio ...
Big Ten Basketball 2013 Review, pt. I
I listed the teams in a bit of a final power poll format, but I found it a little difficult to rank at the top within conference, because Michigan, Ohio State, and Indiana each had different high points in the last few weeks of the season. So, I considered them ...
Dickie V nears $10M milestone in cancer crusade
Dick Vitale's fight against cancer is nearing a major milestone. Vitale expects to top the $10 million mark with his eighth annual celebrity gala in Sarasota, Fla., on Friday night. The event will honor former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden, former Connecticut basketball coach/cancer survivor Jim Calhoun, and Kansas ...
Kentucky Basketball: Reviewing John Calipari's Media Availability Of Tuesday
With the final recruit signed and no further additions likely for next year, John Calipari opened the 2013-14 campaign yesterday by laying out his vision for the team. The theme for the coming season would seem to be, "chasing perfection," two words he used in his press conference yesterday. Naturally, ...
Rutgers makes Louisville's Hermann AD
Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal-scarred program following the ouster of its men's basketball coach and the resignation of other officials. Hermann replaces Tim Pernetti, who quit last month after the firing ...
Big Ten Basketball schedule 2013-2014: The single-play winners and losers
In case you missed it, we know Ohio State is only getting one crack at four teams in conference play next season. They get Michigan and Northwestern at home, and have single road trips to Indiana and Wisconsin. Only playing Wisconsin in the Trohl Center is a tough break, but ...
Top prep prospect Andrew Wiggins signs with Kansas
Top prep basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins told a small gathering of family and friends at his high school gym Tuesday that he will play at Kansas. Then the Huntington Prep star signed his letter-of-intent and officially became a Jayhawk. No big speech. No bands, live TV coverage or props. Just ...
Ohio State basketball to play Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin just once in 2013/2014
The Ohio State men's basketball season may feel a little bit different than it has in recent seasons. Per a spokesman for the basketball team, the Buckeyes will not take the return trip to Ann Arbor during the 2013-2014 Men's basketball season, instead only hosting their arch rival. Of course ...
Kentucky Basketball: Andrew Wiggins Selects Kansas, Basketball Universe Shocked
So the word has been given, and Andrew Wiggins has chosen the Kansas Jayhawks as his school for (most likely) then next year. Here is the tweets from Grant Traylor: Andrew Wiggins will be attending Kansas — Grant Traylor (@GrantTraylor) May 14, 2013 Announcement at 12:09 pm that he will ...
Kentucky Basketball: Handicapping Andrew Wiggins' Selection
This was linked yesterday, I think by Wild Weasel (corrections welcome), and it deserves a comment. Jeff Borzello, Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander all believe Andrew Wiggins wind up at Florida St., while Jeff Goodman predicts Kansas. All I can say is, all these guys predicting Florida St. are going ...
Kentucky Basketball: Why Waiting For Andrew Wiggins Is Good For UK
Before I delve into this, let me qualify my remarks. I want Andrew Wiggins at Kentucky. Wiggins will be very successful anywhere he goes, but his skills are best displayed here at UK. I personally believe he will be in Blue and White when all is said and done tomorrow ...
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