College basketball has not disappointed this decade. Unlike most professional sports, especially in the postseason, upsets always occur and the unexpected begins to be expected. However, there have been programs that have powerhouses in the 2010’s, and have tattooed their name into college basketball’s blue bloods. In honor of the decade coming to a close, we will count down the
I took the 9 most well respected and known coaches this decade and looked at their individual and team success. Read below to see how the nine rank from the ninth-best coach this decade to the top. 9) Jim Boeheim- Syracuse Pros: 1x Coach of the Year, 17 Tournament Wins, 2x Final Four Cons: 1 Regular-Season Champion, 0x Conference Champion, 252
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Team (Total Votes) (First Place Votes) Gonzaga (200) (8) Duke (188) Oregon (182) Kansas (182) Baylor (166) Louisville (149) Ohio State (149) Auburn (140) Memphis (126) Villanova (122) Butler (111) Michigan (103) San Diego State (102) Kentucky (89) Maryland (85) West Virginia (82) Michigan State (77) Dayton (71) Virginia (64) Florida State (59) Penn State (39) Texas Tech (25) Iowa (18) Wichita
Read moreSo far this season, college basketball has been wide open. Nobody is the clear front runner and anyone could win the NCAA Tournament right now. Here are a few of the best and worse teams following non-conference play. Best: Gonzaga So far this season, Gonzaga has proved that they are one of the toughest teams in college basketball. They have
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Check out Mat Mlodzinski’s bracket, now on Bracket Matrix! Bolded teams are projected as an auto-bid. WEST Gonzaga, 13-1 Auburn, 11-0 Virginia, 9-2 Michigan, 9-3 Florida State, 10-2 Xavier, 11-2 San Diego State, 12-0 North Carolina, 7-5 DePaul, 12-1 Stanford, 11-1 Illinois, 8-4 VCU, 9-3 / USC, 10-2 Louisiana Tech, 9-3 Arkansas State, 9-3 New Mexico State, 8-6 UC Riverside, 7-5
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Christmas has come and passed as has non-conference play. At this point in the season, teams are in a position to make runs through their perspective conferences to reach the dream of an NCAA tournament appearance. With a combined record of 97-25 (.795) the Big East has the best win percentage of all the major conferences and has the league
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Team (Total Votes) (First Place Votes) Gonzaga (249) (9) Ohio State (226) (1) Louisville (226) Duke (215) Oregon (206) Kansas (203) Baylor (190) Auburn (171) Memphis (164) Villanova (140) Butler (134) Michigan (126) Maryland (122) Michigan State (120) San Diego State (112) Virginia (106) Dayton (102) Florida State (86) Kentucky (68) Washington (56) Penn State (49) West Virginia (36) Arizona (35) Texas Tech
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For Indiana, basketball reigns supreme. The Crossroads Classic is a time for bragging rights when the top in-state schools come together to compete in the home of the Indiana Pacers. Indiana, Purdue, Butler, and Notre Dame programs with a combined 122 NCAA tournament appearances and 14 trips the to Final Four add that to Indiana’s five National Championships and the
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Credit: Eleven Warriors What a finish for the Ohio State Buckeyes as they defeat the Kentucky Wildcats 71-65. Coming into this game, the Buckeyes were ranked #5 and the Wildcats were ranked #6. A matchup doesn’t get any closer than this. Aside from the Champions Classic in the beginning of the season, this was the first real opponent that the
Read moreAs the 2010’s decade is coming to a close, there were many great college basketball games to remember. Here were some of the best. 5. Kansas vs. Michigan-2013 Sweet 16 Throughout this entire game, nobody thought that Michigan had a chance to win the game. Michigan trailed Kansas by eight points with 1:14 left in the game. Michigan guard Trey
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