The Big Ten faces off with the ACC in the 20th year of the challenge. The ACC currently leads the challenge in yearly wins, holding 12 compared to the Big Ten’s five, which is accompanied by three ties, one of which came last year. The event started with two games yesterday, with each of the two premier conferences winning one.
Kansas narrowly escaped Dayton in the Maui Invitational finals, winning in overtime by a score of 90-84. Devon Dotson posted 31 points for the Jayhawks, but it was Udoka Azubuike who led the charge in the extra period, scoring 9 of Kansas’ 17 points. In an expected Kansas win, Dayton hung with the powerhouse for the entire game. The Jayhawks’
Read moreCollege basketball is back, and what better way to start it off then the Champions Classic. In the event’s 9th year, this is the first in which each of the four teams are ranked the four best in the country. This short tournament has a chance to be a historic start to the season. The night at Madison Square Garden
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The ACC continued to be college basketball’s premier conference last season. The conference dominated the rest of division 1, finishing the regular season with five teams in the top 25. One of the ACC’s biggest selling points last season was the freshman talent. Duke brought in the best freshman class in college basketball history, with three of their five starters
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In his tenure at Virginia, Tony Bennett has been known for finding hidden talent and turning that talent into a premier ACC player. These players usually come out of high school as a three star recruit, sometimes even a two star. In the past few years, Bennett has begun to recruit some bigger names, going after four stars and even
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What makes college sports so entertaining, particularly college basketball, is the endless cycle of incoming players. Every season, college hoops brings in electric freshman who dominate at the college level for one year and head off to the NBA. However, these players are young, and their age is often seen by poor judgement, lack of leadership, etc. What is often
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College basketball stars are bred from all over the country. Although there are areas with more basketball talent than others, every state has their fair share of college stars. We took a look at every states best player, basing location off of where the player went to high school. Here are our opinions for best college basketball player from every
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The NCAA announced yesterday, June 5th, that the three point line will be moved back to the international distance of 22’1.75”. The NCAA has been moving towards adopting professional rules in the recent past, and the move of the bonusphere is the latest NBA rule picked up by the NCAA. Just three years ago, the NCAA decreased its shot clock
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The ultimate redemption story: Virginia went on one of the most improbable runs through the field of 64 after becoming the first ever 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed to bring home the schools first ever basketball national championship. Players, fans, and Tony Bennett can breath a sigh of relief, but after deserving celebrations die down, it has
Read moreVirginia advanced to the National Championship with a dramatic 63-62 win over Auburn. Just as it looked like Auburn would pull off the comeback, Kyle Guy scored 6 points in the final 7 seconds to regain the lead. The first half of the Final Four matchup was back and fourth, as there were 6 lead changes. Virginia jumped out to
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