Starting on Thursday, there are some great early season college basketball tournaments. I’m going to give readers my predictions and what players fans should look out for. Myrtle Beach Invitational I believe the favorite, Villanova, will win this tournament. However, Baylor or Mississippi State could definitely win this tournament as well. Villanova shouldn’t have any problems in the first round
The Champions Classic consisted of the top four teams competing against each other at Madison Square Garden. The first game was #3 Kansas vs. #4 Duke. Although the game went down to the wire, Duke won the game 68-66. The first half was sloppy for both teams, but each team stepped it up in the second half. Kansas had 28
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Projected Starting Lineup G: Boogie Ellis G: Alex Lomax F: D.J. Jeffries F: Precious Achiuwa C: James Wiseman Key Additions: James Wiseman, Precious Achiuwa, D.J. Jeffries, Boogie Ellis, Jayden Hardaway, Lester Quinone. Key Losses: Not much, really. Season Ceiling: 31-6 (AAC Champions, NCAA Tournament Final Four Appearance) Season Floor: 24-10 (NCAA First Round Exit) Make or Break Player: James Wiseman If James
Read moreThere are a few teams this year who are ranked higher than they have in a while. And for most of them there is a lot of hype around the recruits they brought in. Here is my 5 teams this season
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The Temple Owls, currently sitting at 20-7, 10-5 in the American, currently sit on the elusive bubble of the NCAA Tournament field of 68. Although Temple’s record is one of the better on the bubble, it holds one win in three games versus top 25 opponents, making Temple a questionable selection for the committee. In November, Temple scheduled three games
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The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. To the American sports fan this time period known as “March Madness” is equal to Christmas, Thanksgiving and The Fourth of July all wrapped up in one. The only exception? This holiday last for an entire month! People all over this nation, basketball fan and non-basketball fan, cast their lots in basketball tourney pools at
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Today, Sunday, November 18th, the annual Myrtle Beach Invitational championship game took place between the University of Central Florida and Western Kentucky University. Each team went with familiar faces to start the game. The University of Central Florida Knights started senior BJ Taylor, sophomore Collin Smith, junior Terrell Allen, junior Aubrey Dawkins, and senior Tacko Fall. The Hilltoppers started sophomore
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With a 91-72 win over Connecticut, Iowa took home the 2018 2K Empire Classic. It wasn’t the team most expected to take home the tournament victory, but then again, the entire tournament went this way. It all started on Thursday night, when old Big East foes Syracuse and UConn squared off. The Orange came out flat footed, and could never
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The atmosphere surrounding the UConn Mens team for the past two years has been flat. The team started the 2016-2017 season ranked #18 and full of hype. They proceeded to lose to Wagner and Northeastern at Gampel Pavillion to start the season 0-2. Injuries plagued the team the rest of the season and they finished with a losing record of
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Michigan seemed like they had lost this back and forth game that had 17 lead changes and 12 ties. Davis gave the Cougars the lead when he made two free throws with 44.1 seconds left, then pushed the advantage to 63-61 when he made the second of two more foul shots with 24.9 seconds to go. Then, Abdur-Rahkman and Charles
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