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
Team (Total Votes) (First Place Votes) Michigan State (197) (6) Kentucky (182) (1) Duke (181) (1) Kansas (159) Maryland (156) Louisville (154) North Carolina (143) Villanova (138) Virginia (132) Memphis (124) Gonzaga (121) Texas Tech (110) Seton Hall (108) Ohio State (77) Arizona (73) LSU (59) Baylor (52) Purdue (44) Utah State (41) Michigan (39) Washington (39) Auburn (38) Tennessee (34) Florida (31) Iowa
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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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Virginia small forward Braxton Key has received his eligibility to play this season after he transferred from Alabama. Key, who stated his transfer was for family reasons, will add a lot of depth to an already strong UVA roster. In an offseason full of waivers granted, UVA got their big break, gaining eligibility from their athletic transfer. Keys case for
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With nine SEC Teams making the cut into the Round of 64 of last year’s March Madness, the Southeastern Conference is bound to be a race for the top seed in the Conference Tournament. Here are my Conference predictions for the 2018-2019 College Basketball season. Projected Standings (Regular Season) Kentucky Wildcats Tennessee Volunteers Florida
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Sophomore, Collin Sexton from the The University of Alabama is the youngest Crimson Tide player to be drafted at the age of 19. Since Carl Shaeffer who was drafted from Alabama in 1949, the Crimson Tide has had almost 70 years of phenomenal players sent to the NBA, including Robert Horry, Antonio McDyess, and Latrell Sprewell. Sexton could join that
Read moreI think all of us would agree if the Big 12 and SEC did this type of challenge in football, there would be endless amounts of hype behind it. But, this year both the SEC and Big 12 are extremely deep, making Saturday a great day to relax on the couch and enjoy some hoops. Here are all 10 Big
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Rankings: Duke Arizona Kansas Villanova Wichita St. Michigan St. Florida UNC Kentucky Miami Cincy Notre Dame USC Minnesota Xavier Texas A&M Gonzaga Purdue Louisville Seton Hall West Virginia St. Mary’s Baylor Alabama Virginia Also” UCLA, Texas Tech
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Bracketology: East: Duke vs. 16. Hofstra / Manhattan Nova vs. 15. Wagner Florida vs. 14. Harvard Xavier vs. 13. Belmont Cincy vs. 12. Middle Tenn. Bama vs. 11. UConn / Rhode Island Texas A&M vs. 10. TCU UCLA vs. 9. Texas West: Zona vs. 16. Portland St. UNC vs. 15. Colgate WVU vs. 14. Grand Canyon Seton Hall vs. 13.
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If there’s one thing that is always the same in college sports, it’s that the landscape is always changing. Coaches take new jobs, players transfer, and schools switch conferences. Most of this seems to go under the radar due to summer baseball, and NBA free agency taking precedence. However, come November, College Basketball will be center stage for 5 months.
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