I guess all you need to know today is that college basketball is somewhat constant. All the ranked teams were triumphant, and that’s really something, considering the last few days of upsets. Speaking of, No. 11 Xavier bounced back from their one-point loss to Stanford in the NIT Preseason Tournament […]

You just knew this would happen. Friday, Memphis lost to Austin Peay with one of their better players suspended for a ticky-tack NCAA rap, though the Governors played a heck of a game, and Memphis really had 5 other players out. But here’s the big blow – the NCAA is […]

First off, basketball is back! A full slate of games last evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Well, except for Memphis. If you haven’t been following, Memphis was a few players shy of a full squad for their season-opening 81-80 OT loss to Austin Peay. The Tigers had Antonio Burks […]

Hmm. What to make the lead story . . . The NCAA has been getting a raw deal lately, through every fault of their own, but I think the revival of Larry Bird down in Gainesville might just bump the NCAA down to Side Dish status. Yeah, I think so. […]

The big word last night was “stunned”, as in I’m “stunned” that more people are making such a big deal out of this “upset”. No. 11 Xavier was unseated in the Preseason NIT Quarterfinals by Stanford. By one. At Stanford. A day after flying cross-country. So you can see that […]

Well I guess the top story from last night was the lack of any surprises whatsoever. What looked interesting on paper with a grudge-type matchup with Holy Cross facing their “ghosts-of-1-seeds-past” Kansas was interesting until just about the 17-minute mark in the first half. After that, it was pretty much […]

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