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2012 NBA Draft Grade: Perry Jones III
Forward Perry Jones III led the Baylor Bears to a dream season last year, as they went all the way to the Elite Eight. Jones III is a thick body in the paint and the NBA is always in high demand for those type of players. Below is my full draft report of Jones heading [...]
Tweet2012 NBA Draft Grade: Thomas Robinson
Thomas “T-Bone” Robinson became a household name this tournament season, something Southeast Conference fans know all about, as he has terrorized the SEC all year. The junior’s draft value has skyrocketed throughout the course of the year and is now a slam-dunk to go in the top five picks of this year’s draft. Below is [...]
TweetKansas Jayhawk’s Bill Self Receives Naismith Coach of the Year Award
As he leads his Kansas Jayhawks onto the floor tonight to take on the Kentucky Wildcats in the NCAA men’s college basketball championship game, head-coach Bill Self will do so as college basketball’s most recently named Naismith Men’s College Basketball Coach of the Year, edging out Wildcats’ head-coach, John Calipari for the honor. The award [...]
TweetTourny Team To Watch Out For: Detroit, What?!?
If there is going to be one No. 15 seed upsetting a No. 2 seed this March, it is going to be Detroit. They have been my favorite “mid-major” team to watch this season. Detroit is possessed with extremely athletic, explosive and intelligent basketball players. They are going to get after the Kansas Jayhawks and will upset [...]
Tweet5 Early NCAA Tournament Upset Possibilities
Picking chalk and cheering for favorites works for some NCAA hoops fans. It doesn’t for this one. The most thrilling part of choosing a bracket is carefully deciding which upsets are bound to happen. They don’t always occur as often as we’d like but there’s a extra bit of pride that encompasses correctly pegging a [...]
TweetKansas and Missouri to Battle for Title in Final Border War
With just three games remaining in the regular season, the Big XII basketball title is still up in the air, setting up a Saturday showdown between two top 5 national teams, No. 4 Kansas and No. 3 Missouri. This week, the Missouri Tigers (25-3, 12-3) suffered a loss to conference foe, Kansas State, opening the [...]
TweetMarch Madness, Productivity and Viewing Habits
In the weeks before Selection Sunday (March 11th), it’s of some amusement to me to consider what March Madness does to the American populace. Yesterday, I listed a few of my favorite fan stereotypes that appear annually when Bracketology consumes us all. Tonight, it’s about the first round — I’m not counting the play-in games [...]
TweetLonghorns’ NCAA Tournament Hopes Could Hinge on Match-up with Baylor
Rick Barnes and the Texas Longhorns are currently riding a streak of 13 straight NCAA tournament appearances, but that run is in danger of coming to an end this season. Over the last 23 seasons, dating back to former Coach Tom Penders’ days at Texas, the Horns have missed just 2 NCAA tournaments. The Longhorns’ [...]
TweetKansas’ Thomas Robinson Playing With a Purpose
The Kansas Jawhawks evoke strong feelings from most college basketball fans, whether it’s passionate fandom or pure hatred for the perennial powerhouse. No matter how one feels about the Jawhawks however, there is no denying that it is impossible not to cheer with all your heart for Kansas’ star, Thomas Robinson. This time last season, [...]
TweetMizzou’s English Compares Athletes and Slaves
St. Louis, MO - Three short days after Martin Luther King Day University of Missouri senior guard, Kim English, posted comments on his Twitter account drawing comparisons between student athletes and slaves. Mizzou wide receiver and NFL prospect, Wes Kemp, sent out a tweet Thursday evening in regards to UNLV’s Phillip Payne. Kemp’s tweet read, “This [...]
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