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K-State Stuns #3 Missouri In Columbia For The Sweep

Filed: 21st Feb 12 9:32 pm by
Filed under: Big 12, NCAA Basketball

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Kansas State traveled into the #3 Missouri Tigers den Monday night looking to come out with their biggest road victory of the year. Behind the 24 points of Rodney McGruder, the Wildcats upset the Tigers 78-68 for their second victory this season against Missouri. Kansas State (19-8, 8-7 Big 12), was just [...]

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Video: College Basketball Performances Of The Weekend

Filed: 20th Feb 12 9:46 pm by

New Mexico’s Drew Gordon had 27 points and 20 rebounds in the Lobos upset victory over #11 UNLV over the weekend. This propelled New Mexico into the top 25 this week. Oklahoma State’s Keiton Page scored a career high 40 points in their home win over Texas on Saturday. Page also shot a perfect 20-20 [...]

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Connecticut’s Jeremy Lamb Edges Villanova In Overtime

Filed: 20th Feb 12 9:08 pm by
Filed under: Breaking News
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa — The Connecticut Huskies have been struggling, losing 9 out of their last 13 games, and playing their sixth straight game without their head coach Jim Calhoun. Monday night, Connecticut played Villanova on the road and got the biggest production of the year from Jeremy Lamb with 32 points in their 73-70 overtime [...]

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Video: Gatens, Iowa Stun #20 Indiana In Iowa City

Filed: 20th Feb 12 4:48 pm by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

Gus Johnson breaking down the top 5 plays from last night’s game. IOWA CITY, Iowa — It wasn’t senior night, but Iowa senior Matt Gatens played like it was, scoring a career high 30 points on shooting 7 of 10 behind the arc in the Hawkeyes 78-66 upset win over the #20 Indiana Hoosiers. “Gatens, [...]

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Video: #20 Indiana Gets First 20 Win Season Under Tom Crean

Filed: 16th Feb 12 10:51 am by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball, Rant Picks

BLOOMINGTON, Ind — Tom Crean told his player’s, staff, and family that Wednesday’s game against Northwestern at home would not be an easy one. Tom Crean has always respected the Wildcats program and especially senior forward John Shurna who dropped 29 points for Northwestern. But that still wasn’t enough as #20 Indiana (20-6, 8-6 Big [...]

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Video: Hottest College Basketball Team In America Is In South Bend, Ind.

Filed: 16th Feb 12 9:40 am by
Filed under: Latest News

SOUTH BEND, Ind — Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Team found themselves sitting at 11-8 overall and 3-3 in Big East play on January 21st, 2012 before they had to play #1 Syracuse. From the video above, not only was their upset win over Syracuse significant for beating the number one team in the nation, but [...]

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College Basketball: Big 12 Flexing Its Muscle In Top 25 Rankings

Filed: 14th Feb 12 9:43 am by

Kentucky still stands alone at #1 in the nation for College Basketball. The top 10 isn’t dominated by the Big East Conference like in past year’s, but controlled by the Big 12. Two of the top 5 teams in College Basketball comes from the Big 12 in #3 Missouri and #4 Kansas. Baylor is the [...]

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Video: KSU Frank Martin Scariest Coach In America

Filed: 13th Feb 12 11:17 pm by

Kansas State Men’s Basketball Coach Frank Martin might be the scariest coach in America. When I say America, and when I say coach, I mean in any sport, not just College Basketball. During a timeout late in the Kansas State Kansas basketball game Monday night, Frank Martin tears apart guard Will Spradling seen above. If [...]

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Career Nights: Austin Rivers, Kris Joseph, Jeff Withey Help Their Teams To Big Wins

Filed: 9th Feb 12 11:55 am by

Last night in College Basketball felt like early glimpses of March Madness. The night got kicked off with #10 Kansas heading into Waco, Texas to play the #6 Baylor Bearcats. The next game had the #11 Georgetown Hoyas invading the Carrier Dome to take on the #2 Syracuse Orangemen. The night cap, which was one [...]

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Video: Subzero Austin Rivers Buzzer Beater Shocks UNC

Filed: 8th Feb 12 9:53 pm by

Freshmen guard Austin Rivers had ice in his veins shooting the game winning three pointer over 7″0 senior Tyler Zeller as time expired. Duke beat North Carolina after mounting a late comeback on the road in Chapel Hill 85-84.

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