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NCAA Top 10: Upsets and Blocked Shots
The NCAA Top 10 provided hoops fans with some thrilling contests this week as there were two upsets, two near upsets and two huge blocked shots that prevented one and saved one. No. 7 Missouri and No. 8 Cincinnati were the latest Top 10 teams to be upset and the Bearcats’ loss leaves only Duke,…
Read MoreNCAA Top 25: Duke remains No. 1
As predicted, the Week 8 NCAA Top 25 polls have been completely shaken up, with the exception of the top two spots, Duke and Michigan. With last week’s No. 3 Syracuse getting bumped off by unranked Temple, the Orangemen took the biggest tumble of the week falling to No. 9 on the AP poll and…
Read MoreNCAA Top 25: No. 3 Syracuse falls to Temple
One thing is certain, the NCAA Top 25 polls due out on Monday will have a change or two on it. OK, reality is, it’s going to look like someone tossed all the names in a hat and just started drawing them out randomly. Three top 25 teams were beaten by unranked teams, including two…
Read MoreJim Boeheim picks up win 900
On Monday, the Syracuse Orangemen improved their 2012-13 record to 10-0 and strengthened their position as the #3 ranked NCAA team in the country. The win also brought coach Jim Boeheim to a milestone very few have duplicated, 900 wins. Three men have coached Division 1 programs long enough to earn 900 wins – Mike…
Read MoreNCAA: Duke #1, Indiana falls, Butler in Top 25
What a difference one game makes… Indiana has been the steady #1 team in the NCAA from pre-season through their first nine games and as the result of a breakdown in defense and floater by a former baseball player who walked on to a Division 1 program that had been National runners-up two years in…
Read MoreRutgers suspends and fines coach Mike Rice
In a statement released by Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, Rutgers mens basketball coach Mike Rice has been suspended without pay for three games and hit with a $50,000 fine for violating athletic department policy, namely inappropriate behavior and language. There were no NCAA violations involved and the matter is strictly internal. After an athletic department…
Read MoreSeven NCAA teams leave Big East!
The non-football members of the Big East are officially leaving the conference to pursue a “new basketball framework,” according to a statement released on behalf of the seven school presidents. The seven universities are DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall and Villanova. All but DePaul and Marquette were charter members of the Big…
Read MoreNCAA: Unranked Butler stuns #1 Indiana
Two years ago, Alex Barlow was playing basketball for the Archbishop Moeller High School team and fielding offers to play baseball at a number of Division 1 colleges. Barlow sported a batting average that hovered in the .600 range on a team that was consistently ranked in the top 100 in the country and boasts…
Read MoreNCAA Top 25: Illinois jumps into the top 10
At first glance at the new Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches NCAA Top 25 Men’s Basketball polls, you think you’re looking at last week’s list. Then you look closely and realize that there are in fact a couple of changes. The top nine on the USA Today poll is exactly the same as a week…
Read MoreRutgers sues Big East
Rutgers has filed a lawsuit against the Big East in an attempt to get out of the league’s $10 million buyout fee and 27-month waiting period before it can join the Big Ten. The lawsuit, filed in Middlesex County Court in New Jersey, was reported earlier by Courthouse News Service. Rutgers contends in its complaint…
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