[caption id="attachment_2528" align="alignright" width="306" caption="Iman Shumpert, on this shot, gave Georgia Tech the home upset victory over Wake Forest. ... Read More

»Notre Dame @ No. 3 Pittsburgh; noon ET (ESPN). If things break right, we could be seeing Pittsburgh at No. 1 come Monday. And while I'd love to see my Notre-Dame-will-crumble prediction continue to manifest itself into the morass that it is, I'd rather not deal with Pittsburgh as the No. 1 team again. As my younger brother said in a text message sent to me on Jan. 11 at ... Read More

So reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Mills went down on a drive to the hoop last night during Saint Mary's game against Gonzaga. The diagnosis is that Mills fractured two "metacarpal bones in his right hand." With a four-week timetable, Mills might return to the Gaels' lineup for their final two regular-season games, Feb. 26 at Pepperdine and Feb. 28 at Loyola Marymount. If he waited another week, he would be back ... Read More

“The Student Section Supports” highlights one game each weekend that is under the national radar and/or has high upset potential. Last week’s preview was Utah vs. UNLV, a game UNLV won, 75-65. When: Saturday, 8 ET. VIRGINIA TECH (14-6): You look at the Hokies and see six losses. Look a little closer at those losses and you'll notice five of the six losses are by a combined 12 points. Then there's the ... Read More

The Evansville Aces knocked off Drake last night with a long-distance buzzer-beater. (They're all the rage these days, you know.) The play made SportsCenter's No.1 on the "Top Ten." Freshman Kaylon Williams flushed one home after his heave-ho prayer was answered. The win improved the Aces (one of the more underrated nicknames out there) to 13-7. ... Read More

Kind of cool: Bob Knight will be on the telecast Monday night when Pat Summitt tries to get win 1,000 at Oklahoma. That would be something of a record. {AP} ... Read More

His name is Ryan Toolson. He plays for Utah Valley State College. Why do I feel like I'm in Fight Club. The catch? The game took four overtimes. The Wolverines defeated the Chicago State Cougars 123-121 in 60 minutes of basketball in Chicago last night. Toolson hit 20 of his 21 shots from the foul line and drained seven treys. Toolson also led the team with 12 rebounds and six assists. Utah Valley ... Read More

A little levity to get your weekend started. This is from the Tulane-Rice game Wednesday night. After the referee makes a call that goes against Rice, the school mascot starts miming his case. OK, so there's a little headbutt thrown in, too. Was the Owl in the wrong? You be the judge. Tulane ultimately won the game ... by two points. (H/T, Awful Announcing) ... Read More

A pet peeve of mine: crowds chanting "over-rated!" Shouldn't you, as a school, be happy that your team is defeating an opponent that's considered to be high quality? But by proclaiming the team is overrated, you are, by default, insulting your own team, claiming it is beating an opponent who isn't all that great to begin with. Minnesota, Gonzaga and Arizona's fans did this last night. —UPSET—Washington State 65, No. 14 ... Read More

This feature will not be about projecting the field or anticipating what might happen. No, this is how I see the field of 65 and who I think should be in; all of this is according to my eyes and my judgment. And no, I do not read any Bracketology. As I’ve stated before, Lunardi is just too good at what he does that he takes the fun out of ... Read More

HoopTube: Thursday Set to broadcast nationally ... »No. 9 Michigan State at Iowa; 7 ET (ESPN). »No. 12 Clemson at Virginia Tech; 7 ET (ESPN2). »Alabama at Arkansas; 9 ET (ESPN). »Rutgers at Seton Hall; 9 ET (ESPN2). »California at No. 17 UCLA; 10:30 ET (FSN). »No. 22 Saint Mary's at No. 20 Gonzaga; 11 ET (ESPN2). ... Read More

It's  starting to get a little ridiculous with this Stephen-Curry-making-crazy-shots business. Wait until just about the one-minute mark. (H/T, The Big Lead) ... Read More

Amid the backlash of Kelvin Sampson appealing his five-year ban from the NCAA, Sampson says he has no intention of returning to the college game any time soon. {AP} ... Read More

The SEC loses its second coach in three days, according to WSBT in Atlanta. Details yet to unravel, but word is that a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. will make it official. This less than a year after UGA's miracle run through the SEC tournament that put Georgia a 14-seed, and many believed saved Felton's job — until now. UGA parting ways with men's basketball coach {WSBTV.com} ... Read More

Some more insight on how Blake Griffin, despite a lot of individual talent playing very well this season, will likely run away with most of the Player of the Year awards. {Journal Gazette} ... Read More

"They are not a pretender. They are a contender." — Dick Vitale. Deep! Quite a few video highlights from last night's Duke-Wake matchup, but here's a fancy looking throw-down from the second half. ... Read More

—UPSET—No. 21 Villanova 67, No. 3 Pittsburgh 57. It was 'Nova's fifth game against a ranked opponent this season, and they finally got a win against one. In the last college hoops game to ever be played at the Philadelphia Spectrum (that place is still standing?), Pittsburgh was particularly hampered by DeJuan Blair sitting most of the second half with foul trouble. —UPSET—Providence 100, No. 15 Syracuse 94. Talked with ... Read More

A tasty top-six treat from Winston-Salem tonight. Duke, now being top-ranked, can be properly hated, as it should be. The Freakin' Deacons and Screamin' Demons will do their best Cameron Crazies impression. Last week at this time, Wake Forest was clutching the No. 1 ranking, then promptly fell at home to Virginia Tech. Will it be two straight Wednesday night losses at home? It's the first time in four season that ... Read More