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Published On Saturday, March 21st 2009  

Resetting the First Two Days: The Videos

Resetting the First Two Days: The Videos

Relive Siena-Ohio State, if you'd like. Though the game was played through mud for most of it, the drama was plentiful. We may not get a more frenzied 20 minutes the rest of this Tournament. Wisconsin steals it last night in Boise. Jeremy Pargo proving, once again, he likes to smell the iron. Tennessee-Oklahoma was pretty entertaining for 40 minutes. And Eric Maynor couldn't be the hero this time, as the trendiest upset pick, ... Read More

Published On Sunday, January 18th 2009  

The Articulate B.J. Mullens

The Articulate B.J. Mullens

He promised a win against Michigan yesterday, and he delivered. But I'm now wondering why my SAT test didn't have options like "Boo" on it. Hey, it's good to see this kind of hate still alive and well. ... Read More

Published On Wednesday, December 10th 2008  

Five Early-Season Team Surprises

Five Early-Season Team Surprises

And like that, we're 1/5 through the college basketball season. While clubs like North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Gonzaga — heck, even a school like Wake Forest, who was expected to be a player — have started strong out of the gate, per usual, some schools sneak up on you. Here's CHJ's five most pleasant of surprises. Ohio State. Doing it with defense. More than eight blocks per game; holding opponents to ... Read More

Published On Thursday, April 3rd 2008  

That NIT Final Kind of Snuck Up on Us

That NIT Final Kind of Snuck Up on Us

  Yes, UMass and Ohio State will battle it out tonight at Madison Square Garden for the right be predicatbly joked about as the 66th-best team in the country. It's believed that M'Men coach Travis Ford could accept the coaching job at LSU (seems like an OK fit, nothing great), so this could be his last game with the school. I'm going to have to root for UMass because I shilled for ... Read More

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The Magnus Miracle: epic shot and radio call on D3 buzzer-beater

The Magnus Miracle: epic shot and radio call on D3 buzzer-beater

Published On Monday, March 8th 2010  

Long-distance shots fall with great frequency every year on every level. But they come with added emphasis in this month. We've got our first goosebump-giving moment, folks. The planets are aligning and all is right with the world.

The drama that unfolded in and after the Siena-Manhattan game

The drama that unfolded in and after the Siena-Manhattan game

Published On Sunday, March 7th 2010  

You almost never see a coach send his starters to the locker room before the end of the game. But Fran ... Read More

Jim Boylen nearly loses it with the local media

Jim Boylen nearly loses it with the local media

Published On Thursday, March 4th 2010  

What's in the water in Utah right now? First we had Steve Alford going after Jonathan Tavernari, and now Utes ... Read More

Brittney Griner, the most dominant player in women’s ball, ejected for throwing a punch

Brittney Griner, the most dominant player in women’s ball, ejected for throwing a punch

Published On Thursday, March 4th 2010  

Yes, this is a college basketball site, not just for the men's game. Unfortunately, I'm not huge on the women's ... Read More

Welcome to the Dunk of the Year conversation, John Wall

Welcome to the Dunk of the Year conversation, John Wall

Published On Thursday, March 4th 2010  

If there's a highlight from a game involving Georgia, you can bet Travis Leslie is related. Unfortunately for him, Leslie was on the wrong end of the highlight last night.

Zaire Taylor’s buzzer-beating layup is painfully, happily ironic

Zaire Taylor’s buzzer-beating layup is painfully, happily ironic

Published On Wednesday, March 3rd 2010  

March drama and buzzer-beater fever has already hit. I think you're OK with that, right? Mizzou locked itself up a ... Read More

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Dancing on the Bubble: penultimate edition

Dancing on the Bubble: penultimate edition

Published On Monday, March 8th 2010  

Well, the bids have to go somewhere, don't they? We can complain about how weak this bubble is all we ... Read More

I only knew Hank Gathers as the dead man on the court

I only knew Hank Gathers as the dead man on the court

Published On Wednesday, March 3rd 2010  

Tomorrow, as you probably know, is the 20th anniversary of the death of Hank Gathers. To those a few years ... Read More

You know what’s not worth our time? Arguing over the polls

You know what’s not worth our time? Arguing over the polls

Published On Monday, March 1st 2010  

Shocking, news-breaking headline for a post, I know, but while Syracuse fans can boast about the team's first top-ranked position ... Read More

Louisville and UConn Tournament-bound despite massive flaws

Louisville and UConn Tournament-bound despite massive flaws

Published On Monday, March 1st 2010  

STORRS, Conn. — With both of these teams a lead is never safe. That's not praise on behalf of their ... Read More

Bruce Pearl’s faulty logic on expanding The Tournament highlights backward thinking on ordeal

Bruce Pearl’s faulty logic on expanding The Tournament highlights backward thinking on ordeal

Published On Wednesday, February 24th 2010  

Like it or not, we have to get used to the fact that Tournament-expansion conversation is going to be had ... Read More

The officiating is marring far too many Big East games

The officiating is marring far too many Big East games

Published On Tuesday, February 23rd 2010  

I'd rather not write a column about officiating, but I think it's high time the Big East zebras were put to task.

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