Category: College Basketball

So here we are again.

The conference tournaments are just now starting. The mid-major teams are just beginning to be shown on TV. cbssportsline.com is just starting to write incorrect statements about college basketball.

by Trevor Freeman

With college basketball’s regular season winding down, I felt it was time for me to peg the two teams which I feel will create the most bracket disruption come March.  These two schools have all the qualities necessary to wear the “slipper” and I feel it is only a matter of time before you begin to hear names like Paul Marigney and Jamar Howard.  While these teams generally do not get to the Final Four, they usually find their way to the Sweet 16 and if the Gods are aligned perhaps the Elite Eight.  I think it is these “Cinderella” teams that make the NCAA Tournament the greatest sporting spectacle on the planet.  If you did not get the hint above and do not know the two teams I see causing the most bracket damage in March, let me reveal them to you now.

I heard it was college basketball season.

Am I wrong?

Isn’t this the time of year when we cherish the upsets, the stunning victories, the effort?

   One of the best rivalries throughout college basketball will be showcased once again on Wednesday, February 9th at 9pm on ESPN nationwide. The North Carolina Tar Heels and the Duke Blue Devils will battle for the 213th time since 1920. North Carolina leads the all-time series 122-90. There are only eight short miles that separate Chapel Hill from Durham, the Dean Dome from Cameron Indoors, ACC’s good from evil. Only eight miles separate these warriors, only eight miles separate mutual hatred, and only eight miles separate victory from failure. The college basketball world will be watching closely as these two titans of the hard court meet in Durham, North Carolina for the first of two season match-ups.  

By Sean Quinn

If you a measure a team by big games, Syracuse looks oh so small.  They have lost to their last three ranked opponents and were outplayed for most of the largest attended game in college basketball history against Notre Dame on Saturday.  In the thick of the most critical stretch of the season, with three straight ranked Big East foes ahead of them, Syracuse needs to start finishing strong.

I officially love hockey. Well, not exactly.

I can honestly say that I have never watched a hockey game from start to finish, I can’t name all the NHL teams nor am I familiar with more than just a handful of marquee players; and my idea of good hockey is Emilio Estevez’ 1992 flick Mighty Ducks.

I’m going to be honest about this.  I am stealing this idea from either Seth Davis or Grant Wahl over at CNNSI.com.  I just think it is a great/ballsy move to trot out.  With college basketball season halfway over, I am going to list eight teams.  Out of these eight squads, one will be cutting down the nets in St. Louis.  I’m not saying to run out to your bookie and bet the farm on any of these teams, but let the record show that I have my finger on the pulse of college sports.  Take a look at my three major predictions from college football season.  At the beginning of the season I called Utah going undefeated, USC winning the National Title and Matt Leinart winning the Heisman.

     Heavy rains dismantling historic cities and explosive dunks by Georgia Tech’s Ismail Muhammed, means college basketball is in the weather. From Diaper Dandies and all the way to All-Americans, this is a exciting 2004-2005 season for all basketball fans. Coaches screaming, whistles blowing, fans cheering. Nothing gets better than this.

I was sitting around trying to think about a current event to write on.  To be quite honest if I had slapped together another Hot Stove article or set of rankings I was going to leap out of my office window.  I settled on making a fun-filled list.  For all you NBA hardcore followers, please know that I am just having a little fun here.

Future Heel excited about opportunity

By JOHN HOLT

CHAPEL HILL — This summer was an adventure for Marcus Ginyard. Ginyard, a senior at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Va., had a jam-packed schedule. All the better to prepare him for his promise to be a basketball player at the University of North Carolina.