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A Throwback Revival at the Cathedral
Imagine a drill sergeant yelling at you in your face. Then imagine that you are in a tiny room, and the noise reverberates and crashes. Then multiply that by 8,000.
That was what the Palestra was like last night. One particular second half moment stands out: Penn had just gone on a 7-0 run whipping up the crowd at the Cathedral like a preacher calling down fire and brimstone. The...
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2 days ago
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Another New York Basketball Renaissance
Iona head coach Tim Cluess has a talented, dangerous team in New Rochelle, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – After it was over, when the stands have emptied and media have left, there was still that glow; a glow that shone brightly on a Saturday night, amongst the faces of the 2,345 in attendance at Draddy Gymnasium.
Sure, the scoreboard told what transpired for...
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5 days ago
New York City is sitting atop the NEC
(AP)
New York City is the geographic midpoint of NEC, but now it is the place where the standings are concentrated as well. The top three teams in the league all hail from inside the five boroughs of the greatest city in the world.
As recently as a few seasons ago that would’ve seemed awfully strange. From 2004-05 through the 2009-10 season none of the New York schools finished...
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5 days ago
Louisville’s talented but young frontcourt eyes strong finish
Chane Behanan finds himself in a critical role now. (US PRESSWIRE)
NEWARK, N.J. — There were over 9,500 pairs of eyes at Saturday’s night game between Louisville and Seton Hall at the Prudential Center. Eyes that saw the Cards jump out quickly, take a lead by as much as 17 in the second half only to have the home standing Pirates make a spirited comeback that fall short....
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14 days ago
The Latest at CHJ: Robert Sacre’s moment is now
Robert Sacre is soaking up as much as he can in his final year at Gonzaga. (US PRESSWIRE)
As each game comes and goes in this basketball season, it slowly withers away the time Robert Sacre has left in a Gonzaga uniform.
Ask him about his final season, the senior center is not reflective nor for that matter, focused on what lies ahead when the calendar flips to March and the tournament...
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14 days ago
The Unexpected Boon of Youth
For any fan of Harvard basketball, it only took stepping one foot inside the John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Connecticut for the memories to come flooding back. Harvard’s twin last possession losses at this Church of basketball last winter cost them their first trip to the NCAA tournament in over 60 years. Tonight, Harvard’s freshmen would help their team achieve a catharsis...
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16 days ago
Summit Scorers
Stud point guard Reggie Hamilton has been so big for Oakland this season, but the Golden Grizzlies trail Oral Roberts in the Summit. (US PRESSWIRE)
If you casually glance at a list of the national leaders in points per game this year, it’s likely that most of the names will be unfamiliar to you. There are no Jimmers or Kembas this season, no guys who score a bunch of points for...
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21 days ago
Mike Muscala: The Patriot League’s Top Two-Way Star
Bethlehem, PA — It’s easy to look at the stat-sheet and see Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum’s gaudy scoring totals and think, “How can McCollum NOT be the Patriot League Player of the Year?”
Then you watch McCollum and Bucknell’s Mike Muscala square off in the league’s highest profile conference matchup and it becomes clear: McCollum is a stud, but Muscala stands out on both...
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25 days ago
Enough (Recruiting) is Enough
This is a plea. A desperate call for sanity. An end to the violence and bloodshed (metaphorically speaking). After much debate and negotiation, it is time to make this declaration:
Basketball coaches have enough tools to recruit.
Starting with the introduction of the Academic Progress Rate, coaches have been responsible for retaining the players they recruit. Despite that, the transfer...
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26 days ago
The Latest at CHJ: Eight fateful minutes
Mike Glover and Iona gave away an epic game in a rare performance of folding against Manhattan. (US PRESSWIRE)
With 7:58 remaining Iona held a convincing 65-48 lead over Manhattan. The Gaels were rolling, but it was all about to unravel.
From then on, the Jaspers outscored the Gaels 27-7 and delivered the final knockout on Emmy Andujar’s banked in last-second 3 over Scott Machado...
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28 days ago
Examining the Soul of Harvard Basketball
Monmouth's Austin Tillotson lofts a shot over the Harvard defense.
As I drove toward the Monmouth Athletic Center on a mild January night, I certainly did not expect to be ruminating on the soul of the Harvard basketball team. Harvard has received all sorts of national accolades this season on its way to a 12-2 start, while Monmouth had struggled to a 3-13 mark under new head...
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January 12, 2012
Exclusive excerpt from The Unlikeliest Champion
With Lamb slumping, the Huskies lost the two games to Pittsburgh and Notre Dame when in either case—especially against Notre Dame—one more scorer could’ve propelled the Huskies to a victory. Napier and Smith at least played well against the Irish, but getting little contribution from the starting shooting guard didn’t help. Lamb combined for just seventeen points in those...
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December 20, 2011
How and where the best passers get help
Tim Frazier looks to pass during practice. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)
Everyone thinks they know the best way to rack up a bunch of assists: Play fast, surround yourself with a bunch of talented scorers and let the dimes pile up like Scrooge McDuck’s vault. The best playmakers though don’t just benfit from the talent around them. They also raise their teammates up. Who is doing that...
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December 18, 2011
Jared Sullinger, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Highlight College Basketball Dream Team
I’m piggybacking off of the guys at CBSSports.com who each created his own dream team of current college basketball stars. Unlike the CBSSports.com dream teams, I wanted to put together a roster of players that aren’t just superstars and Player of the Year candidates.
I wanted to find 10 guys (I stopped at 10 because nobody plays more than 10 guys) that you could legitimately...
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December 14, 2011
Why Jae Crowder is even better than you think
Jae Crowder defies a lot of conventions. He’s listed as a 6-6 forward, but he’s taken the second most 3s on Marquette. In one possession on defense you’ll see him hedging up top on the perimeter and then grabbing the defensive board down low. He’s a junior college recruit, but he’s beloved by his coach and one of two emotional rocks on a team that just...
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December 09, 2011
That Defining Moment: UConn 67, Harvard 53
It happened right in front of me.
The famous Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges once wrote that there is “a single moment—the moment when a man knows forever more who he is.” While smaller in scope than what Borges imagined, most basketball games, too, have one moment that define them, a moment we often cannot anticipate. It may come in the opening minutes of a blowout, or...
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December 09, 2011
Game of the Night: Connecticut vs. Harvard
Andy Katz has anointed this game as the biggest between two New England teams all year, and it is hard to disagree. Harvard comes in 8-0, sporting its first national ranking in program history. Connecticut is favored at home for good reason: the Huskies possess amazing talent, including but not limited to Jeremy Lamb, Andre Drummond, Shabazz Napier, and Ryan Boatright. UConn has...
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December 08, 2011
MLS Has Solved NBA and NCAA Age Debate
When should a basketball player enter the NBA draft? The short answer is when he is ready. The NBA has decided that for an American basketball player, it is impossible for him to be ready prior to the year he turns 19 and is one year out of high school. Or at least it is so unlikely he’ll be ready that it’s not worth wasting time and energy to find out.
Clearly that’s not the...
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December 07, 2011
UNLV is down with OPP (Other Programs’ Players)
The first number anyone looks at after a basketball game is the score. During Feast Week, the Top 25 poll was rewritten in this fashion: UNLV 90 – North Carolina 80.
Those numbers were stunning enough. North Carolina has been the swaggering bully atop the polls and in the minds of aficianados since the end of last season. Most casual fans would have pointed to Michigan State...
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December 01, 2011
The latest at CHJ: We’re back, and so is college basketball. Our new look, new writers for a new season
It’s been four years since the first post was published on this site. Back on Nov. 10, 2007, this place looked a lot different (if you can still picture the old header and format, then your continued return to this place is incredibly apppreciated).
But it’s been able to morph over time, and now the site is taking on a new appearance and aligning toward a new direction...
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November 14, 2011
Chasing the ghost of Pete Carril
Princeton coach Pete Carril leaves the court after upsetting UCLA, 43-41, in the first round of the NCAA Southeast tournament in Indianapolis on Thursday, March 14, 1996. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)
The legacy of the Pete Carril permeates Jadwin Gymnasium. A banner hangs in the rafters noting his accomplishments: 13 Ivy League titles, 1975 NIT Champions, 11 NCAA Tournaments, 1997...
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November 13, 2011
Preview: Spartan surprise?
Tom Izzo’s optimism and Draymond Green’s leadership put MSU in position for a comeback season
By Steve Hendershot
Friday’s Carrier Classic in San Diego marks the season-opening game for two traditional college basketball powers, North Carolina and Michigan State. The game is unique in several respects: The teams are playing on an aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Carl Vinson; the...
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November 10, 2011
Courting the Nebraska Cornhuskers
By Brian Speers
Changing conferences is a big deal for any college athletics program, and it’s especially true for the University of Nebraska because the Huskers have competed against the core members of their former conference, the Big 12, for more than a century. In fact, Nebraska has battled college basketball icon Kansas more than 240 times since 1900.
So before we examine...
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November 10, 2011
Original Rules of Basketball to be Displayed Permanently at Allen Fieldhouse
James Naismith’s 13 original rules of basketball is close to finding a permanent home. The original rules were sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $4,338,500 to Kansas alum David Booth in December of 2010.
Now, Booth is working with Kansas Athletics Inc. and an architectural firm to figure a concept on how to display the rules:
Booth said the future home of the rules could...
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July 14, 2011
Seattle University is newest member of the WAC
Seattle University is officially the newest member of the WAC and Utah Valley University is left out and is still a member of the far-flung Great West Conference. With every league looking to earn the all-mighty dollar in television deals, Seattle made more sense than UVU since they are just miles from BYU’s campus and the school was a junior college as recently as the...
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June 14, 2011
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