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The Big East is still undefeated this season
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It's just after 4 p.m. on the east coast on the 12th day of the college basketball season and, so far, members of the Big East conference have yet to lose a game. Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, Seton...
Cram Session: Syracuse makes a statement while UNC dwindles
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The Cram Session
is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action.Syracuse 95, California 73:
A couple of weeks ago, Syracuse lost a game to Division II LeMoyne
Dolphins. Yes, it was just an exhibition game, but the loss was
emphatic -- how disorganized would...
The Hunt: No. 18, Duke
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The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here. Last year's record: 30-7 (11-5, ACC) 2009-2010's toughest games: Arizona State, NIT final/consolation vs. Connecticut or LSU,...
Hey, check out the big win on Dayton
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Dayton got their first real test of the season today. Guess what? They passed.
You probably didn't see the game. I know I didn't. For whatever reason,
our friends at ESPN decided to go with Colin Cowherd on ESPNU, and none
of the Full Court packages were carrying the game...
Cram Session: Break up the Big Red
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The Cram Session is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action. Tuesday and Thursday's college basketball schedules were like the two halves of a delicious, toasted everything bagel. Wednesday was like the nasty hazelnut cream cheese spread in the middle...
The Hunt: No. 19, West Virginia
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The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here.
Last year's record: 23-11, 10-8 Big East
2009-10's toughest games: Purdue, Ohio State, Louisville, at Villanova
Primary attraction...
Beware the mighty Wofford Terriers
1 day ago by
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My mom has a Jack Russell Terrier. Contrary to popular belief, there is
nothing mighty about them. That dog lays and sleeps for at least 80
percent of its day. The remaining 20 is spent eating, licking a human's
face, and running around in a circle in the house, also known as
...
Extra Onions: Josh Pastner's moment in the sun
2 days ago by
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Extra Onions is a roundup of college hoops stuff from around the 'Webs. As always, email or follow me on Twitter
to send along links I should see.• Everybody loves Josh.
Josh Pastner's introduction to the public could have gone a lot worse:
Pastner's coaching performance...
Isiah Thomas gives great quote
2 days ago by
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The Isiah Thomas show is going to lose steam as the year goes on. It
has to, right? There are only so many things to write about Thomas;
most of them have been written already; and whatever new developments
arise (barring catastrophe) are bound to be of the "yep, FIU still
sucks...
In case you needed a reminder, Kansas is absolutely loaded
2 days ago by
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Tuesday afternoon, Fran Frischilla was calling the Tulsa-Arkansas
Little-Rock game when he made a bold but not at all unbelievable claim.
Frischilla said that if Kansas splintered off their second five into
another team, that team would be among the 25 best in the country. Like
I said...
Cram Session: The marathon is over, and Kansas is relieved
2 days ago by
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The Cram Session
is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action. I
just turned on my TV, and there are no college basketball games on. The
marathon is over already? But it just started to get good!
Michigan State 75, Gonzaga 71: Gonzaga basketball will be just...
Roy Williams second-guesses his own scheduling skills
2 days ago by
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North Carolina has a very difficult preseason schedule. There is no
debating this. Five of the Tar Heels' next eight games will come
against ranked foes, a list which includes Ohio State, either Cal or
Syracuse depending on tourney play, Michigan State, Kentucky and Texas.
For...
Hall of Fame Showcase showcases ugliest court design of the year
3 days ago by
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The 2009-2010 college basketball season is only a week old, but the
competition for ugliest court design of the year may be over. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the court at the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis:Where to begin? What's the...
The Hunt: No. 20, Cincinnati
3 days ago by
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The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here. Last year's record: 18-142009-2010's toughest games: vs. Vanderbilt (at Maui Invitational -- possible future opponents: Maryland...
Watch Miami coach Charlie Coles destroy a reporter
3 days ago by
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The last time we had a coach-reporter pantsing this bad, Jim Calhoun was involved. After Miami's last-second loss to Kentucky and John Wall last night, a game the RedHawks might well have deserved to win, a reporter decided to ask Miami coach Charlie Coles how the game got away...
The Hunt: No. 22, Southern California
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The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here. Last year's record: 22-13, 12-9 Pac-102009-10's toughest games: at Texas, Tennessee, at Georgia Tech, at CalPrimary attraction...
Cram Session: UCLA begins not with a whimper but a clang
3 days ago by
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The Cram Session
is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action. If
this is a college hoops marathon, we're at the part where your chest
begins to chafe. I always forget the tape! (Like I run marathons. Get
real.)Cal-State Fullerton 68, UCLA 65:
It did...
Stanley Robinson will be doing this all year
3 days ago by
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UConn's Stanley Robinson, who you might have noticed doing incredible
airborne things for a much-ballyhooed Huskies team in 2008-09, is going
to be the belle of Jim Calhoun's ball in 2009-10. Here's why:
WATCH OUT! Well said. In case you feel bad for missing it live, don...
Get used to the John Wall hype, because here it comes
4 days ago by
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Monday night's Kentucky-Miami (Ohio) game could have been a disaster.
Here were the ultra-talented, ultra-hyped Wildcats not only in a close
game but losing, losing, down by five in the second half to a
supposedly cakey Redhawks team. When you let teams like Miami hang
around,...
The Hunt: No. 23, Michigan
4 days ago by
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The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here. Last year's record: 21-14 (9-9, Big Ten) 2009-2010's toughest games: vs. Creighton in Old Spice Classic (possible later opponents...
The Hunt: No. 24, BYU
4 days ago by
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The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here. Last year's record: 24-8, 12-4 Mountain West2009-10's toughest games: Arizona State, Nevada, Arizona, UtahPrimary object of attraction...
Northwestern's Kevin Coble ain't dead yet
4 days ago by
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There was some disheartening news for the fighting Northwestern
basketball Wildcats this weekend. Star forward Kevin Coble, a versatile
scoring presence that makes Northwestern a dangerous offensive team, suffered a potentially season-ending foot injury.
Coble is hands-down the Wildcats...
Cram Session: Isiah, Iowa have very bad weekends
4 days ago by
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The Cram Session
is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action.
Some mornings are harder than others, but Mondays are the hardest of
them all.
Monmouth 99, FIU 70; Tulsa 81, FIU 49:
The most notable early season storyline -- which is not a very high
bar, given...
Harvard guard hits game-winner of the year (so far)
4 days ago by
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The Ivy League is good for a lot of things. Really smart, driven
people. Button-collar oxford shirts with loosened ties. Blue blazers. Settings for movies about cranky or underdeveloped geniuses.
Somewhere in there is the basketball, which is played at a level just
high enough that...
With a little help from Skype, Harrison Barnes chooses UNC
7 days ago by
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The No. 2 prospect in the country just committed, and he did it a little bit differently than most: with a Skype call.Yes, the video messaging service usually reserved for college kids spending a semester overseas
was used for a different purpose by Harrison Barnes, considered by some...
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