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It’s divorce season in college basketball. Pretender or contender status will be earned this weekend, with numerous titans going head-to-head in matchups that could change the calculus on Selection Sunday in a major way. Friday is the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry features two teams on pace for the top three seeds. Sunday’s battle between Illinois and […]
A special freshman class added a new chapter to an all-time season class on Saturday. Illinois freshman Keaton Wagler waltzed into Mackey Arena – long a house of horrors for the opposition – and delivered a 46-point performance to lead No. 11 Illinois to an 88-82 win over No. 4 Purdue. The Boilermakers got a […]
Arguably, the most talented player in college basketball can’t stay healthy. Kansas freshman guard Darryn Peterson, this year’s potential No. 1 pick NBA draftwill miss Saturday night’s game at Kansas State due to an injured left ankle. KU coach Bill Self sent the update to CBS Sports on Saturday afternoon. Peterson was hurt early in […]
With 31,616 career points, Kevin Durant has lit up many teams. But no franchise has fallen more victim to Durant’s scoring prowess than the Detroit Pistons. Durant, who recently passed Wilt Chamberlain and Dirk Nowitzki into sixth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, has averaged 30.5 points per game during his career against the […]
For college sports fans who turn their full attention to basketball after the thrill of Indiana College football Playoff National Championship Game win over Miami, welcome to what has been an exciting season so far. Freshman stars are once again a hallmark of the sport, the top conference hierarchy is well balanced and the race […]
Twenty-four of college basketball’s 25 ranked teams will be in action Saturday. And sixteen of those teams play on the road. So as someone who has followed this sport closely for decades, let me translate: The forecast for the next 24 hours in sports has a high chance of chaos. In the past week alone, […]
Things at the top of the NBA draft Big Board is relatively stable compared to a month ago, but that may not last long. Questions about sustainability (and availability) of Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, combined with the emergence of BYU’s AJ Dybantsa and the exceptional play of Duke’s Cameron Boozer, have narrowed the gap for the […]
For the first time in a few weeks, there was movement among the top-ranked teams in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll. Arizona and Michigan remained No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, but Duke then fell away suffered its first loss of the season against Texas Tech. The Blue Devils fell three spots to […]
