The number one team in the country Syracuse, improved its record to 20-0 with a win over ACC Big East rival Pittsburgh 71-63. The win was also number 876 for coach Jim Boeheim, tying him with Adolph Rupp of Kentucky for fourth place all-time in Division I. North Carolina’s Dean Smith is third with 879. Pitt [...]
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After being in Dallas all week, and getting home late last evening, I woke up to this news with great pleasure. Not only has the ACC locked up a solid two sport university in Pitt, but they added a top 10 basketball program in Syracuse, with a coach who has a history of disliking the [...] Craig here (Carlspackler to TSB fans) with some thoughts about Big East legend Jim Calhoun, the much-maligned, often cranky and common target of ire for many college hoops fans. (The latter characteristic being the most confusing for me. I thought people loved Archie Bunker? Sometimes I just think it’s a Confederate/Union thing when discussed in [...] Well, it’s a bit nipply out. I mean nippy out, what did I say, nipple? Huh, there is a nip in the air. Anyway get those leaves raked and the Christmas décor up and ‘Tis the season to be merry b/c it’s going to be a good day of college sports. College Basketball: Kentucky at [...] After a brief hiatus, MMF is back with a vengence. Hit the jump to read my thoughts on conference expansion the demise of college sports as we know it, Stephen “Jesus” Strasburg, Lebron James, the World Cup and Tom Izzo. [...] And so it begins at Kentucky as four freshmen have declared for the NBA draft. As expected, John Wall and Demarcus Cousins, who were expected to be one-and-done guys anyway, made themselves eligible for the draft. From the not-so-much category are two other Kentucky freshmen, guard Eric Bledsoe and center Daniel Orton. Bledsoe is a quick guard [...] Can someone pinch me when it is time for the NCAAT to actually start? Wow, what a weekend of basketball. How many of you have balled up your brackets and thrown them out the window? Flushed down the toilet? Wait, no Joe Ovies, not you and your 250 sheets, you do not count. Well, except [...] After a couple of boring weeks of games in the NFL Playoffs, Championship Sunday finally lived up to the billing. It took the Colts almost two quarters to figure out the Jets’ defense, but once they did it was all Colts in the AFC Championship game. As soon as Peyton Manning started throwing the ball [...] Another great weekend of sports. We’ll hit on the NFL a little bit, the Heisman, college basketball and more. [...] Anyone watching last night’s game between Villanova and St. Joes had to be wondering how much Taylor King could have helped this year’s Duke Blue Devils team. Dude was phenomenal last night for the Wildcats logging 27 minutes off the bench en route to 20 points on 7/15 shooting which included 4 of 8 from [...] |
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