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With one flick of the wrist, Victor Oladipo ended the debate. At least in my mind. For the last few months, I'd been leaning toward putting the Indiana guard at the top of my final Wooden Award ballot. Oladipo's game-clinching 3-pointer in last weeke...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams picked up his 700th career victory when North Carolina defeated Villanova 78-71 at the Sprint Center on Friday. But after the game, Williams said he was equally as proud of another number. ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- P.J. Hairston scored 23 points and James Michael McAdoo added 17 to propel North Carolina to a 78-71 victory over Villanova in the second round of the NCAA tournament at the Sprint Center. Friday's victory marked the 700th career ...

The NCAA title game is still nearly three weeks away, but the race for the Wooden Award is nearly over. The ballots to determine the nation's top player are due Monday, which means the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament could be crucial in determ...

I didn't receive a phone call or text, my inbox was empty and a plane ticket never arrived in the mail. Surely, there has been some sort of a mistake. Once again this season, the NCAA failed to extend an invitation to yours truly to serve on the c...

This year's race for the Wooden Award may come down to a missed free throw attempt and a layup that never found its way through the net. With the NCAA tournament less than a week away, those are the only things separating Indiana's Victor Oladipo and...

Will the race for the Wooden Award really be decided on the final day of the regular season? If you plan to vote for Victor Oladipo or Trey Burke, probably so. Oladipo's Indiana Hoosiers meet Burke's Michigan Wolverines Sunday in Ann Arbor in a game ...

With less than two weeks remaining in the regular season, Indiana's Victor Oladipo is still considered the leading candidate to win the Wooden Award, given annually to the nation's top player. The race, however, is far from over. Players such as G...

Here are 10 observations I made while channel-surfing Saturday afternoon. New Mexico's 91-82, come-from-behind victory over Colorado State was the most entertaining game of the afternoon -- and it also featured the best performance not just of th...

Victor Oladipo maintained his lead in the race for the Wooden Award with a 19-point performance in Indiana's 72-68 victory at Michigan State on Tuesday. But who are his biggest competitors? With less than three weeks remaining in the regular se...

Usually, by mid-February, it's pretty obvious who will win the Wooden Award. Or at the very least, the competition has been whittled to two players. Not this season. With less than a month remaining in the regular season, the race for college b...

Kansas coach Bill Self was in the postgame handshake line after his team's 72-66 loss to Oklahoma when he looked up and saw hundreds of students rushing the Lloyd Noble Center court. His lips didn't move, but as he tilted back his head and rolled ...

With one month remaining in the regular season, it only seems fitting that the leading candidates for the Wooden Award hail from the country's best league. Michigan's Trey Burke and Indiana's Victor Oladipo have represented their schools and the B...

Saturday's tilt between No. 1 Michigan and third-ranked Indiana in Bloomington, Ind., could be one of the most important games of the season, not just for college basketball but also the Wooden Award. Three players who have a legitimate shot to wi...

Northwestern toppled Minnesota. Miami embarrassed Duke, Villanova upset Louisville and Wake Forest shocked NC State. All in the last few days. The college basketball world is becoming more and more unpredictable -- and as a result, so is the ra...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Before heading back to Syracuse on Saturday, point guard Michael Carter-Williams spent 15 minutes signing autographs at Louisville's KFC Yum! Center. Coach Jim Boeheim's smile was wide as he took pictures with friends and family...