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125 results for "cusa"
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Memphis' key returnee: Joe Jackson
Eamonn BrennanEditor's Note: This month, ESPN Insider's college basketball and recruiting experts are teaming up to examine how 15 of the nation's best recruiting classes will fit in with their teams in the 2013-14 season. Today's featured program: Memphis , which...
Blog | May 17, 2013 -
Bubble Watch: Day's winners, losers, more
Eamonn BrennanWell, well, well. Apparently, a few teams want to go to the tournament after all. OK, so of course everyone wants to play in the NCAA tournament. But watching the past week or so of college hoops, you could have been convinced otherwise. Why, it w...
Blog | March 10, 2013 -
Just how good is Memphis, anyway?
Eamonn BrennanRemember Memphis? Sure you do. The Tigers entered the 2012-13 season customarily loaded with the Memphis-area talent coach Josh Pastner has become renowned for recruiting. Memphis was ranked No. 17 in the preseason Associated Press poll, and back ...
Blog | February 14, 2013 -
Five observations from Saturday afternoon
Eamonn BrennanEarlier today, I wrote about the eventful day in the Big East, as Villanova upset No. 3 Syracuse and Louisville dropped its third in a row in a loss at Georgetown. Here are a few other afternoon thoughts from around the college hoops landscape: 1....
Blog | January 26, 2013 -
So, Wednesday night was wild
Eamonn BrennanHere at the ESPN.com college hoops headquarters, we -- and by "we," I mostly mean our tireless editor, Brett Edgerton -- spend a lot of time trying to plan for a sport that is inherently unpredictable. It's just part of the gig, same as anything else...
Blog | January 24, 2013 -
TMA: Florida is good, and now you know
Eamonn BrennanThe Morning After is our semi-daily recap of last night's best basketball action. But it doesn't matter what it is. What matters is its plan. No. 6 Florida 72, Florida State 47: We -- and by "we," I mean the collective college hoops consciousness ...
Blog | December 06, 2012 -
DIRECTV Classic primer
Eamonn BrennanDon't be fooled by the name; this is not a new tournament. It is merely a repackaged Anaheim Classic that is no longer leaving naming-rights sponsorship money on the table. This would normally be the part where we criticize soulless corporate sports ...
Blog | November 21, 2012 -
Adonis Thomas apparently shooting well
Eamonn BrennanNot just well, according to Memphis coach Josh Pastner. He's "shooting the daylights out of the ball." That's the crux of a piece from the Commercial-Appeal's Jason Smith, which took note of Adonis Thomas' dedication to post-practice shooting dril...
Blog | October 18, 2012 -
The 10 best nonconference schedules
Eamonn BrennanEditor's Note: This week, ESPN.com broke down the nonconference schedules of each and every team in a dozen of the nation's top leagues. On Monday, we began in the South with the ACC, SEC and C-USA. On Tuesday, we focused on the East with the A-10, B...
Blog | October 11, 2012 -
The 10 worst nonconference schedules
Eamonn BrennanEditor's Note: This week, ESPN.com broke down the nonconference schedules of each and every team in a dozen of the nation's top leagues. On Monday, we began in the South with the ACC, SEC and C-USA. On Tuesday, we focused on the East with the A-10, B...
Blog | October 11, 2012 -
Nonconference schedule analysis: Big Ten
Eamonn BrennanThis week, ESPN.com is breaking down the nonconference schedules of each and every team in a dozen of the nation's top leagues. On Monday, we began in the South with the ACC, SEC and Conference USA. On Tuesday, we focused on the East with the Atlanti...
Blog | October 11, 2012 -
Nonconference schedule analysis: C-USA
Eamonn BrennanFor the next four days, ESPN.com will be breaking down the nonconference schedules of each and every team in a dozen of the nation's top leagues. We began with the ACC and will continue later today with the SEC. For now, Conference USA ... EAST CA...
Blog | October 08, 2012 -
Three Big Things: Memphis
Eamonn BrennanIn the buildup to Midnight Madness, ESPN Insider and our college hoops team are collaborating on a preview of one high-profile college hoops team per day -- based on Joe Lunardi's top 20 teams in his offseason Bracketology. We're calling it "Countdow...
Blog | October 01, 2012 -
Rice transfer could be major pickup
Eamonn BrennanFor the past three seasons, Rice forward Arsalan Kazemi has toiled in relative obscurity. This has been the case despite Kazemi's fascinating back story -- he's the first native Iranian to play Division I basketball, at a time of incredible internati...
Blog | September 19, 2012 -
Memphis takes a risk on juco talent
Eamonn BrennanHow good is Geron Johnson? I don't know. Beyond a cursory YouTube search in advance of this post, I've never seen Johnson play. But his talent clearly exists, and it must be significant. It has to be. Otherwise, given Johnson's history, the risk Memp...
Blog | August 31, 2012 -
UCF loses Jordan, keeps Keith Clanton
Eamonn BrennanWhat would UCF's roster look like? That was the biggest immediate question following the Aug. 2 NCAA Committee on Infractions report on Central Florida's wide-ranging infractions, which included the use of a really dumb third-party agent (this guy...
Blog | August 20, 2012