Hughes blossoms at Wisconsin under Bo Ryan
Andy KatzJason Bohannon had already hit two critical 3-pointers to give Wisconsin tight leads late against Florida State in a classic 12 vs. 5 NCAA tournament ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009With five straight wins, Wildcats back on track
Andy Katz...cerebral former Princeton coach and now longtime NU coach simply dumbed down the situation. "I just told Michael Thompson and Jeremy Nash and John Shurna that they've got to take more shots," said Carmody...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009Schedule allows Lobos to be MWC contenders
Andy KatzDecember allows us to separate some pretenders from contenders in respective conferences. New Mexico may be one of the contenders. The Lobos weren't...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2009Breaking down each Big Ten/ACC Challenge game
Doug Gottlieb...home loss and then barely holding off Tennessee State. There is new life, however. John Shurna and Michael "Juice" Thompson both played spectacular basketball as Northwestern won this weekend's Chicago Invitational, beating Notre Dame...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009
Six things to take away from the 76 Classic
Andy Katz...an eight-team tournament. "We've got to get back to the Ben Howland philosophy," senior guard Michael Roll said. "We've got to get better." 2. Texas A&M is the third-best...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009Assessing where UCLA, Butler stand after Friday
Andy Katz...seconds to tie the game at 67 before Gordon Hayward drove the lane and was fouled by Michael Roll with six-tenths of a second remaining. Hayward made the free throws and Butler escaped with...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 27, 2009Sizing up the field at the Old Spice Classic
Fran FraschillaStarting Thanksgiving Day, I'll be broadcasting from the Old Spice Classic down at Disney's Wide World of Sports. While the field isn't quite as stack...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Pondexter heads thin list of college seniors
Chad FordCollege seniors continue to be a dying breed in the NBA draft. The thinking is simple: After four years, all the good players have already left school...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
It's hard not to be impressed by the Orange
Doug GottliebSyracuse dominated in two consecutive nights at the Garden with blowouts of two teams ranked in the top 12, but its Coaches vs. Cancer title game win ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009
What to watch for during this weekend's action
Andy KatzA few teams have gotten a head start on the action, but for most of the country, this weekend marks the official beginning of the new season. The slat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009Breaking down the one-and-doners
Chad Ford...Thaddeus Young -- were drafted in the lottery. In 2008, the record was broken. Seven freshmen -- Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, O.J. Mayo, Kevin Love, Eric Gordon, Jerryd Bayless and Anthony Randolph -- went in the lottery...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Glasser adjusting to role as ASU's leading man
Andy KatzDerek Glasser was unsure how to handle the attention. While he and James Harden were teammates at Artesia High (Calif.) and then at Arizona State,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009Pangos event a showcase for top underclassmen
Christopher Lawlor...6-3 Omar Calhoun, Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.); 5-10 Gerald Carty, Mount St. Michael (Bronx, N.Y.); 6-0 Montana Mayfield, Roman Catholic (Philadelphia); 6-4 Kerwin Okoro, St. Raymond (Bronx...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009
For whatever reason, these players fly under radar
Jay Bilas...floor and averaged 19.7 points, almost five rebounds and almost five assists per game last season. Michael Dunigan, Oregon: The sophomore big man has size, athleticism and good skills. As Oregon's guards improve...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
Enough madness to go around
Andy KatzSome quick hitters after nearly five hours of our coverage of Midnight Madness on Friday night on ESPNU: • The Kentucky event was unprecedented...
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