FIU-North Carolina Preview

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Team preview: Utah Valley

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Morningstar will have trouble cracking KU's rotation

...season on Friday against Hofstra before playing Memphis in St. Louis on Nov. 17. • The NCAA tournament selection committee met for three days this week in Houston, site of the 2011 Final Four. UCLA...

For these 10, season offers chance to 'prove it'

...Jordan needs to be an "aggressive threat" more often. If he is, Tulsa can be an NCAA tournament team and beat somebody once it gets there. Yancy Gates, Cincinnati: Gates has an NFL body and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Much to look forward to this season

Our panel of analysts and writers expound on what they're most looking forward to this season.

Izzo wants more memories on the wall

In his expansive basement, Tom Izzo has a memorabilia room that would send chills down the spine of any Michigan State fan. But there's room on the wall for more. Can the defending runner-up create new memories this season?

Floyd breaks up fight at casino

Coach Tim Floyd had purposely kept a low profile since he resigned at USC over allegations that he paid a handler of former Trojan player O.J. Mayo last May.

BC confident it can exceed expectations in ACC

...in major Division I college basketball, the Eagles didn't add a single player to an NCAA tournament team that won against eventual national champion North Carolina in Chapel Hill and beat Duke at home...

Loaded Longhorns are primed for title run

...finishing 9-7 in conference play and losing to Duke in the second round of the NCAA tournament. However, a new year brings a new beginning. Texas, in my opinion, has all the right pieces...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Glasser adjusting to role as ASU's leading man

...back and he would benefit, like when he scored a career-best 22 points in an NCAA tournament first-round win over Temple last season. Sometimes it would not, which was just fine too, since...

Detroit prospect opts for East Lansing

...Southeastern (21-4) advanced to the Detroit Public League City title game and the Class A regional tournament. He was named Michigan Class A Sophomore All-State and all-city honors as a sophomore. He...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009

Schaftenaar leads OSU's culture change

Oregon State is no longer everyone's favorite patsy. Thanks in large part to a once-invisible Roeland Schaftenaar, expectations are on the rise in Corvallis.

...victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in the final of the south region of the 2009 NCAA basketball tournament at the FedEx Forum

What many are thinking, but won't say publicly

...recruit players through intermediaries), and some elements that display their utter perfection every year (like the NCAA tournament's ideal three-weekend setup). In talking to the coaches and players who are preparing for what...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

...the Oklahoma Sooners during the first half of the first round of the 2009 NCAA mens basketball tournament at the Sprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Douglas Jones-US PRESSWIRE George Mason men's basketball coach Jim...