10 programs primed to rise this season
Andy KatzHere are 10 programs that will jump within their respective conferences after a disappointing 2008-09 season: Georgia Tech 2008-09 record: 2-14 ACC,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009In league rankings, power shifts to the Midwest
Andy KatzRanking the conferences is always going to be a debate without a real winner. What matters most to someone is open for discussion. For me, I look a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009Enough 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009Cougars hope to run their way to a MWC title
Andy KatzPROVO, Utah -- The first thing you notice about BYU is how much the Cougars want to run, run and run some more. BYU started team workouts last wee...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009Rebels try to end SEC's longest tourney drought
Andy KatzOle Miss coach Andy Kennedy said there has been a renewed emphasis on good hygiene after the university's football team was racked with symptoms of th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009Memphis may have company atop C-USA
Andy Katz...doesn't matter what they do, the news follows them. And nothing done by Houston, Tulsa or UTEP -- arguably the three schools that could make a strong case to be tabbed as favorites this season...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2009Gillispie's DUI charge doesn't bode well for future
Andy Katz...of the premier jobs in the country. He was a proven success in his brief tenures at UTEP and Texas A&M, where he had done a marvelous job of turning each into a legit...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009Wooden Award candidates … with a twist
Andy KatzEditor's note: Andy Katz will be taking a much-deserved vacation next week. The Daily Word will return on Aug. 24. Kansas is the consensus No. 1 tea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 14, 2009U.S. U-19 team captures first gold since 1991
Andy KatzJamie Dixon, Matt Painter and Chris Lowery wore their gold medals around their necks Saturday night in Auckland, New Zealand. They had them on as the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 13, 2009Cupboard not bare for Memphis in C-USA
Andy Katz...challenge Jerome Jordan, Ben Uzoh and newcomer point Donte Medder of Tulsa for the Conference USA title (UTEP coach Tony Barbee wants to make sure you don't dismiss the Miners, either, with a front...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 30, 2009Final cuts made for hoop tourney teams
Andy Katz, ESPN.comThe team the United States will send to the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia will include some of the top returning big men in college basketball.
Story | Conversation | June 18, 2009Recapping Day One of Team USA trials
Andy KatzCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Of all the players hoping to make the U-19 USA team, Seth Curry was the first to arrive in Colorado Springs, getting in day...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 17, 2009Update on a pair of national teams
Andy Katz...Casto, Duke's Seth Curry, UCLA's Drew Gordon, Butler's Gordon Hayward, Kentucky's Darius Miller, UTEP's Arnett Moultrie, Minnesota's Ralph Sampson III, Northwestern's John Shurna, Kansas' Tyshawn Taylor, Georgia's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 16, 2009Wake Forest's Aminu pulls out of U19 trials
Andy Katz...Thompson (Washington State) Seth Curry (Duke) Drew Gordon (UCLA) Gordon Hayward (Butler) Darius Miller (Kentucky) Arnett Moultrie (UTEP) Ralph Sampson III (Minnesota) John Shurna (Northwestern) Tyshawn Taylor (Kansas) Howard Thompkins (Georgia) Terrico White (Ole Miss...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 12, 2009With newfound time, Gillispie planning next move
Andy KatzBilly Gillispie is back in his hometown of Graford, Texas, looking to buy a home in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, closing a sale on his Lexington abode,...
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