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2011-12 Athlon Sports College Basketball Preseason Top 25
College Basketball 2011-12 Athlon Sports Preaseason Top 25 Click on each team for their preview 1. North Carolina 2. Kentucky 3. Ohio State 4. Connecticut 5. Syracuse 6. Duke 7. Vande...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Pac-12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona Wildcats, Baylor Bears, California Golden Bears, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Kansas Jayhakws, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, Marquette Golden Eagles, Memphis Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Missouri Tigers, North Carolina Tar Heels, Ohio State Buckeyes, Pittsburgh Panthers, Syracuse Orange, Texas A&M Aggies, UCLA Bruins, Vanderbilt Commodores, Wisconsin Badgers, Xavier Musketeers

2011 College Basketball Preview: Syracuse Orange
College Basketball Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim will bring one of his most experienced teams into his 36th campaign. The Orange will feature four returning starters along with several reserves who played key roles off ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Brandon Triche, Fab Melo, Kris Joseph, Michael Carter-Williams, Rakeem Christmas, Scoop Jardine, Syracuse Orange

College Basketball 2011 Preview: Ohio State Buckeyes
College Basketball Everything was in place for the most memorable Ohio State basketball season in half a century until the Sweet 16 left a very bitter taste in the mouths of the Buckeyes and their title-hungry fans. ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big Ten, Aaron Craft, Jared Sullinger, William Buford, Ohio State Buckeyes

Vanderbilt Commodores 2011 College Basketball Preview
College Basketball There was no press conference. No proclamations on Twitter. Nothing fancy. Just a simple press release. On April 20, Vanderbilt sent an email to announce that Festus Ezeli, John Jenkins and Jeffery...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, SEC, Festus Ezeli, Jeffery Taylor, John Jenkins, Vanderbilt Commodores

College Basketball 2011 Preview: Connecticut Huskies
College Basketball Expectations remain the same as previous seasons for the defending national champion UConn Huskies. “To make the NCAA Tournament and go as deep as we can,” coach Jim Calhoun says. “That’s e...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Alex Oriakhi, Andre Drummond, DeAndre Daniels, Jeremy Lamb, Shabazz Napier, Connecticut Huskies

Big East 2011 College Basketball Preview and Predictions
College Basketball It's prediction time as we look into our crystal ball for the Big East's 2011-2012 season and predict who will come out on top and get individual honors. BIG EAST 2011-12 PREDICTED ORDER OF FIN...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Syracuse Orange

ACC 2011 College Basketball Conference Preview
College Basketball It's prediction time as we look into our crystal ball for the ACC's 2011-2012 season and predict who will come out on top and get individual honors. ACC 2011-12 PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1. N...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Tech, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack, North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech Hokies, ACC

2011 College Basketball Preview: Louisville Cardinals
College Basketball Few programs reflect the way the expectations game works in college basketball today better than Rick Pitino’s University of Louisville program. Big East coaches picked the Cardinals to finish ei...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Chane Behanan, Kyle Kuric, Peyton Siva, Rakeem Buckles, Louisville Cardinals

Pittsburgh Panthers 2011 College Basketball Preview
College Basketball Is it “Final Four or Bust” for Jamie Dixon and his Pittsburgh basketball program? Hardly, but the ninth-year coach is aware of an antsy fan base. “I know everyone wants us to win a national c...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Ashton Gibbs, Khem Birch, Nasir Robinson, Pittsburgh Panthers

2011 College Basketball Preview: Baylor Bears
College Basketball Baylor coach Scott Drew has spent the last two years assembling one of the most talented teams in all of college basketball. Now comes the next step: Doing something with it. Not many teams enter t...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Perry Jones, Quincy Acy, Quincy Miller, Baylor Bears

Memphis Tigers 2011 College Basketball Preview
College Basketball Josh Pastner learned last year that relying almost exclusively on first-year players — even first-year players oozing with talent — isn’t as simple as those who ranked Memphis in the Top 25 o...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Conference USA, Adonis Thomas, Joe Jackson, Tarik Black, Will Barton, Memphis Tigers

College Basketball 2011 Preview: Kansas Jayhawks
College Basketball Bill Self isn’t sugarcoating the situation. After a 35–3 season and an NCAA Tournament run that ended a win shy of the Final Four, the Kansas basketball coach can’t see his 2011-12 team being...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Ben McLemore, Elijah Johnson, Naadir Tharpe, Thomas Robinson, Travis Releford, Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas Jayhawks

2011 College Basketball Preview: Wisconsin Badgers
College Basketball In the spring of 2010, Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan delivered a blunt message to forward Jon Leuer: The rising senior would have to lead the 2010-11 team. With Leuer gone — he was selected by the Milw...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big Ten, Jordan Taylor, Josh Gasser, Wisconsin Badgers

Xavier Musketeers 2011 College Basketball Preview
College Basketball The biggest issue facing Xavier this season is managing expectations. After all, Xavier has won five straight A-10 regular-season titles and made the NCAA Tournament 10 times in the last 11 years w...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Atlantic 10, Kenny Frease, Mark Lyons, Tu Holloway, Xavier Musketeers

College Basketball 2011 Preview: Alabama Crimson Tide
College Basketball Last season, Alabama became the first SEC team to win more than 10 games in league play — the Tide went 12–4 — and not make the NCAA Tournament. Anthony Grant’s club was done in by a bloate...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, SEC, JaMychal Green, Tony Mitchell, Trevor Lacey, Trevor Releford, Alabama Crimson Tide

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