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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

2011 College Basketball Preview: Marquette Golden Eagles
College Basketball And the beat goes on for Marquette University. Looking for their seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, the Golden Eagles head into the 2011-12 season poised to build on last season’s su...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Darius Johnson-Odom, Jae Crowder, Vander Blue, Marquette Golden Eagles

Cincinnati Bearcats 2011 College Basketball Preview
College Basketball After playing in the NCAA Tournament last year for the first time since 2005, Cincinnati is now fully healed and ready to retake its place as one of the better programs in the country. Coach Mick C...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Cashmere Wright, Jermaine Sanders, Shaquille Thomas, Yancy Gates, Cincinnati Bearcats

College Basketball 2011 Preview: Michigan State Spartans
College Basketball Michigan State will reload with an intriguing blend of talented newcomers in the backcourt and benefit from proven warriors in the frontcourt. Look for the Spartans to extend their streak of 14 con...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big Ten, Branden Dawson, Brandon Wood, Draymond Green, Keith Appling, Michigan State Spartans

Florida State Seminoles 2011 College Basketball Preview
College Basketball No one would blame Leonard Hamilton and the Florida State men’s basketball team if they took some time to sit back and cherish the successes of the 2010-11 campaign. The Seminoles staked their cl...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Bernard James, Jeff Peterson, Michael Snaer, Okaro White, Xavier Gibson, Florida State Seminoles

College Basketball 2011 Preview: Texas A&M Aggies
College Basketball During the summer, new Texas A&M coach Billy Kennedy took his team on a 10-day trip to Switzerland and France, where the Aggies played exhibition games and toured landmarks like Paris’ Eiffel...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Dash Harris, David Loubeau, Jamal Branch, Khris Middleton, Texas A&M Aggies

2011 College Basketball Preview: Missouri Tigers
College Basketball The mood among Missouri basketball fans was a blend of disappointment and disbelief when they learned athletic director Mike Alden had tapped Miami’s Frank Haith to succeed Mike Anderson last Apr...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Kim English, Marcus Denmon, Ricardo Ratliffe, Missouri Tigers

Arizona Wildcats 2011 College Basketball Preview
College Basketball Sean Miller restored Arizona to prominence with unexpected swiftness, requiring two seasons to turn the Wildcats into Pac-10 champions and 30-game winners. Yet the offseason was marked with uncerta...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, Pac-12, Angelo Chol, Josiah Turner, Kyle Fogg, Nick Johnson, Solomon Hill, Arizona Wildcats

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