Athlon Sports Features
2009 West Virginia Mountaineers Hoops Preview
West Virginia coach Bob Huggins doesn’t shy away from ... well, anything. And he’s certainly not shying away from the great expectations being placed upon his Mountaineer team for the 2009-10 season.
[FULL STORY]Bracket Breakdown
A conference-by-conference rundown of how this year’s field of 65 played over the first two weekends of the NCAA Tournament.
[FULL STORY]Bracket Breakdown
A conference-by-conference rundown of how this year’s field of 65 played over the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
[FULL STORY]Big East: Three No. 1 seeds well deserved
Louisville followed up its Big East regular season championship by winning the Big East Tournament title. There's still one more tournament to win, however, but the Cardinals are feeling good after being one of three Big East teams to garner a No. 1 see.
[FULL STORY]Midwest Region Preview
Championship winning coaches Rick Pitino of Louisville and Tom Izzo of Michigan State headline the Midwest Region, which also features defending champion Kansas.
[FULL STORY]South Region Preview
The South Region is paced by North Carolina and Oklahoma, but keep an eye on red hot Arizona State and battle tested Syracuse.
[FULL STORY]West Region Preview
Connecticut and Memphis are traveling to the West Region, where Washington's Isaiah Thomas hopes to make a name for himself.
[FULL STORY]East Region Preview
Pittsburgh and Duke are the beasts of the East Region, but don't be shocked to see Texas make a run or VCU pull off an upset.
[FULL STORY]Bracket Breakdown
In this year’s NCAA Tournament bracket, the Big East led the way with seven bids, including three No. 1 seeds in top overall seed Louisville, Pittsburgh and Connecticut.
[FULL STORY]Big East: Two Panthers lead All-Big East team
There's plenty of top 10 teams in the Big East and that's just one of the reasons Athlon's Big East player of the year is not the guy who led the conference in both scoring and rebounding.
[FULL STORY]March 5th Bracket Breakdown
Mitch Light projects the 65-team field of the NCAA Basketball Tournament in the fifth edition of AthlonSports.com's 2009 Bracket Breakdown feature.
[FULL STORY]March 5th Bracket
Check out the March 5th edition of Athlon's Bracket and see who's in and who's out of the NCAA tournament.
[FULL STORY]Big 12: Aggies on the Bubble
No team in the Big 12 Conference has more at stake on the final weekend of the regular season than Texas A&M. Steve Walentik explores that and more in this week's Big 12 Notebook.
[FULL STORY]Big East: Injury could impact Eagles' seeding
One minute the Marquette Golden Eagles were flying high. Ranked eighth in the country with a 23-4 record and battling Connecticut for the top spot in the Big East standings. The next minute, Marquette’s whole outlook had changed. Dominic James, the Golden Eagles’ dynamic senior guard, had gone down in the game against UConn and fractured a bone in his foot.
[FULL STORY]James' injury a major blow to Marquette
Just imagine the disappointment that had to be flooding the senses of Marquette guard Dominic James as he sat on the bench in the second half of a loss to Connecticut last Wednesday. James’ season – and his career at Marquette – ended with a freakish foot injury about four minutes into that game.
[FULL STORY]February 26th Bracket Breakdown
Mitch Light projects the 65-team field of the NCAA Basketball Tournament in the fourth edition of AthlonSports.com's 2009 Bracket Breakdown feature.
[FULL STORY]February 26th Bracket
Check out the February 26th edition of Athlon's Bracket and see who's in and who's out of the NCAA tournament.
[FULL STORY]Big East: Thabeet a true game changer
He is a force unlike any other in college basketball. Blake Griffin, Stephen Curry and Tyler Hansbrough are all elite talents. But no other player in the country comes close to dominating the game on the defensive end of the floor like Hasheem Thabeet.
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2009 Kansas Jayhawks Hoops Preview
The Jayhawks will enter the 2009-10 season as the favorites to win their second national title in three years thanks to the return of Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins. Both are All-America and National Player of the Year candidates who will be the clear-cut leaders of a team that returns all five starters from a squad that lost to Michigan State in last year’s Sweet 16.
2009 Michigan State Spartans Hoops Preview
The Spartans return the Big Ten Player of the Year in point guard Kalin Lucas, and they possess plenty of high-end talent and potential. However, Michigan State will be short on Tom Izzo-brand intangibles in the frontcourt, which could make it difficult for the Spartans to reach their ultimate goal in 2010.
2009 Texas Longhorns Hoops Preview
The Longhorns have more versatility and depth than at any time since Rick Barnes’ team went to the Final Four in 2003 led by point guard T.J. Ford. This year’s version of Ford may well be incoming freshman Avery Bradley, a player whose stock has skyrocketed since the 6'3" guard committed to the Longhorns in September 2008.
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