Athlon Sports Features
CBB: Boeheim in Line for Coach of the Year
Jim Boeheim has never been recognized as national coach of the year. He’s in the Hall of Fame. He’s won a national championship. He has more than 800 wins. Ken Davis says it's about time he gets his recognition.
[FULL STORY]CBB: Good Times for South Florida
The biggest sports story of the week came out of South Florida, as the New Orleans Saints stunned the Indianapolis Colts at the Super Bowl in Miami. For one of the biggest stories in college basketball, you need to travel north to Tampa, home of the University of South Florida.
[FULL STORY]CBB: Player of the Year Candidate List Grows
John Wall established himself as the most exciting player in college basketball and became the leading candidate for Player of the Year early on. But since the calendar turned to 2010, plenty of other candidates have emerged. Ken Davis looks at a few of them in this week's hoops notebook.
[FULL STORY]CBB: Fitzgerald leaves a legacy at Gonzaga
Dan Fitzgerald, the man who laid the foundation for the great Gonzaga basketball tradition, died recently, but his legacy lives on through current coach Mark Few and others.
[FULL STORY]CBB: Dec. 31 Bracket Breakdown
Mitch Light's first Bracket Breakdown of the season is right here with 65 teams that would be in if the season ended today, a few more that are worth a mention and plenty of notes on the 2009 portion of the college hoops season.
[FULL STORY]CBB: Resolutions for the new year
As we enter the final week of the year, it’s time for everyone to think about resolutions for 2010. So, we’ve taken the liberty to make a short list of things we’d like to see resolved in college basketball. Some can be accomplished this season. Others down the road.
[FULL STORY]Kansas-Texas remain in top spots in AP poll
Kansas and Texas remained the top two teams in the latest Associated Press men's college basketball poll, while a few changes at the bottom included the first ranking for Northwestern in more than 40 years.
[FULL STORY]CBB: Field of 65
The college basketball season is nearly a month old but we take a look back at our original predicted Field of 65.
[FULL STORY]CBB: National Notebook
College basketball lost a legitimate player of the year candidate when Ohio State’s Evan Turner injured himself while dunking against Eastern Michigan. Ken Davis discusses the ramifications for the Buckeyes and takes a look around the country in this week's college hoops notebook.
[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 Ten: Mixed emotions for league teams
Penn State fans aren’t happy, and Purdue fans are less-than-thrilled with a No. 5 seed, but the Big Ten landed seven teams in this field and, in many respects, that’s more than the conference probably deserves. Mike Beacom says the tournament shapers did well this year for the league.
[FULL STORY]NCAA Tournament stage is set
Memphis coach John Calipari was singing the No. 2 seeding blues on Selection Sunday, but Ken Davis says the NCAA men’s basketball committee got the No. 1 debate between Memphis and Connecticut right.
[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.
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CBB: March 10 Updated Bracket Breakdown
Mitch Light updates his projected March Madness bracket all week ahead of Selection Sunday. Here's his Wesnesday version.
CBB: March 9 Updated Bracket Breakdown
Mitch Light updates his projected March Madness bracket all week ahead of Selection Sunday. Here's his Tuesday version.
CBB: Turner Leads Athlon's Postseason Awards
Before Selection Sunday arrives, we honor the top performances of the college hoops regular season. We present the Athlon college basketball awards for 2009-2010:




