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College Basketball Countdown: No. 19 Notre Dame preview
College Basketball Visit the online store for Notre Dame and other editions of the 2012-13 Athlon Sports College Basketball annual. The first practices of college basket...
35 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

2012-13 college basketball countdown preview: No. 20 Florida
College Basketball Visit the online store for Florida and other editions of the 2012-13 Athlon Sports College Basketball annual. The first practices of college basketbal...
35 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, SEC, Florida Gators

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
College Basketball This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for September 14. • Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson will not play Saturday versus No. 1 Alabama. • Jay Cutler a...
36 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB, Links

Jim Calhoun's legacy: His best teams, players and moments
College Basketball Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun retired Thursday, leaving behind a Hall of Fame legacy. In the 19 seasons before Calhoun was hired in 1986, Connecticut reached the NCAA Tournament twice under three c...
36 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Connecticut Huskies

Longterm Coaching Candidates to Replace Jim Calhoun at UConn

College Basketball UConn named Kevin Ollie to replace Jim Calhoun as the Huskies’ head coach. But Ollie was only given a one-year contract. If the school opts to go in another direction after the 2012-13 season, he...
36 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball, Anthony Grant, Brad Stevens, Jim Calhoun, Kevin Ollie, Shaka Smart, Steve Prohm, Connecticut Huskies

Jim Calhoun retirement: What's next for UConn?
College Basketball Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun announced his retirement Thursday after winning 873 games with the Huskies and Northwestern. Before Calhoun took over in Storrs, UConn never had produced a first-round...
36 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, Big East, Connecticut Huskies

College basketball: Assessing Notre Dame's move to the ACC
College Basketball The ACC basketball tournament soon could feature games such as Syracuse-Pittsburgh, and now Notre Dame-Miami. It will be a strange sight in Greensboro, N.C., but Notre Dame’s announcement it...
36 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big East, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

College Basketball's Most Underrated: The All-Overlooked Team
College Basketball With roughly 340 teams in Division I basketball, some players are bound to fall through the cracks. We’d like to do our part to rectify that by highlighting some of the key players you may h...
36 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Pac-12, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Colraod Buffaloes, DePaul Blue Demons, Evansville Purple Aces, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Ole Miss Rebels, Penn State Nittany Lions, St. Joseph's Redhawks, UMass Minutemen, Washington State Cougars

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
College Basketball This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for September 7. • Texas A&M is hyped for its first SEC contest against the Florida Gators. • Bleacher Repo...
37 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB, Links

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
College Basketball This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for August 31. • ESPN Big Ten blogger Brian Bennett believes Michigan has almost nothing to lose in the season opener a...
38 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB, Links

College Basketball Sleepers: 10 teams that could return to the NCAA Tourney
College Basketball In 2012, 30 of 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament field missed out a bid a season earlier. The tally included eight from the six major conferences, including returns to prominence for Indiana and...
38 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big Ten, Colonial Athletic Association, Conference USA, Pac-12, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Delaware Blue Hens, Iowa Hawkeyes, Marshall Thundering Herd, Miami Hurricanes, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Tennessee Volunteers, UMass Minutemen

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
College Basketball This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for August 24. • Last night in a win over the Red Sox, Angels phenom Mike Trout became the youngest player in MLB histo...
39 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB, Links

College Basketball's Biggest Preseason Questions: 17 for the West Region
College Basketball With Midnight Madness less than two months away, our look at some of the biggest questions in college basketball for 2012-13 continues into its second week. Like the NCAA Tournament, we’re ta...
39 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, Mountain West, Pac-12, WAC, West Coast, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, BYU Cougars, California Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Colorado State Rams, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Saint Mary's Gaels, San Diego State Aztecs, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, UNLV Rebels, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

College Basketball's Biggest Preseason Questions: 17 for the Midwest Region
College Basketball With Midnight Madness less than two months away, our look at some of the biggest questions in college basketball for 2012-13 continues into its second week. Like the NCAA Tournament, we’re ta...
39 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, Atlantic 10, Big Ten, MAC, Missouri Valley, Butler Bulldogs, Creighton Bluejays, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio Bobcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Purdue Boilermakers, Saint Louis Billikens, St. Joseph's Redhawks, Temple Owls, UMass Minutemen, VCU Rams, Wichita State Shockers, Xavier Musketeers

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
College Basketball This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for August 17. • Former Major League pitcher Tommy John disagrees with the plan to shut down Nationals ace Stephen Stra...
40 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB, Links

College Basketball's Biggest Preseason Questions: 17 for the East Region
College Basketball College football season hasn’t begun, but here at Athlon we’re already hard at work in thinking about the 2012-13 basketball season. Believe us, the season will be here before you know it. ...
40 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, ACC, Big East, Colonial, Ivy, Connecticut Huskies, Drexel Dragons, Duke Blue Devils, Florida State Seminoles, Harvard Crimson, Louisville Cardinals, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack, North Carolina Tar Heels, Pittsburgh Panthers, Syracuse Orange, USF Bulls, Villanova Wildcats

College Basketball's Great 68 Questions: 17 for the South Region
College Basketball College football season hasn’t begun, but here at Athlon we’re already hard at work in thinking about the 2012-13 basketball season. Believe us, the season will be here before you know it. ...
40 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Conference USA, Ohio Valley, SEC, Sun Belt, Alabama Crimson Tide, Baylor Bears, Florida Gators, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Kentucky Wildcats, Marshall Thundering Herd, Memphis Tigers, Missouri Tigers, Murray State Racers, North Texas Mean Green, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas Longhorns, Vanderbilt Commodores, West Virginia Mountaineers

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
College Basketball This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for August 10. • The Lakers acquisition of big man Dwight Howard has some people thinking that Los Angeles is now the N...
41 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB, Olympics, Links

If Kentucky's Big Blue Nation Had An Olympic Basketball Team
College Basketball Kentucky Wildcats basketball fans are known as the “Big Blue Nation.” But what if the Big Blue Nation were an actual sovereign nation eligible to compete in the 2012 London Olympics? How would ...
41 weeks ago by Nathan Rush Tags: College Basketball, NBA, Olympics, Kentucky Wildcats, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins, John Wall, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Rajon Rondo, Tayshaun Prince

Ranking the nation's top college basketball coaches
College Basketball Through the last two weeks, Athlon Sports ranked each coach in the ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC along with the top 20 coaches from outside those seven conferences...
42 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, West Coast, Arizona Wildcats, Butler Bulldogs, California Golden Bears, Connecticut Huskies, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jayhawks, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, Marquette Golden Eagles, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, North Carolina Tar Heels, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Pittsburgh Panthers, Purdue Boilermakers, Saint Louis Billikens, Saint Mary's Gaels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Syracuse Orange, UCLA Bruins, Vanderbilt Commodores, VCU Rams, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
College Basketball This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for July 27. • Former NFL player and current agent Ralph Cindrich appeared on a Pittsburgh radio show and essentially a...
43 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB

Ranking College Basketball's Best Mid-Major Coaches
College Basketball In the last two weeks, Athlon Sports has ranked every coach in the seven powerful basketball conferences -- the ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC. Certainly, those lea...
43 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big West, Colonial Athletic Association, Conference USA, Ivy League, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Ohio Valley, Southern, Summit League, WAC, West Coast, Belmont Bruins, BYU Cougars, Colorado State Rams, Creighton Bluejays, Davidson Wildcats, Georgia State Panthers, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Harvard Crimson, Long Beach State 49ers, Memphis Tigers, New Mexico Lobos, Northern Iowa Panthers, Oakland Grizzlies, Old Dominion Monarchs, Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, Saint Mary's Gaels, San Diego State Aztecs, UNLV Rebels, Utah State Aggies, Wichita State Shockers

Ranking the Atlantic 10's basketball coaches
College Basketball The Atlantic 10 already had an intriguing group of coaches with Chris Mack carrying the tradition at Xavier, Fran Dunphy leading the consistent Temple program, Rick Majerus leading a comeback for b...
43 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Atlantic 10, Butler Bulldogs, Charlotte 49ers, Dayton Flyers, Duquesne Dukes, George Washington Colonials, La Salle Explorers, Massachusetts Minutemen, Rhode Island Rams, Saint Louis Billikens, St. Bonaventure Bonnies, St. Joseph's Hawks, Temple Owls, VCU Rams, Xavier Musketeers

Ranking the SEC's basketball coaches
College Basketball When SEC basketball coaches get together for media days or other offseason events, they may need name tags.   Three programs -- LSU, Mississippi State and South Carolina -- have new coache...
43 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

Ranking the Pac-12's Basketball Coaches
College Basketball After underachieving in the last three seasons, the Pac-12 may finally start to rebound. At least that’s what the coaches in the league hope.   Despite the turmoil in the conference, the...
43 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, California Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Huskies, Pac-12

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