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NCAA Tournament Projections and Bubble Watch: Pac-12 adding bids
College Basketball Selection Sunday is less than a month away, and the picture for who’s in and who’s out of the NCAA Tournament is becoming more clear. In general, most of the 68 spots are fairly certain. O...
12 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball

College basketball freshman of the year: Bennett, McLemore, Smart enter the debate
College Basketball Like just about everything else this college basketball season, the National Freshman of the Year race is a bit of a mess. A week ago, Kentucky’s Nerlens Noel could have been considered a fr...
12 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Mountain West, Kansas Jayhawks, Oklahoma State Cowboys, UNLV Rebels

College Basketball Bracket Update: Big 12, Tourney implications for Kansas, Oklahoma State
College Basketball A wild college basketball season has an eventful week ahead of it. Entering Tuesday, 11 conferences had ties atop their leagues -- either outright ties or teams tied in the wins or losses colu...
12 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West, Cincinnati Bearcats, Colorado State Rams, Georgetown Hoyas, Kansas Jayhawks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma State Cowboys

College Basketball Power Rankings: Indiana, Michigan State square for top three matchup
College Basketball Another week, another Big Ten showdown with national implications. With a five-game win streak including last week’s 75-52 rout of Michigan, Michigan State has gone from sneaky Final Four co...
12 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, West Coast Conference

Ranking the College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the Big Ten
College Basketball With college football’s spring practice and basketball’s postseason around the corner, Athlon Sports decided this would be a good time to evaluate each school’s coaching tandem. In this ...
12 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Maryland Terrapins, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Wisconsin Badgers

10 Amazing College Basketball Stats for Feb. 11-17
College Basketball A handful of players hit multiple milestones this week, but they weren’t necessarily the most notable numbers of the week. Creighton’s National Player of the Year contender Doug McDer...
12 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, Florida Gators, Indiana Hoosiers, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, Maryland Terrapins, Providence Friars, UCLA Bruins, Villanova Wildcats, Wisconsin Badgers

College Basketball Weekend Preview: Oklahoma State, Oklahoma in Big 12 race
College Basketball If the Big 12 goes through Kansas, the Oklahoma schools might be in good shape. A three-game losing streak for the Jayhawks has flipped the Big 12 race around, leaving the Cowboys and Sooners,...
13 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys

Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day
College Basketball This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for Feb. 15. • Swimsuit cover girl Kate Upton said those two little words that sent pulses racing across the fruited pl...
13 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA

Ranking the Best College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the ACC
College Basketball With college football’s spring practice and basketball’s postseason around the corner, Athlon Sports decided this would be a good time to evaluate each school’s coaching tandem. In this ...
13 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, ACC, Boston College Eagles, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida State Seminoles, Louisville Cardinals, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack, North Carolina Tar Heels, Pittsburgh Panthers, Syracuse Orange, Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons

College Basketball Bracket Projections and Bubble Watch: Feb. 13
College Basketball Selection Sunday is about a month away, and the picture for who’s in and who’s out of the NCAA Tournament is becoming more clear. In general, most of the 68 spots are fairly certain. Of th...
13 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball

Ranking the Best College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the Big East
College Basketball With college football’s spring practice and basketball’s postseason around the corner, Athlon Sports decided this would be a good time to evaluate each school’s coaching tandem. In this ...
13 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, East Carolina Pirates, Houston Cougars, Memphis Tigers, Navy Midshipmen, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, Syracuse Orange, Tulane Green Wave, UCF Knights, USF Bulls

College Basketball Bracket Update: North Carolina under pressure in first game with Duke
College Basketball Unpredictability has been the hallmark of the 2012-13 college basketball season. Just last week, TCU defeated Kansas for perhaps the biggest upset during the regular season since Chaminade def...
13 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball

Ranking the Best College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the Big 12
College Basketball With college football’s spring practice and basketball’s postseason around the corner, Athlon Sports decided this would be a good time to evaluate each school’s coaching tandem. In this ...
13 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

College Basketball Power Rankings: Indiana splits week, stays on top
College Basketball The fun water cooler debate of the top teams in college basketball keeps going. Each of Athlon’s top four teams from last week took a loss last week. Kansas took two. Our No. 6 team from las...
13 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball

Ranking the Best College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the SEC
College Basketball With college football’s spring practice and basketball’s postseason around the corner, Athlon Sports decided this would be a good time to evaluate each school’s coaching tandem. In this ...
13 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

Ranking the Best College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the Pac-12
College Basketball With college football’s spring practice and basketball’s postseason around the corner, Athlon Sports decided this would be a good time to evaluate each school’s coaching tandem. In this ...
13 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, Pac-12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Cal Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars, Pac-12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Cal Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

10 Amazing College Basketball Stats: Feb. 4-10
College Basketball The most important number of the week may as well be five: As in five overtimes to settle Notre Dame’s win over Louisville in the longest game since UConn and Syracuse played six OTs in the Big E...
13 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, SEC, Miami Hurricanes, Arkansas Razorbacks, Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Wisconsin Badgers

10 Most Exclusive "Clubs" in Sports
College Basketball Sports are filled with statistics that uber-nerds and casual fans alike can enjoy. Numbers and records help fans define greatness and settle arguments on talk radio and at the local watering holes ...
14 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, Golf, News, Ohio Bobcats, Oregon State Beavers, Syracuse Orange, Michigan Wolverines, Missouri Tigers, Nevada Wolfpack, West Virginia Mountaineers, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Dale Earnhardt, Jimmie Johnson, Richard Petty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bullds, Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz, Adrian Peterson, Barry Sanders, Ben Hogan, Dallas Cowboys, Jack Nicklaus, Joe Montana, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Terry Bradshaw, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady

NCAA Tournament Report Card: Illinois, in or out?
College Basketball Throughout the final months of the college basketball season, Athlon Sports will take a quick snapshot of key movers in the potential NCAA field. Who's moving up? Who's moving down? Who's on the bu...
14 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini

College Basketball Weekend Preview: Indiana, Ohio State square for Big Ten showdown
College Basketball The Big Ten has set up quite the round robin in the last week. First came a top-three match up between Indiana and Michigan, then a high-level rivalry game between Ohio State and Michigan. On ...
14 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big Ten, Indiana Hoosiers, Ohio State Buckeyes

Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day
College Basketball This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for Feb. 8. • We all tend to dismiss the National Enquirer as a slanderous gossip rag, but they've been right plenty o...
14 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NBA

College Basketball Bracket Projections and Bubble Watch: Feb. 6
College Basketball Selection Sunday is about six weeks away, but the picture for who’s in and who’s out of the NCAA Tournament is starting to take shape. In general, most of the 68 spots are fairly certain. ...
14 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball

College Basketball Bracket Update: Kansas, Pittsburgh face tests this week
College Basketball Is it time to start celebrating or time to start worrying? Those are the questions fans of a handful of teams will start asking over the next month or so of the season. Are NCAA bids or confer...
14 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Mountain West, Cincinnati Bearcats, Kansas Jayhawks, Miami Hurricanes, New Mexico Lobos, Pittsburgh Panthers

College Basketball Power Rankings: Indiana returns to top spot, Miami makes move
College Basketball Another week, another No. 1 in the Athlon Sports college basketball power rankings. For the third week in a row, we have a new team in the top spot following Duke two weeks ago, then Michigan....
14 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, West Coast Conference, Florida Gators, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jayhawks, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, Syracuse Orange

NCAA Tournament Report Card: Villanova, in or out?
College Basketball Throughout the final months of the college basketball season, Athlon Sports will take a quick snapshot of key movers in the potential NCAA field. Who's moving up? Who's moving down? Who's on the bu...
14 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Villanova Wildcats

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