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10 Amazing College Basketball Stats of the Week: Feb. 18-24

Kansas Jayhawks These days, it takes a special effort to defeat Syracuse or Colorado State on their home courts. The Orange and the Rams have owned their arenas, with home winning streaks of 38 and 27 games, ...

12 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Mountain West, SEC, Creighton Bluejays, Georgetown Hoyas, Kansas Jayhawks, Miami Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack, New Mexico Lobos, VCU Rams

Ranking the Big 12's College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013

Kansas Jayhawks We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities...

12 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, News, 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 freshman of the year: Bennett, McLemore, Smart enter the debate

Kansas Jayhawks 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...

13 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

Kansas Jayhawks 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...

13 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 Football's Top 15 Impact JUCO Transfers for 2013

Kansas Jayhawks Most of the talk on college football’s national signing day centers around which true freshman can make the biggest impact for a program for that upcoming season. While true freshman often make b...

Ranking the Best College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the Big 12

Kansas Jayhawks 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 ...

14 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 Football Recruiting: Big 12 Team Consensus Rankings for 2013

Kansas Jayhawks Recruiting in college football is downright nasty. It is a cutthroat, cannibalistic big business that is microscopically analyzed by fans, administrators and media members alike. Recruiting in the ...

14 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, 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, AC100, Recruiting

College Basketball Bracket Update: Kansas, Pittsburgh face tests this week

Kansas Jayhawks 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...

15 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

Kansas Jayhawks 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....

15 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

9 Amazing College Basketball Stats of the Week: Jan. 28-Feb. 3

Kansas Jayhawks Leave it to the state of Indiana to remind us how much fun regular season college basketball can be. The top two games of the year have been played in the Hoosier State with a wildly different...

15 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Cal Bears, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jayhawks, NC State Wolfpack, Pittsburgh Panthers, Syracuse Orange

College Basketball Power Rankings: Michigan takes top spot

Kansas Jayhawks Miami’s 90-63 drubbing of Duke last week shuffled the power rankings in more ways than one. First, the Blue Devils’ loss means Athlon will have a new No. 1 this week. Our nod goes to Michi...

16 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, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jayhawks, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, Syracuse Orange

Recruiting: Ranking the Big 12's Best Football Rosters

Kansas Jayhawks Preseason prognosticators like Athlon Sports — the most accurate college football preview magazine on newsstands — use many things to attempt to predict what the coming football season will loo...

16 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, 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: Jan. 22

Kansas Jayhawks The discussion for the top spot in college basketball continues to be a contentious one, but we’re sticking with the same No. 1 team we’ve had for several weeks — Duke. Two weeks ago, th...

17 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball, Butler Bulldogs, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jayhawks, Louisville Cardinals, Michigan Wolverines, Oregon Ducks, Syracuse Orange

College Football's Top 15 Two-Star Recruits Since 2003

Kansas Jayhawks Recruiting rankings are an inexact science, and even the experts will admit that. It is virtually impossible to measure heart, work ethic, mental focus and self-awareness in 17- and 18-year-old kid...

College Basketball Midseason Report: All-Americans and Championship Picks

Kansas Jayhawks One of the critiques of the 2012-13 college basketball season has been a lack of eye-popping players vying for player of the year awards. Think of Player of the Year performances and competitions i...

18 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Creighton Bluejays, Duke Blue Devils, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jayhawks, Michigan Wolverines, Missouri Tigers, UNLV Rebels

Early Big 12 Football Predictions for 2013

Kansas Jayhawks 2013 is shaping up to be an interesting year in the Big 12. Kansas State claimed the conference title in 2012, but a new champion should be expected next season. Oklahoma tied the Wildcats for the ...

18 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, 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

Top 5 Individual Performances in College Basketball in 2012

Kansas Jayhawks Kentucky's Anthony Davis Kentucky was the nation’s best team for 2012 (at least through April). Anthony Davis was the nation’s best player. And gr...

21 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, Duke Blue Devils, Illinois Fighting Illini, Kansas Jayhawks, Kentucky Wildcats, Michigan State Spartans, Missouri Tigers

How the 2012 All-Big 12 Team Ranked as High School Recruits

Kansas Jayhawks The merits of recruiting rankings are debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. Athlon continues its look at how each All-Conference team ranked as high school recrui...

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, 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

5 Amazing College Basketball Stats of the Week: Dec. 11-16

Kansas Jayhawks With 347 Division I teams, following college basketball can be overwhelming. Let Athlon Sports start your college hoops week each Monday with a look at some of the most intriguing, most important a...

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Basketball, Arizona Wildcats, Butler Bulldogs, Florida Gators, Georgetown Hoyas, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jayhawks, Marquette Golden Eagles, Villanova Wildcats

College Basketball's Early Season Conference Review: Big 12

Kansas Jayhawks The first month or so of the season has been a strange one for the Big 12. Somehow, the league that boasts a solid Kansas team, a team that beat Kentucky in Lexington and a contender for freshman o...

22 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

Big 12 Week 14 Preview and Predictions

Kansas Jayhawks The Big 12 is two years removed from hosting a championship game, but the league’s BCS bid and title will still come down to two teams in the final week. Kansas State remains in control of it...

25 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

10 College Rivalries Killed by Conference Realignment

Kansas Jayhawks Texas alumni are holding their traditional Hex Rally this week, but it probably won’t be as fun. In College Station, the Aggies are holding Midnight Yell Practice in anticipation of their Thanksg...

10 College Football Coaches Who Should be Thankful

Kansas Jayhawks A chance to coach college football at the top level of the game for a living should make any man on the sideline to be thankful. Some should be more thankful than others this year, though, to ...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big 12, Big Ten, Mountain West, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Hawaii Warriors, Kansas Jayhawks, Minnesota Golden Gophers, New Mexico Lobos, Penn State Nittany Lions, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Washington State Cougars

Big 12 Post-Week 12 Power Rankings

Kansas Jayhawks Kansas State remains atop the Big 12 power rankings, but the Wildcats are no longer in the driver's seat to play for a national title. Despite the loss to Baylor, Kansas State still maintains an ed...

26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, 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

Big 12 Week 12 Preview and Predictions

Kansas Jayhawks Kansas State is one win away from clinching a share of the Big 12 championship and a BCS bid, but the Wildcats have greater aspirations. The Wildcats are no longer the underdog in the Big 12 or nat...

27 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

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