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2013-14 College Basketball Conference Snapshot: MWC, MVC, A-10 and more

Missouri Valley After Florida Gulf Coast reached the Sweet 16 and Wichita State reached the Final Four, teams outside of the college basketball power structure are starting to reach even footing. At least on the c...

6 days ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, Atlantic 10, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, West Coast Conference, Boise State Broncos, BYU Cougars, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Saint Louis Billikens, San Diego State Aztecs, UMass Minutemen, UNLV Runnin' Rebels, VCU Rams, Wichita State Shockers, Conference snapshots

Early College Basketball Top 25 for 2013-14

Missouri Valley The Bluegrass State could be on its way to becoming the basketball version of Alabama. The football championship hasn’t left the state of Alabama four years, with the Crimson Tide winning th...

11 teams that could pop NCAA Tournament bubbles

Missouri Valley Finishing the season on the NCAA Tournament bubble is a tight-rope walk to start. In addition to a handful of teams looking to build their NCAA Tournament resumes, bubble teams must also keep an ey...

14 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Conference USA, Missouri Valley, Pac-12, WAC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Maryland Terrapins, Southern Miss Golden Eagles, USC Trojans, Xavier Musketeers, 2013 March Madness

10 Amazing College Basketball Stats of the Week: Feb. 25-March 3

Missouri Valley Welcome to March. College basketball’s best month has arrived, and, boy, did it deliver immediate dividends. The first full slate of games in March brought a classic individual performa...

15 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Pac-12, SEC, Cal Bears, Creighton Bluejays, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Louisville Cardinals, Ole Miss Rebels, VCU Rams, West Virginia Mountaineers

College Basketball Power Rankings: Indiana returns to top spot, Miami makes move

Missouri Valley 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....

19 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

College Basketball Power Rankings: Michigan takes top spot

Missouri Valley 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...

20 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

10 Amazing College Basketball Stats of the Week: Jan. 14-20

Missouri Valley 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...

21 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, SEC, Air Force Falcons, Butler Bulldogs, Florida Gators, Louisville Cardinals, Missouri Tigers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, Syracuse Orange, UCLA Bruins, Wichita State Shockers

College Basketball Midseason Report: All-Americans and Championship Picks

Missouri Valley 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...

22 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

College Basketball Bracket Update and Power Rankings: Jan. 16

Missouri Valley If you listen closely, you can almost hear the whispers: Bracketology, bubble watch, resumes, seeding, RPI. The college basketball season is halfway through January and the conference races ar...

22 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Creighton Bluejays, Louisville Cardinals, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Syracuse Orange, UNLV Running Rebels, Wichita State Shockers

College Basketball's Early Season Conference Review: Mid-majors

Missouri Valley Butler coach Brad Stevens The Hoosier State doesn’t belong to the Hoosiers, at least not entirely. When Butler defeated Indiana 88-86 in overti...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Atlantic 10, Conference USA, Horizon League, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Sun Belt, Butler Bulldogs, Creighton Bluejays, Gonzaga Bulldogs, New Mexico Lobos, San Diego State Aztecs, UNLV Runnin' Rebels, Wichita State Shockers

Battle 4 Atlantis preview: Louisville, Duke lead loaded field

Missouri Valley This much is certain: The team returning to the mainland as the Battle 4 Atlantis champion will have earned it. The best early season tournament includes eight teams that reached the postseas...

30 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Missouri Valley, Pac-12, SEC, Duke Blue Devils, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Missouri Tigers, Northern Iowa Panthers, Stanford Cardinal, VCU Rams

2012-13 College Basketball Preview and Predictions

Missouri Valley The college basketball season starts today, so it's time for picks. Not just for the Final Four and top players and coaches, but also who we think who will thrive, flop and surprise. Here are t...

31 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC

Top College Basketball Storylines for November and beyond

Missouri Valley Football is still in the heart of its season. The NBA is just getting started. And the election was only yesterday. In other words, it may be easy for college basketball to fly under the radar...

2012-13 Athlon College Basketball Preseason All-America Team

Missouri Valley If the list of All-America contenders is any indication, this will be a fascinating year in college basketball. Teams like Kentucky and North Carolina are no strangers to the All-America ...

Missouri Valley Conference 2012-13 College Basketball Preview

Missouri Valley Athlon Sports continues its countdown to the start of the 2012-13 basketball season, which begins with the first games on Nov. 9, with a countdown of the nation’s top conferences. We will release...

33 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, Missouri Valley, Bradley Braves, Creighton Bluejays, Drake Bulldogs, Evansville Purple Aces, Illinois State Redbirds, Indiana State Sycamores, Missouri State Bears, Northern Iowa Panthers, Southern Illinois Salukis, Wichita State Shockers

2012-13 College Basketball: 1 on 1 with Creighton's Doug McDermott

Missouri Valley Greg McDermott wasn’t certain that his son, Doug, could handle it in the Big 12 back when he was handing out scholarships as the head coach at Iowa State. However, after jumping to Creighton and ...

33 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, Missouri Valley, Creighton Bluejays

College Basketball's Most Underrated: The All-Overlooked Team

Missouri Valley 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...

40 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

College Basketball's Biggest Preseason Questions: 17 for the Midwest Region

Missouri Valley 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...

Ranking College Basketball's Best Mid-Major Coaches

Missouri Valley 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...

College Basketball's Top 10 Coaching Hires for 2012

Missouri Valley Only in college basketball could 45 programs make coaching changes and only a handful of them be truly blockbuster. No moves at Arizona or Kentucky as in recent seasons. The biggest name to mo...

Pressure is on West Virginia, Northwestern

Missouri Valley Which team is under the most pressure in this final week of the regular season? Patrick Snow: I think the West Virginia Mountaineers are under a ton of pressure if they want to make a fifth co...

1 year ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball, John Shurna, Kevin Jones, Creighton Bluejays, Kentucky Wildcats, Northwestern Wildcats, Vanderbilt Commodores, West Virginia Mountaineers, Colonial, Missouri Valley, SEC

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