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Funny. At first I was going to blog about what a shame it was that two of college hoops best players — Patty Mills and Stephen Curry — and their teasm, St. Mary’s and Davidson, respectively, two of the best teams in college basketball all season long, were being forced to play in a [...]

But barely. If an ETSU squad that’s usually pretty good from the line had done better than going 12-or-24, we might’ve had the first-ever upset by a 16-seed. Instead, we’ve got another humdrum win by the top seed.
Who knows… Perhaps an inspired Morehead State comes out and slays Louisville tonight. It’s not [...]

With top seed Pitt clinging to a 26-23 halftime lead, we can officially ask whether the ETSU Buccaneers can become the first 16th seed to win a first round game.

It’s clear that in slashing wing Kevin Tiggs, quick guards Mike Smith and Isiah Brown, the Buccs have the quickness and athleticism to hang with the [...]

Watching the play-in… err I mean “opening round” game between Morehead State and Alabama State, I’ve been seething ever since that greasy douchebag Steve Lavin said, “The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee nailed it this season.” To his mind, those of the former BCS league players and coaches that comprise 99% of college hoops talking [...]

Cleveland State, the Notes From A Basketball Junkie pick to win the Horizon.

The Vikings, a team I barely knew when the season began, but came to know and love the way a dog owner might come love to a mutt that looks downright ugly to everyone else, emerged bloodied, but unbowed, beating Butler on the [...]

Even though Butler, barring a major meltdown by the selection committee, is already in the Big Dance, I get the sense they really want to win the Horizon League title on their homecourt, historic and eminently atmospheric Hinkle Fieldhouse. Yet, they just can’t shake Cleveland State.
The Bulldogs’ superlative forward Matt Howard just picked up [...]

Gonzaga’s doing a demo job on St. Mary’s, as they’re up 68-45 on the Gaels with a bit more than seven minutes left to play in Vegas. The Gaels have shot so poorly, I doubt that could throw the rock into a casino. It’s too bad since this was a game that lots [...]

alternated between wild and brilliant for the first 26 (or so) minutes, but I can guarantee one thing: no BCS league team wants any part of Siena or Niagara come next Thursday and Friday.
Siena’s up 46-43 right now and this game looks destined for a frenetic and memorable finish.

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Whenever I watch Cleveland State play hoop, I can’t think of a basketball analogy for the withering, grind you down way the Vikes hoop, but I can think of a boxing one. Cleveland State is the Julio Cesar Chavez of college basketball. Every game I’ve seen this season is like a hardwood equivalent [...]

Morehead State frosh forward Steve Peterson, who averages less than 2 PPG and had yet to score in the game, stepped off the bench with seconds left to play in the second overtime of the OVC title game. All he did was calmly take a pass from Eagles’ point guard Brandon Shingles on the [...]

Don’t know if it was going in or not, but Kenneth Faried blocked a Wes Channels’ triple at the end of the first overtime to preserve a 63-63 tie. They’re playing five more minutes to decide who the OVC champ is, which is just one more reason the Govs vs Eagles is game of [...]

Morehead State’s Kenneth Faried just threw down an alley oop slam off a beautiful dime from Brandon Shingles to put the Eagles up 57-55 with 6.7 seconds left to play. Faried climbed — and I mean climbed! — to grab the lob and throw it down.
I don’t like to pick favorites, but [...]

Coming down to the wire in Nashville, as Morehead State has battled back from several deficits all game to tie Austin Peay at 55 with about a buck and a half left to play. In rugged and cerebral sophomore forward Kenneth Faried, Donnie Tyndall has a superstar in the making. How the fuck [...]

If you’re watching the hyperkinetic Big South tourney finale between Radford and Virginia Military Institute like I am, I’d have say that, yes, you absolutely can.
The Highlanders are up 50-46 at the half, but the Keydets’ Austin Kenon has been the best player on the floor, dropping 24 first half points on Radford, and getting [...]

The Big Picture: Bulls waste a great opportunity to cement lead in MAC East by blowing layups, missing freebies, and committing needless fouls on offense down the stretch. The end result was a 62-57 loss to Akron that allowed the Zips to catch the Bulls atop the MAC East with a 9-4 league [...]

A 9-0 burst by Rodney Pierce has helped the Bulls close the gap to five points, 30-25, at the half.
Given that Pierce was en fuego like a bowl of phaal the half came at a bad time for Buffalo. However, the fact is that Buffalo (probably) can’t win beat the Zips if Hot Rod [...]

Another rough shooting night, combined with a complete lack of concentration on offense that has led to 10 turnovers, has Buffalo trailing Akron 30-22 with about 90 seconds left to play in the first half.
Simply put, the Bulls need to win this one.
Let’s see what happens in the second half.

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Mills has a sprained right wrist (his shooting hand) and almost certainly won’t be able to return to the game tonight. St. Mary’s is going to have grind this one out on the road if they’re going to win. Expect a healthy dose of Diamon Simpson and Omar Samhan during the second half.

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St. Mary’s has a 39-33 lead over the Bulldogs in this scrap between nationally-ranked West Coast Conference and college hoops heavyweights. Simply put, this has been one of the best halves of college hoops played this season. Between the frenzied Kennel crowd, and the superstars from both teams having great games — The [...]

Miami’s vaunted defense. UB has shredded it for 43 first half points to take a commanding 43-25 lead at the half. On the season, the Redhawks are allowing 59 points per game. The Bulls will easily surpass that.
Certainly looks like there’s a new sheriff in the MAC this season.

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That we’re saved from yet another San Antonio Spurs appearance in the NBA Finals but the Lakers’ mammoth comeback in game one of the Western Conference finals is a giant leap in the right direction. Like usual, Kobe was the man, carrying Los Angeles to the 89-85 dubbya but, as has become the norm [...]

Just might’ve been the play the Spurs just ran off the telly timeout that came with the game knotted at 81. Whether designed or not, any play that ends with Tim Duncan passing from the left elbow of the key to Tony Parker underneath the hoop is bizarre.
No wonder the Spurs are [...]

They’ve climbed all the way back from a 20-point second half deficit to knot game one of the Western Conference finals with the Spurs at 81 with 3:11 left to play. With the best closer in the NBA, Kobe Bryant, having another monster game and reliable third/second banana Lamar Odom getting going, I think [...]

With NBA refs and the playoffs? Does the league pay them some sort of incentive for whistling phantom fouls or officiating in a manner that’s as inconsistent as dude loaded on Tequila driving a jet ski?
LA’s Rony Turiaf may be a hack but he’s just got called for two fouls against Tim Duncan on [...]

The Lakers saving us from an NBA Finals that would be duller than a weekend in Salt Lake and uglier than Katherine Harris without makeup — incredibly enough, I’m certain she’s even more hideous when not covered in CVS cosmetics than with — since Los Angeles is trailing San Antonio 68-61 with a bit more [...]