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Well, if we’ve learned anything from the first three months of college basketball, it’s that the human polls mean very, very little in one of the most wide-open college hoops seasons in recent memory.
At the end of a week in which the No. 1 team in the country, Duke, suffered a thrashing of historic proportions, Saturday saw third-ranked Syracuse drop an overtime stunner to unranked Villanova. It saw unranked Georgetown give fifth-ranked Louisville its stunning third straight loss. And it saw Kansas State get stunned at unranked Iowa State.
The UCLA basketball team is on a roll, showing hints of becoming special, so these days you get happy Ben Howland, the one who smiles and talks easily, even clapping his hands occasionally. "It's good to be winning," he... more »
During the 2000 Final Four, any potential appeal — present or otherwise — that Big Ten basketball could have held for me nearly died. Befitting the fact that it was played on April Fool’s Day, the game between Michigan... more »
Chane Behanan sat in the middle of the locker room with a huge black boot on his left foot. Russ Smith had an identical contraption on his right foot, courtesy of a similar and serious ankle injury sustained about a week or so... more »
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Top-ranked Duke's loss at NC State on Saturday created a court-storming for the ages and an opportunity for Michigan, which entered Sunday as the nation's only undefeated team and just a victory at Ohio State... more »
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