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RPI WATCH: 2/21/2011
Sunday night, it looked as if Duke would succumb to the same upset flu that previously infected Kansas, Ohio State, Pittsburgh and Texas last week. The Blue Devils trailed the visiting Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, who spent the first part of the game out-hustling and out-muscling the home team. And...
Future ACC Basketball Outlook: Will Donahue Ever Breakthrough In The ACC?
During BC basketball's first season in the ACC, led by a roster of three future NBAers, the Eagles won 11 regular season games and came within a bucket of upsetting Duke for the ACC Championship. Ever since that inaugural ACC season of 2005-06, the general trend line for the Eagles has been...
Mike Krzyzewski Ties Dean Smith in Total Wins
I suppose I should mention something about Mike Krzyzewski tying Dean Smith in career wins last night as Duke beat the mighty Elon. I don't really care all that much though, because Coach Smith never did. In fact, I firmly believe that if the 1997 season had ended with a few more losses –...
College Basketball 2010: The Naughty and Nice
With Christmas just around the corner, Santa is quite busy readying his reindeer, organizing his lists, and motivating his elves to work just a little harder, just a little faster. So in an effort to help the bearded one, I've taken the reindeer by the antlers, and put together a list of those who...
RPI WATCH: 12/09/2010
What should I do? Should I admit that Missouri made mistakes? Should I remind you that they’ve gone to overtime before? Should I give you a Georgetown history lesson? What should I do? Should I tell you how Mizzou actually won last night? "So, that went well." Should I really believe The...
Is an NBA championship more desirable than an NCAA basketball title?
I have seen several people comment that John Calipari's tweet that he will be at Kentucky next year, now supplemented by this Lexy audio where you can hear him say it in his own words, with his own voice, is essentially a deception. That's what you mean when you say you don't believe a person when...
Lay Low for a Few Days and the Entire Basketball Landscape Changes
Where to begin? The easiest place to start is Kentucky, who just had five players elect to leave early for the pros – junior Patrick Patterson and the four freshmen Wall, Bledsoe, Cousins and Orton. UNC has gone through this twice in recent years, but both times followed national...
Headlines: BC Coaching Decision Coming Today?
According to both the Boston Globe and the Herald, BC is set to name their new men's basketball head coach as early as later today. Both papers are reporting that Cornell's Steve Donahue is the favorite to take the top spot. NESN asks whether BC could successfully lure Butler coach Brad Stevens to...
BRACKET BLOG: National Championship
Tonight is the end of the road. For those of you who, like me, can't stand golf, major league baseball or the NBA playoffs, this is the last bright spot in the sporting world until August, which makes the next four months the longest in my personal sports calendar. I sure love March/April Madness,...
BRACKET BLOG: Final Four
We come to it at last: CBS' worst nightmare of a Final Four. Expect the network to over-hype Butler's return home, Tom Izzo's unlikeliest Final Four team yet, Duke's long-awaited (and long-overdue) return to the last weekend and perhaps Bob Huggins' last, best chance at an elusive national...
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