With the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class coming next summer, the consensus opinion was that it wouldn’t be until the 2012-13 season that we saw some real strides from Tom Crean’s Indiana Hoosiers. But after a 9-0 start to the season, culminating in Saturday’s incredible 73-72 upset of then No. 1 Kentucky at Assembly Hall last Saturday, [...]
When Harrison Barnes and John Henson decided to return for one more season in Chapel Hill, one could only salivate at the prospect of a Tar Heels team loaded with an impressive mix of transcendent talents in Barnes and Henson, and solid role players, such as point guard Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller. The possibilities seemed [...]
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No result during the Big Ten/ACC Challenge stood out quite like No. 4 Ohio State’s blowout victory over No. 2 Duke. Hardly tested aside from an impressive win over then No.8 Florida, Thad Matta’s bunch dominated the visiting Blue Devils for 40 minutes in what will go down as one of the more impressive performances [...]
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The Big Ten/ACC Challenge always featured a ton of marquee matchups. But up until last year, it had been a competition dominated by the Atlantic Coast Conference. That all changed when a host of Big Ten squads stepped up to the plate last year, with the 6-5 overall victory representing only the conference’s second in [...]
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Last weekend saw several top teams get their first real tests of the season. The results were all over the map, as some of this year’s favorites flourished over the week of Thanksgiving, while several others floundered to surprising early losses. No upset was larger than UNLV’s shocking dismantling of No. 1 North Carolina on [...]
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If you’re like many of us, you should have a little extra time to spend on the couch this Thanksgiving week. There will be plenty of college basketball at your disposal with a host of early season tournaments tipping off this week. Perhaps none of these tourneys have entertained quite like the Maui Invitational. With [...]
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Perhaps he didn’t want it to be, but Tuesday’s night was all about Mike Krzyzewski. The Duke head man became the winningest coach in division-1 men’s basketball history, winning his 903rd game to surpass his former mentor, Bob Knight. The win also came in encouraging fashion, as the Blue Devils responded after Saturday’s surprising nail [...]
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The battle between Michigan State and North Carolina was supposed to be the lead story last night. Instead, it was the Atlantic Sun’s Belmont that caused a stir, pushing No. 6 Duke to the limit before falling 77-76 in the first round of the Maui Invitational. While the Bruins may have grabbed some of the [...]
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