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THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL WEEKEND REPORTWHAT TO WATCH FOR WITH THE COUNTRY'S TOP-RANKED TEAMS ...THE SUPER BOWL XLVI COVERAGE ROLLS ON AS WE EXAMINE RECENT SB HISTORY (AND MORE!) By Jim Hurley: It sure does look like a veritable "who's who" in College Basketball when you check out the #1-thru-#4 teams in the land while heading into this final weekend of January but will any/all/some of 'em still be standing when we do finally get to this year's Final Four in New Orleans? Hey, there's an awful lot of hoops that must be played between now and then but let's take it one game at a time - isn't that what the coaches say? - and so let's take a few moments to delve into what's in store this very weekend for the top teams in the land: #1 KENTUCKY (20-1, 6-0 SEC) - at LSU, Saturday at 4 p.m. ET Hey, the bad news for the Bayou Bengals is that it is Kentucky and not an NBA team as John Calipari's guys keep rollin' along and did you realize that the UK Wildcats have won 12 games in a row since that hiccup at Indiana and the 'Cats have won eight of these dozen ... Read More... |
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National Basketball Association Game CapsulesPhiladelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Bobcats coach Paul Silas wasn't on the court Friday night to see his team lose a season-high seventh straight game. Ejected during a timeout, he missed the last 2 1/2 quarters of another bleak loss. Lou Williams scored 17 points, Jrue Holiday had 15 and the Philadelphia 76ers easily handled Charlotte, 89-72, leading wire-to-wire and by as many as 30 points. Silas was ejected as the game got out of hand, tossed after receiving two technical fouls during a timeout in the second quarter while his team trailed by 21. The Bobcats, who are an NBA-worst 3-17, continue to deal not only with the frustration of losing, but also with injuries to some of their best players. Gerald Henderson returned Friday from a one-game absence because of a bruised lower back, scoring seven, but D.J. Augustin missed his third straight game with a toe injury and D.J. White sat with a left knee contusion. continue... 1/28/2012 1:51:35 AM |
 CONFERENCE USA MAY GET FOUR TEAMS IN THE BIG DANCEWe wrap up this week's series on the mid majors in college basketball with a catch-all report that ties up any loose ends. We've looked at most of the leagues who have gone deep in recent Dances...and we've talked about a few that have a chance to go deep this year. We start today's report with the two most important conferences that haven't been in the mix yet. Conference USA Given Butler's great performances the past two seasons, it would have been reasonable to start with the Horizon and then move on to everyone else. But, frankly, Butler has fallen way back to earth this year and is very unlikely to make the Big Dance unless they win the conference tournament. In fact, you can only project one team right now from the Horizon to play in the tournament because nobody has a great resume. The conference tournament winner is in, probably nobody else. In fact, Joe Lunardi's Bracketology over at ESPN's website currently lists Cleveland State as the most likely representative...and pencils them in as a lowly 15th seed. Let's just dispense with the Horizon League right here. THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MATTER! If that changes, we'll let you know. That brings up Conference USA. Even though this league has mostly fallen off the map in recent years outside of the great Memphis runs before John Calipari moved to ... Read More... |
MIDNIGHT TRANSFER WINS SAN PEDRO... On Sunday at Santa Anita, MIDNIGHT TRANSFER resolutely wore down front runner GOT EVEN in the stretch to win the $82.500 San Pedro Stakes by a head. The race is certainly not in the pantheon of Kentucky Derby prep races and indeed MIDNIGHT TRANSFER, for all his promise, was garnering only his second career win from five lifetime starts. For a developing, just turned 3-year old, two wins might not be a major concern as it is very possible that the youngster is now coming into his own. And in fact, that might very well be the case. But this isn’t a youngster that broke his maiden first out and was then competitive against solid stakes opponents or even allowance rivals. MIDNIGHT TRANSFER needed four sprints to finally break his maiden, which he did in dominating fashion on opening day at Santa Anita. And in those four sprints he ran many different races…showing speed, tracking the pace and closing. The immaturity was there to see. So does his strong showing in the maiden breaker and another strong close in the 6 horse San Pedro indicate that the colt is finally figuring it out? At this point that is difficult to assess because his five races ... Read More... |