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All four of these highly regarded young big men (from l to r: Georgetown freshman Greg Monroe, Oklahoma sophomore Blake Grffin, Louisville freshman Samardo Samuels, and Pitt sophomore DeJuan Blair) led their respective teams to wins in last night's college basketball action. Continue after the jump for the recaps. More »
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Coach K and the Blues Devils took home the title in the 2K Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden. Duke was able to easily defeat Michigan 71-56, despite a 25 point performance by the Wolvernines' Manny Harris. The Blue Devils won all four of their games in the 2K Sports Classic by an average of 28.5 points, which just happens to match the dollar amount for which the devil purchased Coach K's soul. More »
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Just like Friday's slate of game, Saturday's left a lot to be desired in the way of "compelling storylines" or "competitiveness". (At least last night featured scrub teams with somewhat recognizable names.) In fact, of the six games to include top 25 teams, the closest contest was a 15-point win for your numero uno Tar Heels. But hell, we're here, you're here, let's stop messing around and recap the blowouts anyway. More »
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There's nothing more hilarious than these first few weekends of college basketball, when the proven stalwarts of the league get their toes wet and warm up those endorphins by taking on schools that no one outside of a 5-mile radius of the campus have ever heard of before. Stetson? Check. Farleigh Dickinson? Whatever you say. Guilford? Is that even a word? So, since most of last night's action lacked a certain "action", let's fill our word quota with some fun facts about the lesser-known schools! More »
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When this season began just four short months ago, all we heard was freshman-this, and freshman-that. Freshmen were supposed to carry several teams to the promised land. Some of them actually have performed at a level that justified the hype. Others started strong and then faded a bit down the stretch. Yet a third batch flew beneath our radar for one reason or another. The following list tracks fifteen freshmen and their places on that continuum. More »
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]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=362826&view=rss&microfeed=true I remember seeing who won this Georgetown-Marquette game on TV, but I don't really recall who it was, and more to the point, that's not important right now. While this clip of the final 40 seconds is mind-fondling thrilling, notice how long the clip actually is. Ten minutes long. We were so fortunate that this drawn out final minute was actually good, because normally it's an eight-point lead that takes 10 minutes to conclude. More »
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]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=357982&view=rss&microfeed=true I've had a couple of chances to watch Stanford play this past week, as they picked up a split on their road trip through the cactus fields of Arizona. You may know that the Cardinal often put a pair of twins on the court who go by the names Brook and Robin Lopez. When the two seven-footers are on the court together, they wreak havoc on opposing big men. It struck me as comical every time some poor guy would get caught between the brothers, swiveling his head and trying to figure out which guy was going to end up with the ball - the mop-top or the suede-head. In fact, it kind of reminded me of the above video. More »
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Take that, teabaggers: St. Mary's proved its Top 25 mettle by jizz-bombing the San Francisco Fightin' Whatevertheyarecalleds, 76-51. Yusef Smith scored 15 points off the bench for St. Mary's. Eddie Sutton apparently had an accident on the sidelines and is still trying to adjust to a more provincial life that forbids him from hopping in his car with a bottle of Wild Turkey and trying to see how many mailboxes he can run over. More »
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