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Duke Fan Writes Unbearably Condescending Letter After Being Harassed At Duke-Miami Game
This letter, written for the Duke Chronicle by a former Duke undergraduate and current Miami graduate student about her experience at the Duke-Miami game, is a perfect storm of insufferable behavior....

Who Is This Marshall Henderson Guy? Your Guide To College Basketball's Most Entertaining Gunner
You may not know it yet, but Marshall Henderson of Ole Miss is the most entertaining player in college basketball. Here's everything you need to know about him....

Northern Illinois Set Multiple Records For Offensive Futility, But You Wouldn't Know It From The Student Recap
Northern Illinois had a rough go of things yesterday. After a lay-up one minute into the game, the Huskies failed to record another field goal for 24 minutes and 33 seconds. They scored only four points in the first half (a record), shot 13.1% from the field for the game (a record), and went 1-33 f...

There Was A Bat Delay During The Providence-Marquette Game
And now, some Shameful Moments In Bat-Killing History, courtesy of the bat in the Bradley Center during the Providence-Marquette Game:...

Georgetown Beats Louisville In Game That Was 24 Seconds Longer Than Regulation And Came Down To The Final Possession
Fifth-ranked Louisville dropped its third consecutive game today to Georgetown in what was a one-possession struggle for the final six minutes of action. Those final six minutes, strangely, were actually a bit more than that; the clock inexplicably stopped at 6:07 and stayed that way for 24.37 sec...

Villanova Upsets Third-Ranked Syracuse Because Syracuse Was Stupid
A Ryan Arcidiacono three-pointer with seconds remaining in regulation forced overtime in Philadelphia, an opportunity of which the Villanova Wildcats took advantage in shocking Syracuse with a 75-71 victory....

Former Duke Center Brian Zoubek Owns And Operates A Cream Puff Store Called "Dream Puffz"
I think the headline is pretty self-explanatory, but here you go:...

The Most Recent Fainting Spell Over Shabazz Muhammad Distills NCAA Compliance To Its Idiotic Essence
Shabazz Muhammad spent the first three games of UCLA's season—and his college career—sitting on the bench while the NCAA deliberated on whether he'd committed a minor infraction that he'd specifically been advised not to worry about when he committed it. When he was finally reinstated, he got back ...
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Here's A Photo Of Dick Vitale And The Schwab Out Clubbing In South Beach [UPDATED]
The reader who sent this to us (click to enlarge) said it was taken at the Fontainebleau in Miami, sometime Wednesday night, sometime after Dickie V.'s Dookies got thumped by the Hurricanes. We haven't been able to verify any of that, but we think the image speaks for itself. [Update (7:10 p.m.): Th...

Jerome Lane's Backboard-Smashing Dunk Was 25 Years Ago Today
Like any other 12-year-old in Western Pennsylvania whose favorite television program was any game involving any teams from The Old Big East, I was captivated by Pitt basketball in 1988. But the biggest memory—and biggest regret—I have of Jerome Lane’s dunk is that I missed watching it live....

Even Steve Donahue Can't Believe How Far The Boston College-Maryland Rivalry Has Fallen
There was a time—and it really wasn't that long ago—that a men's basketball meeting of Boston College and Maryland meant two top-ranked teams facing off in a bitter battle for ACC supremacy. My, oh, my, how things have changed. While last night's bout still earned national broadcast on ESPNU, the s...

Four Butler Bros Struggled In Their Attempts To Coordinate A Group High Five Last Night
Butler tapped into the seemly-bottomless pool of Hinkle Fieldhouse magic last night to shock Gonzaga with a one-point upset before a national ESPN audience and the College GameDay set. With two national championship game appearances in a row, you'd think Butler fans would have celebration down pat...

Butler Beats Gonzaga Thanks To A Miraculous Final Four Seconds
After a traveling call ended what should have been Butler's last chance to overcome a one-point deficit at Hinkle Fieldhouse against eighth-ranked Gonzaga, a turnover with 3.5 seconds remaining led to an off-balance Roosevelt Jones shot that found the basket and delivered Butler's Bulldogs a 64-63...

Shaq Has Become A Titan Of Business
The NCAA is having its annual convention in Grapevine, Texas, and the highlight of yesterday's program was NCAA President Mark Emmert sitting down with Shaquille O'Neal. Shaq's always ripe for a few quotes (he thinks a "three-and-done" system is ideal for college basketball players), but the good st...

Ole Miss's Marshall Henderson Saves The Day With A 35-Foot Buzzer-Beater
Ole Miss's Marshall Henderson, who's on his fourth school in four years, has a pregame routine. After the shootaround, he sets up at half-court and chucks up a few. Before Monday's game at Vanderbilt, he nailed six or seven in a row. When it came down to a 35-foot buzzer-beater to save the Rebels'...

That's One Brave Tennessee Fan
The Volunteers marched into Rupp Arena last night, trying to steal their first SEC win of the season off an inconsistent Kentucky Wildcats squad. It didn't work, though those same UK inconsistencies allowed Tennessee to make it a game, with the Wildcats holding them off to the tune of a 75-65 win. ...

During Bar Fight, Wyoming Basketball Player Allegedly Kicked Unconscious Man In Face "Like It Was A Football"
On Dec. 31, when news emerged that Wyoming senior guard Luke Martinez—the second-leading scorer on a team that was still undefeated at the time—had broken his hand, the injury was reported as having happened during an "off-campus incident." Yesterday, the Cowboys announced that coach Larry Shyatt wa...

Is This The Worst Division I College Basketball Team Of All Time?
See that video up there? That's two-plus minutes of highlights from Cleveland State's 92-49 victory over Grambling State on Nov. 9. Put another way: It's two-plus minutes of lowlights from the first game of what's shaping up to be the worst Division I college basketball season in history. ...

Iowa Basketball Player Throws Shoe, Nearly Decapitates Own Coach
Iowa's offense is dangerous. The Hawkeyes' Aaron White wasn't trying to plunk head coach Fran McCaffery after Northwestern's Alex Marcotullio lost his shoe during the second half yesterday. White was actually trying to get the shoe off the floor as quickly as possible so Iowa could continue to run i...

N.C. State Upset Duke Yesterday On The Strength Of This <i>Braveheart</i>-Inspired Speech (Probably)
I'll be honest, I watched this thinking it would be stupid and boring and not worth watching. But you know what? It's kind of fun. And let's be honest, these guys are the red-headed stepchildren of Carolina, they deserve a little moment in the sun. So here's a little Braveheart-themed pep rally be...