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Butler Bulldog And Georgetown Bulldog Hang Out, Pant Heavily Together
Blue III and Jack the Bulldog met on Georgetown's campus the day before Saturday's Butler-Georgetown men's basketball game, and if you like bulldogs, this is the video for you....

Oregon Basketball Coach Says He's Victim Of ASU Student Saliva Attack
Oregon assistant basketball coach Brian Fish and athletic trainer Clay Jamieson were reportedly spit on by an Arizona State student after the Ducks' loss to the Sun Devils Saturday night, prompting the Oregon basketball staff to call out Arizona State's unique court layout....

"Go Back To Africa" Twitter Rumor Becomes Marcus Smart Story Canon
In the overnight hours after Marcus Smart shoved a fan in Lubbock at the end of Saturday's Oklahoma State-Texas Tech game, speculation ran wild about what might have provoked the Cowboys superstar guard to react in such a way. By morning, the narrative had been forged: Red Raiders superfan Jeff Or...

Jayhawks' Frank Mason Earns The Easiest Ankle-Breaker
Sometimes, the lowlight is more impressive than the highlight. Frank Mason's crossover wasn't that abrupt, but West Virginia's Gary Browne still ended up on the floor. Never mind that Mason loses his handle a split-second before pulling off the move, because Brown still turns into a sack of potatoes...

Oklahoma State Star Marcus Smart Shoves Opposing Fan In Texas Tech Loss
One of college basketball's top players is in hot water after shoving a Texas Tech superfan late in Oklahoma State's loss to Texas Tech in Lubbock....

The End Of Weber State-Sacramento State Was Just Absurd
College basketball already had a hell of a showing Saturday with top-ranked Arizona losing on a last-second shot and Duke forcing overtime against Syracuse with a buzzer-beater, but there was another crazy finish yesterday that didn't feature two perennial programs....

Duke Forces Overtime At Syracuse In Wild End Of Regulation
The final 25 seconds of this game were pretty nuts. Duke seemingly pissed the game away with a turnover under the basket, down one. After Syracuse made two free throws, Duke took the ball back with 4.6 seconds left, down three. Rasheed Sulaimon drilled a streaking, desperation three at the buzzer. ...

Doug McDermott Hits Game-Winner From 25 Feet Out
Doug McDermott, Creighton's do-it-all forward, dropped 39 points on 15-26 shooting against St. John's last night, and none were sweeter than his last three. ...

Mississippi State Coach Apologizes For Cursing Out Marshall Henderson
Cameras caught Mississippi State head coach Rick Ray saying what looked like "fuck you" to Marshall Henderson last night. Today, Ray posted an apology on Instagram. (Why Instagram?) ...

Mississippi State Coach Is Not Happy With Marshall Henderson
Did he say "fuck you"? It looks like he said "fuck you." Ole Miss soundly beat intra-state rival Mississippi State by 19 today and Marshall Henderson did what Marshall Henderson does: pissed the shit out of everyone. It looks like he even got under the skin of Miss. St. head coach Rick Ray at the ve...

Markel Brown Makes Steal, Unleashes 360 Dunk On West Virginia
We featured Oklahoma State's Markel Brown in these parts a week ago, but here's a more positive highlight. Here's the senior Cowboys wing man executing the turnover on West Virginia today in Stillwater and then bringing a Gallagher-Iba Arena crowd to its feet with a 360 dunk to top it off....

A University Goes To Court To Keep A Player Off The Team
A college basketball player is charged with sexual abuse. The charges are dropped, but his university kicks him off the team. A judge orders him reinstated, and now the state supreme court will hear the case. There is a fascinating story playing out at Iowa State, one with no easy answers, but that ...

The Forgotten Little Big Man Of College Basketball
The Wooden Award released its midseason top 25 on Wednesday. It's simply a promotional tool for the award, presumably listing the 25 best players in college basketball to this point in the season. Nothing is binding about it: Players excluded from the list are still eligible to win the honor....

Map: Which States Produce The Most College Basketball Recruits?
Mode Analytics, which previously mapped out where college football players are from, has turned its attention to the much more timely sport of college basketball. The map above shows which states have produced the most current D1 players, relative to their college-age male populations....

How Creighton Created The Craziest, Deadliest Offense In The Country
The box score from last night's Creighton-Villanova game—a game that ended with Creighton upsetting the No. 4 team in the country behind 21 made three-pointers—looks like a fluke. No team is supposed to heave 35 three-pointers in 40 minutes, let alone connect on 60 percent of them, right? Wrong. The...

Keifer Sykes Is 5-Foot-11 And A Dunking Maestro
Green Bay guard Keifer Sykes may only be 5-foot-11, but his height does absolutely nothing to prevent him from throwing down ridiculous dunks. ...

UConn Coach Kevin Ollie Flips His Shit After Uncalled Foul
UConn coach Kevin Ollie was pissed when the officiating crew missed a rather obvious foul by Louisville's Wayne Blackshear on Niels Giffey during Saturday's game. Even though Ollie's anger was justified, he was quickly hit with two technical fouls and ejected from the game....

Ken Pomeroy has kicked off his 2014 player of the year watch list, a quantitative ranking based on a "player's value to his team in combination with his team's strength." Doug McDermott (Creighton) holds the top spot for now, followed by Lamar Patterson (Pittsburgh), and Nick Johnson (Arizona). [Ken...

Arkansas Upsets Kentucky With Overtime Tip-Slam Buzzer Beater
After allowing a three-pointer to tie the game in regulation and another to tie it late in overtime, Arkansas bounced back when Michael Qualls tip-slammed the winning basket with 0.2 seconds remaining....
