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Your College Basketball Open Thread
Enjoy the sparse menu of college ball this afternoon if watching cars go 'round and 'round is not your thing....

Minnesota Man Videotapes Girls High School Basketball Games, Masturbates And Perpetuates Creepy Stereotypes
Richard Querna "likes to film the ones with talent." But what does he mean by talent? "When [Mankato policeman Dale Stoltman] asked if Querna likes to film the ones that are good looking, the man "acknowledged that might be true." Ah....

Your College Basketball Open Thread
Here is your open thread for a full day of college basketball. Photo via....

Marquette Coach Buzz Williams Flirted With Death By Dancing In Front Of WVU Students After Last Night's Win
Given that Morgantown is a place where they murder people with bows and arrows, Marquette head basketball coach Buzz Williams probably wasn't smart when he decided to dance a solo tango on the WVU court after the Golden Eagles' 61-60 win over the Mountaineers last night. (It didn't help that he w...
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Green Bay Beat Loyola On A Last-Second Overtime Three-Pointer, Then Tackled The Ref [UPDATE]
A rumble-tumble Horizon League matchup between Green Bay and Loyola-Chicago ended with a Kam Cerroni three-pointer as time elapsed in overtime, launching an explosion off the Phoenix bench in which a referee took a nasty fall....

Hurry Up, Harbaugh. That Water Isn't Going To Pour Itself.
Your morning roundup for Feb. 23. Photo of Jim Harbaugh, in Indiana for the NFL scouting combine and moonlighting as team manager for brother-in-law Tom Crean's Hoosiers, via Larry Brown Sports. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

The Best And Worst Of Women's Hoops, In One Insane Crossover
Chloe Rothman is a freshman point guard for the D2 Merrimack Warriors, and at a recent game, broke 40 percent of the opposing team's ankles with one ridiculous crossover. Great move, poor defensive spacing. Sadly, the wide-open layup attempt with the 5-on-3 advantage was not successful. [via Barst...

Glory Days: I Was Paul Pierce's Nightmare (In A Game We Lost By 58 Points)
Sports greatness takes place all the time, all over the country. Sometimes, as with our own Tommy Craggs, those moments of triumph are preserved forever, even if it's on a crappy videotape that's been forgotten about and no one's watched it for years. In this occasional series, we'll show the vid...

Help Us Identify These Hundred-Year-Old Sports Photos
A reader named Sam sent along some wonderful old photos, taken more than a century ago, of what appear to be local sports teams. Sam says the photos were in the possession of his late grandmother, but they have no provenance beyond that....

This Seton Hall Fan's Likely To Regret His Attempt At Court-Storming
Seton Hall upset Georgetown 73-55 tonight, and while most of the students who tried to celebrate in the traditional court-storming manner were prevented from doing so, one fan got through the wall of security and onto the court....

And Along Came A Rapper Named B-Slim To Seize The Mantle Of Shame From Sad Jayhawk
When the calendar struck March 27, 2011, and the University of Kansas Jayhawks fell to the VCU Rams, a CBS cameraman ensured that Matt Rissien would thenforth be known as Sad Jayhawk....

Shabazz Napier Downed Villanova With This Buzzer-Beating 30-Footer In Overtime
After a game marked by ineptitude by both teams (especially in the waning moments of regulation) UConn guard Shabazz Napier shocked the home Villanova crowd with this extra-long-range game-winning three-pointer. The best part, of course, is that it gave us an "ONIONS!" from Bill Raftery. [ESPN]...

The Worst College Basketball In America Is Played In The State Of Rhode Island
The nation's smallest state is home to four Division I men's basketball programs. As of right now, all four are in last place in their respective conferences: Brown is 1-9 in the Ivy, Bryant is 1-15 in the Northeast Conference, Providence is 2-13 in the Big East, and Rhode Island is 2-11 in the Atla...

The CBA All-Star Game Featured The Worst Sequence Of Professional Basketball Ever
The Chinese Basketball Association All-Star Weekend just passed, and featured the same things you'd expect from such an event: a rising stars game, slam dunk contest, three-point competition, and a half-heartedly played All-Star Game....

Mike Tomlin: Not A Fan Of Cameras
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin dropped by Lexington yesterday to check out the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats' SEC match against Ole Miss as a guest of UK head coach John Calipari, a Pittsburgh-area native....

Watch The Final Minutes Of The Game That Inspired <i>Hoosiers</i>, Real-Life Jimmy Chitwood Interview
The Indiana High School Athletic Association recently made this rare footage of the final minutes of the 1954 State Championship game that inspired the classic film Hoosiers available—though you'll have to go to IHSAA's site to see the final seconds. Milan High, with an enrollment of 162 students,...

Your Bracket Buster Weekend Open Thread
College sports sure do love giving names to things. "Rivalry week", "bracket buster weekend", "improper benefits," I could go on, but lets just chat about the games down in the comments, huh?...

The Best Basketball Story Of The Year Has Nothing To Do With Jeremy Lin
This story may be a week old, but it's a good one. Cory Weissman is a senior at Gettysburg College (Division III) who hadn't stepped foot on a basketball court since suffering a stroke during an off-season workout as a freshman that left him "fully paralyzed on the left side of his body." Prior to...

1990 Basement Basketball Highlight Reel Is A Thing Of Brilliance
This video is ancient, in internet years. But we hadn't seen it, and neither had Videogum, and they've seen everything. But it's making the rounds, so we'd be remiss in not brightening up a slow Friday....

A Panda And A Shrieking Monkey Are Stalking Bob Knight, As They Should Be
Your morning roundup for Feb. 17. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. ...