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Stephen Curry Breaks Blogger's Heart
Stephen Curry will forgo his senior season at Davidson and enter the NBA Draft, raining tears all over the Southern Conference—and also breaking a special promise he made to one little blogger....
John Calipari Continues His Dismantling Of Memphis
It was bad enough when John Calipari's daughter decided to follow her dad to the University of Kentucky, but it looks like Memphis isn't going to get to keep any of his players either....
No One Wants To Coach At Arizona (UPDATE)
Dan Wetzel is now reporting that Sean Miller changed his mind and will take the job. I guess this post convinced him....
Tim Floyd To NOT Take Over Arizona
Reports say that the former Idaho/New Orleans/Iowa State/Chicago/New Orleans (again!)/USC coach will become the permanent replacement to Lute Olson at Arizona. Will his seed finally find its purchase? UPDATE: He turned them down. [KTAR]...
Look At That: John Calipari Is At Kentucky
John Calipari is the new coach of the Kentucky Wildcats and he's going right to work. Step One: Managing expectations....
Calipari Watch, Day 2: Pretty Blonde Reporter Is Latest Victim Of The Madness
A Deadpsin operative checked into "Door Watch '09" last night to find that the Memphis Athletic Department had been replaced by an adorable blonde reporter. You can imagine how the comment horde dealt with that....
John Calipari Is Walking Through That Door (Maybe)
A local Memphis TV station has set up a live web feed of a camera trained on the door to the Memphis Athletic Department offices. It is riveting....
Should John Calipari Sell His Soul To Kentucky?
ESPN is reporting that Memphis coach John Calipari met with Kentucky officials at an "undisclosed location" on Sunday and is mulling a "mega mega" offer to jump ship and lead the Wildcats....
Get Away From Me, Alan Cutler
There are still reverberations from yesterday's Billy Gillispie firing, but there's nothing more telling about the misguided lunacy that is UK basketball than watching a television reporter chase Gillispie through the Joe Craft center....
NCAA Sweet 16: (1) Louisville vs. (12) Arizona
Midwest Region: No. 1 Louisville (30-5) vs. No. 12 Arizona (21-13) When: Friday, 7:07 p.m., EDT Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana LOUISVILLE CARDINALS 1) Introducing T-Will Terrence Williams, better known as T-Will, is as exciting and athletic as any player entering the dance. He is ...
NCAA Sweet 16: (2) Duke vs. (3) Villanova
East Region: No. 2 Duke (30-6) vs. No. 3 Villanova (28-7) When: Thursday, 9:57 p.m., EDT Where: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts DUKE BLUE DEVILS 1) Zoooooooooooubek Anyone who watched Villanova pound UCLA into frightened little schoolgirls knows that the key to this weekend's matchup is...
Billy Gillispie Just Not Fitting In At Kentucky
Kentucky got bounced from the NIT after missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 18 years, and now the Wildcats need to find the most polite way to tell their coach to scram....
Round Two...Fight!
After the 48-hour basketball bender that is the first round of the NCAA tournament, a single game to start off the 2nd round is just what the doctor ordered. UCLA-Villanova starts the fun at 1:05PM....
NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (5) Utah Vs. (12) Arizona
Your live blogger for this game will be Alex Resch, who contributed to KFFL. He is from Delaware and therefore is not betting on this game....
NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (2) Duke Vs. (15) Binghamton
Your live blogger for this game will be Duke student Jeff Lieberman who, unlike his basketball classmates, did not whine or pay me off in any way to get this gig....
NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (3) Villanova Vs. (14) American
Your live blogger for this game will be Greg Dietz, a perky contributor known as "GreggyD" at The700Level....
NCAA First Round: (5) Utah vs. (12) Arizona
Midwest Region: No. 5 Utah (24-9) vs. No. 12 Arizona (19-13) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m., EDT Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida UTAH UTES 1) Fun Facts The men's basketball team won the NCAA title in 1944 and the NIT crown in 1947. Arnie Ferrin, the only four-time All-American in Utah bask...
NCAA First Round: (2) Duke vs. (15) Binghamton
East Region: No. 2 Duke (28-6) vs. No. 15 Binghamton (23-8) When: Thursday, 9:40 p.m., EDT Where: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina DUKE BLUE DEVILS 1) ELL-E-UT Elliot Williams has changed the entire makeup of this team. When he was the 12th man, this team was a slow, low scoring tea...
NCAA First Round: (3) Villanova vs. (14) American
East Region: No. 3 Villanova (26-7) vs. No. 14 American (24-7) When: Thursday, 7:20 p.m., EDT Where: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania VILLANOVA WILDCATS 1) Home Sweet Home Villanova plays most of their home games at The Pavilion. The 6,500 seat arena is located just outside Philadelphia...
A Little International Tarnish On Binghamton's One Shining Moment
The assault case against Serbian national basketball player Miladin Kovacevic continued its inexorable slide toward absurdity today, further tarnishing the name of Binghamton University, which should be basking in the NCAA Tournament glow right now....