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Kentucky Survives Double-Overtime Scare From Texas A&M
For the second conference game in a row, number one ranked and previously unbeatable-looking Kentucky was taken to overtime by an unheralded opponent, this time Texas A&M. Perhaps the SEC is tougher than we thought?...

North Carolina Knocks Off Fifth-Ranked Louisville On Acrobatic Layup
Nineteenth-ranked North Carolina defeated fifth-ranked Louisville in this wild finish in the Dean Dome. UNC's Marcus Page made an acrobatic layup to take the lead, but fell into the stanchion and photographers, forcing his team to play defense 4-5 for the final 8.5 seconds of the game. But Louisvi...

CSU-Air Force Rivalry Leads To Brawl, Punch, Headlock, Ejection
Colorado State and Air Force have long held a bitter MWC rivalry, and it came to a head early in the second half today in Colorado Springs as a loose ball led to a headlock, spine punch, three technical fouls, and an ejection....

ACC Fires Karl Hess, College Basketball's Joey Crawford
You may not immediately recognize the name Karl Hess—though if you're an ACC fan you probably do—but if you've watched a college basketball game where a referee pulled some look-at-me funny business while misapplying the rules, there's a good chance it was Hess. There was the time he ejected Tom Gug...

What Are The Odds That Duke, Not Kentucky, Is The Last Unbeaten?
A staple of early January college hoops coverage is speculating whether any of the remaining unbeaten teams can finish the regular season without losing. The correct answer is always "probably not", but over time a team like a Wichita State or Saint Joseph's will make you regret your "probably not" ...

Injured St. Bonaventure Coach Eats It In Handshake Line
St. Bonaventure head coach Mark Schmidt tore his achilles a few weeks back, and has been wheeling around on a tricycle scooter ever since. That turned ugly for him tonight after the Bonnies' 69-55 win over UMass, when he completely wiped out. Get well soon, coach!...

Jerian Grant Flies Through The Sky And Dunks Like A Goddamn Eagle
This is senior Notre Dame guard Jerian Grant doing one of the meanest things you're going to see in this world or the next against Georgia Tech victim Tadric Jackson. Poor Tadric....

Junior College Alley-Oop Is NBA-Worthy
Junior college basketball is occasionally home to a few highlight reel-worthy plays, like this one featuring Palm Beach State College at today's Daytona State Classic. Here's Ivan Canete, Bobby Conley and Jarrel Marshall teaming up for a wild alley-oop that really should have been witnessed by more ...

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Jim Boeheim Is Talking Shit About His Own Players Again
Syracuse whomped Colgate last night, and a grumpy Jim Boeheim fell back on his favorite schtick during his postgame press conference: letting everyone know that his players are not good enough to be considered lottery picks....

Did Vanderbilt Try To Kill An Ex-Hoops Player's Tell-All Book?
They were supposed to celebrate that night. It was mid-August, and Kyle Fuller, Eric Schulman, and Jerry Castro were all together in Nashville. The Tennessean had posted an article about their book project, a Kickstarter-funded look at Fuller's life as a Vanderbilt basketball player and student ...

North Florida Loses Because They Dunked During Pregame Warmups
Tennessee Tech beat the University of North Florida 82-80 in college basketball tonight, in a non-conference matchup of two NCAA Division I schools that you have probably never heard of. But how the North Florida Ospreys lost was really quite brutal, as bad as you'll see in college basketball this s...

Wofford Upsets N.C. State After Wiped-Away Buzzer-Beater
The Wofford Terriers beat North Carolina State today for the first time in 80 years after a buzzer-beater from Trevor Lacey was wiped off the board following video review....

Streamers Return To The Palestra For The First Time In Years
Fans of Temple and La Salle's basketball teams renewed a Palestra tradition today, as they threw streamers onto the court after each team's first made basket. ...

Portland State Player Fakes Handshake, Steals Ball, Dunks
Portland was up by 14 against Portland State as the game wound down Wednesday. As Portland's Alec Wintering dribbled out the clock, Portland State's Bryce White came up for a handshake. Just kidding! White stole the ball and made a meaningless dunk. Suck it, Portland! Now you only beat Portland Stat...

Another Referee Knocked Out Of Game Due To Tip Injury
Just days after Rick Crawford's terrifying collapse after being elbowed during the opening tip of La Salle-Vanderbilt, another college basketball referee has had to leave the game due to jump ball-related injury....

UVA-Maryland Basketball Game Site Of Protest And "No Means No" Chants
A lot was going in College Park, Maryland, tonight, where the Maryland men's basketball team lost 76-65 to former-ACC rival University of Virginia in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge. A group of students held a die-in outside of the XFINITY Center to protest the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, an...

This Will Probably Be The Slowest College Basketball Season Ever Played
You can't make many sweeping judgments early in the season, but one thing is nearly certain at this point: This will be the slowest-paced season that college hoops has seen. If it is, we're in for some really dire basketball this winter. ...

Southern Utah Gets First Win Of Season On Buzzer-Beater
You want a Big Sky basketball highlight? Oh, we've got a fucking Big Sky basketball highlight. The Thunderbirds' A.J. Hess had a decent look at the buzzer, and sank a long three to give Southern Utah the 93-92 win over the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners....
