Coming into the 2010-2011 season, the Kansas Jayhawks were considered one of the most talented and deepest teams in the country.  While the talent's been evident all year long in compiling a 23-1 record, KU faithful has seen mediocre play from coach Bill Self's stable of reserves. Aside from reliable senior guard Brady Morningstar and energetic sophomore big Thomas Robinson, the Jayhawks haven't received much production from their ballyhooed bench performers.  Until last night, that is. In ...

It is the most storied rivalry in college sports: UNC vs. Duke. I have personally seen many of the games on television, but there was a lot more history written before I was ever born. This rivalry goes beyond Roy Williams, Mike Krzyzewski and Dean Smith. The Duke-North Carolina rivalry started around the time basketball was born in the Carolinas. When basketball was introduced at colleges in the state of North Carolina, it got off to a ...

Just a month ago, the ticker tape fell and Auburn players thrust their arms up into the air with index fingers extended as high as they could. Auburn was No.1. What a difference a few days make. Instead of getting to bask in the glow of a championship for the offseason, Auburn has already been relegated back to second fiddle status behind Alabama, once again. Just when Auburn hoped they could parlay that champion into a rare victory ...

Dana Altman knew he had a rebuilding job when he came to Eugene as the Oregon men's basketball head coach. And this season has been filled with its frustrations, for sure. Coming up short against No. 8 Missouri in early December was disappointing. Losing six games in a row, which included the Ducks first four Pac-10 games, was trying. But Oregon seems to have turned a corner. Suddenly a team that opened the Pac-10 season 0-4 has won five of its ...

With the chemistry blending together for the shorthanded Mountaineers in the past two weeks, it was back to square one after a blowout by the No. 12 Villanova Wildcats Saturday afternoon. West Virginia was able to get a strong start on the Wildcats, jumping out to a 10-4 lead as the game tipped off in Philadelphia, and Jay Wright was trying to figure out the Mountaineer offense. After a timeout by Villanova, the aforementioned lead that WVU ...

Saturday afternoon was a learning experience for me. While watching BYU beat UNLV 78-64 at the Marriott Center, I learned three important lessons. 1) Tre'Von Willis should never talk about Jimmer Fredette, ever. 2) BYU is more than just a one-trick pony. 3) Why Jimmer Fredette is a great player. On January 3rd, UNLV guard Tre'Von Willis said "They've got a preseason All-American and supposedly the best player in the conference.. I try to make him earn everything he ...

Scout has the Rutgers 2011 recruiting class at no. 31 in the country, five spots better than Louisville. Rivals ranks it at no. 32, two spots behind Louisville, and ESPN has Rutgers unranked and puts Louisville at no. 19. By now most of us have learned that these numbers and the number of stars given to the players in each school's recruiting class don't mean as much as the recruiting services want us to believe. As for the ...

At the heart of this question lies the debate over how many teams the Big East will send to the tournament. The previous record for a conference was eight teams, set by none other than the Big East in 2006, 2008 and 2010. That record will almost certainly be broken this year. The question is: Can the Big East send 10 teams? Here are two things we have learned about the Big East this year. First, ...

Well, this is it, the final regular season matchup against the Jayhawks.  Nebraska has not beaten Kansas since a 74-55 blowout win in 2004 in the Devaney Center.  This amounts to a 16-game losing streak to Kansas, who leads the all-time series 169-71 and holds a 30-3 advantage in the Big 12 era.  This is a big time game for Nebraska if they look to make a push at the NCAA tournament.  This is the type ...

Friday is officially T-Day for Duke basketball.Kyrie Irving's injured toe, which has been in a cast for the better part of two months, finally gets that cast off. Those expecting him to rip the cast off and start playing right away better keep dreaming.Those with an understanding that this injury, as confusing and serious as it is, know Irving isn't likely to yield any definitive secrets today and that no announcement will be made stating a ...