We're about 100 days until Midnight Madness happens across the country. College basketball workouts can begin in mid-October, and the top players will be getting ready to storm the courts. Going into the 2011-12, we will see the emergence of some excellent floor generals leading the way. Let's take a quick look at the top 14 point guards who will be running the showBegin Slideshow

It was only on three days rest, but Gamecocks starting pitcher Michael Roth threw 127 pitches in 7.2 innings of work and helped carried the team to a second straight national championship. Reliever John Taylor came in for South Carolina with one out left in the eighth inning, but never really had great control through the entire finals series. He was taken out after just two pitches and giving up one ...

College basketball obsesses over expectations. Teams, coaches and players all are expected to perform at a high level.Sometimes, those expectations are not met.In this article, I've focused on 13 players who did not meet their expectations last season. Each of them will need to improve on their performance this coming season. If not, their respective teams could be in serious trouble.Begin Slideshow

Have you noticed the recurring theme? Pointing fingers, making excuses, deflecting criticism, it’s all very much en vogue. Call it the “LeBron Generation.” From the basketball player whom Scottie Pippen anointed “better than Jordan,” to Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, to our elected officials in Washington, everyone seems to have mastered the art of blaming their shortcomings on circumstance. Evidently Ray Tanner’s South Carolina Gamecocks didn’t get the memo. USC could have folded when ...

College basketball has been over for some time now and fans are already looking forward to next season.In this year's recruiting cycle, big men like Isaiah Austin and Andre Drummond dominate the top of many scout's recruiting boards.But prolific shooters like Ricardo Ledo and Rodney Purvis also stake their claim throughout the recruiting rankings as well.While there are hundreds of talented basketball prospects around the nation, 25 of them particularly stand out to me in ...

As an Omaha native, I can say with 100 percent certainty that Rosenblatt was and always will be dear to my heart. I grew up watching college and minor league games in "The Blatt" up until last year. Watching the final video after South Carolina won the first of their now back-to-back championships was a moment I will never forget. It was silent, not a word being said among the thousands viewing the massive screen ...

To say that college basketball has seen its fair share of characters would be like saying only a few people were surprised that Virginia Commonwealth made it to the Final Four last year.According to dictionary.com, character, in the sense that will be used to form this ranking, is defined as: an odd, eccentric, or unusual person.If you want a one-word definition, I'd go with unique. Unique in the sense that chances are we'll never see ...

South Carolina beat Florida 5-2 Tuesday night in Game 2 of the best-of-three College World Series Finals in Omaha to clinch its second straight national championship.After winning Game 1 in 11 innings Monday night, the Gamecocks needed only 9 Tuesday.South Carolina (55-14) got to work in the third inning, taking a 3-0 lead that they would not relinquish.Trey Wingo's sacrifice fly gave South Carolina a 1-0 lead before more costly Florida fielding errors allowed Evan ...

I can't say I was surprised when Duke University fell to the Derrick Williams led University of Arizona in the Sweet 16 in March.The Blue Devils are traditionally nonathletic, while Arizona had an abundance of high-flyers who turned the game into a YouTube highlight reel.With the loss of Kyrie Irving, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith, Duke will start the 2011-2012 season without its top three players and scorers from the previous season.The most notable addition ...

It's Game 2 of the best of three College World Series Championship Series between Florida and South Carolina. Last night, Florida choked away a sure win in Game 1 when they failed to score in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded and no outs. Tonight's game will most likely be a mere formality, as I expect the Gators to fold up like a 50 cent lawn chair. It's extremely difficult to come ...