The Kansas Jayhawks and Kentucky Wildcats will face off in the 2012 NCAA tournament championship at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Monday night.Pinnacle Sports opened up the top-ranked Wildcats as five-point favorites, but that number has immediately risen 1.5 points, while the total has settled in at 139.5.This will be the second meeting of the 2011-12 season between two of college basketball's most storied programs, as the Wildcats captured a 75-65 win over ...

The Kansas Jayhawks completed an epic comeback to knock off Ohio State 64-62 in the 2012 NCAA tournament semifinals.It appeared the Jayhawks were in for a long night and blowout, as they went down by as much as 13 in the first half. But behind an inspired effort from their front line and a few crucial Buckeye mistakes, Kansas pulled off the miraculous victory.Now, they will prepare themselves for the national title game on Monday ...

The stage is set for the 2012 NCAA championship game. The Kentucky Wildcats will take on the Kansas Jayhawks Monday, April 2 at 9:00 p.m. ET. The Wildcats were challenged by the Louisville Cardinals in the Final Four, but it didn't matter that the Cardinals were able to hold Kentucky to under 70 points—the Wildcats outplayed them on the defensive end as well. Kansas, meanwhile, had to fight back from a 13-point deficit to top the ...

An exciting University of Kentucky win over rival Louisville took an ugly turn. According to Mike Winn of The Courier-Journal:Post-game revelry in Lexington turned to violence and fire-setting as University of Kentucky fans swarmed the streets surrounding campus, prompting police in riot gear to move in.This is the sort of bone-headed act from a passionate fan base that brings out the worst in sports. A sensational win that launched Kentucky into the National ...

In what may have been the craziest week of basketball fever in the state of Kentucky's history, it was hard to imagine the actual game between the Wildcats and the Cardinals coming anywhere close to living up to the hype.  But despite the contest not coming down to a buzzer beater, it was an exciting and hard fought war for 40 minutes that ended with a 69-61 Kentucky victory. The Good Senior Darius Miller was huge ...

It's quite a rarity for the best player in college basketball to be a freshman.  Even more rare for the two best to be freshmen.  Rarer still for those two freshmen to play for the same team.Player of the Year Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist proved in tonight's win over Louisville they are just that.  The two best basketball players not yet in the NBA.Davis was absolutely sensational, as he has been all season.  He ...

Now that the North Carolina Tar Heels season has ended in disappointing fashion, it's time to focus on some of those NBA prospects that were on that loaded team. There are several to choose from, but for this article, we're going to focus on shooting forward Harrison Barnes. Barnes was a sophomore this season, but will make the switch to the next level this season. Let's take a look at what the young man has to ...

The Kentucky Wildcats are on their way to the 2012 NCAA championship game after taking down the Louisville Cardinals, 69-61.This was a fun and hotly contested game. Louisville gave the Wildcats a run for their money, but in the end, Kentucky proved to be too athletic and talented for Louisville.The Cardinals were fantastic on the boards and played good defense, but they didn't shoot nearly well enough and allowed too many easy buckets.  Tweets of the ...

Ohio State's recruiting in the past few years has been surprisingly hit and miss, but more recently full of disappointments which have led to where the team is right now.The Buckeyes have brought in plenty of big names in recruiting, but not all that many have panned out when you consider how high these classes were ranked.There have been many great, great players to come out of the last five recruiting seasons as well as ...

Both Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay better be prepared to talk plenty about LSU in the coming 2012 NFL Draft this year. The annual draft—which will begin on Thursday, April 26, and last three days until Saturday—will feature a bevy of Tigers players this year. It won’t match Ohio State’s record in 2004 when 14 players were selected, but it is possible that as many as eight players will be picked this year. Perhaps ...