After years of success in college basketball's most prestigious conference, Syracuse will be playing its last year of Big East basketball.Along with Pittsburgh, the Orange will be moving to the ACC at the beginning of the 2013-2014 campaign. Since becoming a founding member of the Big East in 1979, the Orange have been one of the most dominant teams within the conference, as they have won the conference tournament five times and the regular season ...

Coming up in the 2012-13 season, some of the best college basketball coaches are getting ready to get their hands on some big wins.Each of these coaches just needs a relatively small handful of victories to hit a memorable mark that will serve as a signpost to their career success.This past season, several coaches did the same thing: Mike Krzyzewski became the all-time wins leader, and now has 927 W's. Rick Pitino blew ...

The Atlantic 10 is already one of college basketball's strongest non-BCS conferences, led by perennially solid programs like Xavier, Richmond and Saint Louis. Even the A-10, however, has not been immune to the crazed climate of conference realignment.In 2013, the A-10 will lose one of its bellwether schools as Temple waves goodbye and becomes a full member of the Big East. In response, the league has been linked with a trio of leaders from other ...

The class of 2012 has been one of the most talked-about recruiting classes in the history of the sport. Since the NBA changed its draft eligibility rules in 2006 (outlawing high school to NBA jumps), the recruiting process of these players has become something everyone keeps a close eye on.Kentucky has taken some of the fun out of the process, routinely picking up several top 20 players en route to a top class, but even ...

It's been almost a week now since Virginia Tech made headlines by parting ways with Seth Greenberg after nine years together.The Hokies said that they wanted to move quickly and they have done just that. After contacting some coaches and even confirming one interview, Virginia Tech appears to be narrowing down its pool of candidates and soon pulling the trigger.Let us take a look at some of the names being mentioned, assessing not only the ...

I doubt many folks would disagree that UNC's Kendall Marshall was the best pure point guard in the country for the 2011-12 season. On June 28, the former North Carolina Tar Heel will be drafted by some lucky team in the 2012 NBA draft.How “lucky” will that team be? That's what I'm here to find out.In Part 3 of my series on the NBA prospects of Tar Heels entering the draft, I'll be breaking down ...

Nebraska fans are some pretty smart cookies. They can tell you pretty much anything you want to know (and some you probably don't) about Husker football.They know about the sell-out streak. They know about the Academic All-Americans. They know about the nine-win seasons from 1968-2002. They know about the 35 straight bowl appearances. It's difficult to stump a Husker fan.However, if you want to try, here are 10 tidbits about Nebraska football.Begin Slideshow

Quincy Miller met the NCAA deadline back on April 10, declaring that would be staying at Baylor for his sophomore season. He then proved why having two deadlines (one for the NCAA and one for the NBA for early exits) is one of the biggest issues in college basketball by reversing his decision to stay and declaring for the 2012 NBA draft. Now, with all three frontcourt starters gone as Perry Jones III and Quincy ...

On February 18, 2012 the unthinkable happened in Houston, Texas as the University of Delaware baseball team began its season facing off against the University of Houston at Cougar Field. But to one person this wasn’t just a baseball game, it was a milestone.   Flash back to October 2008 and imagine a 16-year-old teenage boy getting blood drawn in hopes he would find the answer to why he was feeling abnormally lethargic. The results ...

On Sept. 10, 2011 former Michigan wide receiver Desmond Howard was honored as the first Michigan Football Legend. Since jersey numbers are no longer being retired, the athletic department came up with the new idea.From now on, any player wearing the jersey number of a Legend will have a patch to honor the respective player. For example, last year, leading receiver Junior Hemingway wore Howard's No. 21 with the Legend patch. Will Charles Woodson with ...