To begin the 2011 season, Michigan's defensive line was nearly non-existent. The foursome of Craig Roh, Mike Martin, Ryan Van Bergen and Will Heininger combined for a paltry two sacks and seven tackles-for-loss in the first four games combined.The line's tackle stats were equally disturbing. You'd have to pass six Wolverines before finding Van Bergen, who was credited with just 11 tackles.Michigan was able to get away with these puzzling figures due to the confusing ...

With wide receivers such as USC's Robert Woods and Marqise Lee, Washington State's Marquess Wilson, California's Keenan Allen and Oregon State's Markus Wheaton all returning, you can easily argue that there's not another conference in college football that will have as many star receivers as the Pac-12 will for the 2012 season. The league is absolutely loaded with star pass-catchers, but what's so interesting about the conference this year is that there will also be plenty ...

Weber State’s Damian Lillard has said that he wants to be a top-10 selection in the 2012 NBA draft, and quite frankly, there are very few reasons he shouldn’t be. Lillard has moved his way up mock drafts, and despite not getting his team into the NCAA tournament in March, he’s considered by some to be the best point guard prospect this summer.Begin Slideshow

Top-seed LSU misfired against seventh-seed Mississippi State in the 2012 SEC Baseball Tournament on Wednesday. Then, second-seed South Carolina sliped in its opener against fifth-seed Vanderbilt.Who benefitted?Why, 11th-ranked Kentucky, of course!Okay, so maybe third-ranked Florida is better off as well, though, that all depends on how the Gators fare against Vandy on Thursday.Nonetheless, having the top-two seeds trudging through the loser's path leaves the SEC tourney wide open for the taking.The Wildcats are as well-equipped ...

After a shocking loss to the No. 8 seed Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the first round of the 2012 ACC Baseball Tournament, the top seeded Florida State Seminoles found themselves to be in quite a hole.Despite the loss, there is no reason to think they are not the team to beat in their pool.Pool "A" is still open for the taking, and if Georgia Tech falls to Virginia in their next game, all the ...

Florida State will recover from an early loss in the 2012 ACC Baseball Tournament to win the championship.The Seminoles entered the tournament as the heavy favorite and No. 1 seed but were promptly hit with a loss in their first game against No. 8 seed Georgia Tech. They will now have an opportunity to correct their early mistakes by winning their next two games against Virginia and Clemson.Clemson has already lost to Virginia, so they ...

According to ESPN's Chad Ford, Syracuse's Dion Waiters has been shooting up teams draft boards in recent days because of his scoring ability. Ford goes onto quote an anonymous GM saying, "There are really only two potential superstars in this draft. One is a sure thing—freshman Anthony Davis. The other one is Waiters. He can be an electric scorer in the NBA. There's some Dwyane Wade in him."This is particularly surprising because just a few weeks ...

The LSU Tigers entered the 2012 SEC Baseball Tournament as the No. 1 seed and favorites to take the crown, but they are going to face some stiff competition. The Tigers are the fifth-ranked team in the nation in the USA Today/ESPN rankings, and they received two first-place votes in that poll.They are a complete squad, and they have a tremendous track record in this tournament. Coming into this tournament, they had won 13 of their past ...

The 2012 ACC Baseball tournament got under way Wednesday in Greensboro, N.C., and one of the teams that most needed a solid showing in the tournament to bolster its NCAA resume is now reeling from a past that they must recover from quickly.The seventh-seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons (32-23, 13-17 ACC) were shellacked by second-seeded North Carolina 6-0 on Wednesday evening. Wake Forest is one of the teams considered by some to be on the ...

The 2012 ACC Tournament kicked off Wednesday, May 25 in Greensboro, North Carolina.No. 8 seed Georgia Tech gave the tournament a shock early when the Yellow Jackets upset No. 1 Florida State in the opening game on Wednesday. No. 3 North Carolina State then beat No. 6 Miami and No. 2 North Carolina shut out No. 7 Wake Forest to close out the first day.In the round-robin tournament, the winner from each pool advances to ...