Archive for May, 2012
SEC Baseball Tournament 2012: Breakdown of Opening-Round Action
The 2012 SEC Baseball Tournament is underway. Let's take a look at the results from the early action and preview the rest of the first-round games. Ole Miss vs. KentuckyNo. 4 Kentucky took on and defeated No. 9 Ole Miss 2-0 in the opening game on Tuesday. UK starting pitcher AJ Reed threw 5.2 innings, ceding five hits and striking out three.He also helped his own cause by hitting a solo shot off Ole Miss starter ...
2012 SEC Baseball Tournament Bracket: Four-Game Losing Streak Won’t Hurt UK
The University of Kentucky baseball team finished the regular season on a lackluster note to the tune of a four-game losing streak, which saw the team get swept by unranked Mississippi State. The disappointing finish won't have any effect on the Wildcats going into the SEC tournament.There's no doubt that some UK faithful were concerned with the direction that the team was headed, as they grabbed the No. 1 ranking twice this season, but lost ...
NBA Releases List of NBA Draft Combine Participants
The NBA has released the list of players that will be invited to attend the 2012 NBA draft combine. Just as with the NFL combine, the NBA combines the best college players and a couple international players that have declared their intentions to enter the NBA draft. Here, the players will be put through different tasks for coaches and scouts to evaluate them. The combine will take place in Chicago on June 7-8. The NBA ...
ACC Baseball Tournament 2012: Breaking Down the Entire Bracket
The ACC has been a baseball powerhouse for years, earning at least seven bids to the College World Series every year since 2009, but it has not sent a team to the Championship Series since North Carolina lost to Oregon State in 2007. This year's ACC Conference Tournament features the eight best teams from the regular season battling it out for an automatic bid into the field of 64.We will break down the entire bracket, including ...
Jeff Withey Will Be Kansas Basketball’s Most Important Player
The story of the NCAA tournament may have been Anthony Davis and his incredible play, but there was one player who outperformed the 2012 Player of the Year in the tournament in terms of blocks: Jeff Withey. With his 31 blocks in the NCAA tournament, Withey not only set the record, but also outshined Davis at his own game. Withey has had an interesting journey for Kansas. He was originally signed by Arizona before requesting ...
ACC Baseball Tournament Schedule 2012: Daily Listings, Live Stream and TV Info
The defending conference tournament champion Virginia Cavaliers will attempt to illustrate their ACC superiority once again, but they will have to do so against a tough field that showcases several top teams and some of the nation's elite players. A pool format will be used for the tournament. The winner of Pool A, which includes Florida State, Virginia, Clemson and Georgia Tech, will battle the winner of Pool B, featuring North Carolina, N.C. State, Miami ...
Kentucky’s Kidd-Gilchrist Dancing & Other College Basketball Off-Court Talents
Kentucky’s Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is a possible second pick behind Anthony Davis in the 2012 NBA Draft, but did you know this talented college basketball player also loves to dance? The 2012 NBA Draft is still about a month away, and the dust is beginning to settle on the college basketball recruiting front. As such, not a whole lot is going on in the college basketball world. So as a follow up to a post on ...
UNC Basketball: Under-the-Radar Tar Heels Who Will Surprise in 2012-’13
Until ESPN's Paul Biancardi graded UNC's 2012 recruiting class at the top of the ACC, I felt I was a loner in seeing the potential of the 2012-'13 North Carolina Tar Heels.I even began to question myself. Was I allowing a bias toward my favorite college team get in the way of my analysis? Surely I hadn't traveled down the dark path that strips a sportswriter of any credibility.I desperately needed reassurance, so thank you, ...
2012 SEC Baseball Tournament Bracket: When and Where to Catch Exciting Action
The 2012 SEC Baseball tournament is set to begin today, and a number of competitive teams are all vying to win the conference and use the momentum to ultimately take the College World Series. This tourney will feature powerhouses such as LSU, Florida, South Carolina and many more contenders that have a real chance to win a national championship.Let’s take a look at the 10 teams involved in the tournament and the schedule of games ...
UCLA Basketball: Who’s the Most Important Recruit, Shabazz, Anderson or Parker?
UCLA turned in the biggest surprise of the recruiting season, landing one of the nation’s most impressive classes in spite of its rocky 2011-12 performance. The attention-getters in that four-man group are small forward Shabazz Muhammad, point guard Kyle Anderson and center Tony Parker. All three rank among the nation’s 20 best recruits according to Scout.com, with Muhammad placing second in the country. All three are going to need to play up to their potential ...