After winning its first two games in the College World Series, Arkansas doesn't need a win on Thursday evening to stave off elimination. But failing to make quick work of either Kent State or South Carolina could be potentially disastrous for the Razorbacks.Let me explain.Kent State and South Carolina were forced to postpone their elimination game until noon ET on Thursday, and the winner has to play Arkansas on Thursday at 9:00 p.m.. Since Arkansas ...

With just five teams still alive in the College World Series, things are certainly getting interesting in Omaha. There will be two elimination games on Thursday as South Carolina and Kent State will faceoff for the right to take on Arkansas in the semifinals, while Florida State will try to avoid bowing out against Arizona.Each of the teams playing on Thursday has some intriguing MLB prospects who are sure to have a major impact on ...

The 2012 College World Series will continue on Thursday with two exciting matchups. Kent State will square off with South Carolina, and Florida State will try to hand Arizona their first loss of the tournament.This year's action has had its share of surprises.Kent State eliminated the top-seeded Florida Gators already, and Florida State handed No. 2 seed UCLA a decisive blow on Tuesday.Let's take a look at a few things you should expect from today's ...

Kyle O'Quinn. D.J. Cooper. C.J. McCollum. Names that you probably didn't hear until the 2012 NCAA tournament last year. All three are stars at their respective colleges and are capable of playing with the big boys. They led unprecedented upsets and runs in the tournament, and two are capable of doing it again.Cooper and McCollum, however, will not make this list. They are garnering much more attention now than previous years because of their splendid ...

The University of Connecticut Huskies have been barred from postseason play in 2013, which means that the program cannot compete in the NCAA tournament and—subsequently—the Big East tourney. According to ESPN, the three-time national champions are banned because of poor academic performance based on a scoring system known as the Annual Progress Rate.  The NCAA mandates that schools must keep their four-year scores above a 900 on the APR, so teams being punished in 2012 ...

The Big Ten is going to be loaded in 2012-13, and the key to Michigan’s fate in the conference will be the performance of their two highly-anticipated freshmen, Mitch McGary and Glenn Robinson III. Both will need to excel in order to help the Wolverines contend for the league title again, but which of the two prized recruits will make the bigger splash in Ann Arbor? The knee-jerk answer would seem to be Robinson, and ...

The Florida State Seminoles are coming off a huge victory against UCLA in which they eliminated the top-seeded Bruins by a convincing 4-1 score.Before their last win, the Seminoles put on an impressive display of power and pitching en route to a 12-2 rout of the fan favorite Stony Brook Seawolves.Prior to that win against the Seawolves, in their first game at the College World Series in Omaha on June 15, the Seminoles suffered a ...

The poster is old and wrinkled, gathering dust. Len Bias is slamming home one of his ferocious dunks. The caption reads, “I’m Bias. Maryland is number one.”  It has been 26 years since Maryland basketball superstar Len Bias died of a cocaine overdose in a dorm room. Bias’ sudden death became the biggest story in the history of Washington, D.C. area sports, and one of the biggest news stories in the city’s history. How could ...

There are six former Kentucky Wildcats entering the 2012 NBA Draft. Each player is expected to be drafted in the first or early second round, and their talent and athletic gifts have professional scouts excited about this crop of future Kentucky draftees.However, there is an underrated aspect of each player's game that is not being mentioned enough by draft "experts" and pundits. Therefore, the following slides will highlight the most overlooked part of each player's ...

Class of 2013 point guard Zach LaVine committed to the UCLA Bruins Wednesday evening, according to Edward Lewis of Bruin Sports Report.LaVine spoke with UCLA coach Ben Howland on the phone, according to Lewis. After a brief conversation, he was ready to commit. "I told him thanks for the opportunity," LaVine said. "I'm just ready to be a Bruin."UCLA had been considered to be leading for the 6'3" Bothell (Wash.) High guard for awhile now, ...