One year late, Darren Collison schools Brandon Jennings
As much as I applauded Brandon Jennings for thinking outside the box, taking a risk and playing pro ball in Europe before coming to the NBA, the Pac-10 fan in me was kind of hating that I wouldn’t get...
View ArticleNic Wise Is The Best Pure Point Guard in the Pac-10
With a 74-72 double overtime loss to UNLV last night – setting its record at 3-3 – it’s an understatement to say that Arizona is not run by flash and big names this year. With Lute Olson thrice removed...
View Article5 Things to Watch for during the Pac-10 Tournament
It’s Championship Week in college basketball, otherwise known as the week of tournaments before THE Tournament. And honestly, it seems this year people only really care about two conference tourneys:...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament Players To Watch: South Region
Earlier this morning we gave you four Players to Watch in the Midwest region. Here are four more from the South… *** *** *** E’TWAUN MOORE, Purdue, SG, Jr. The Boilermakers don’t need to look hard for...
View Article4 Things That Will (But Probably Won’t) Happen this week in March Madness
Happy St. Patty’s Day to everyone out there! I figured today would be the perfect day to post my first assessment of this year’s Tournament field, and for three reasons: (1) because people will be...
View ArticleTop 5 Undrafted Players From The NBA Draft
John Starks. Brad Miller. Ben Wallace. The underdog. The come-up. That’s what this article is about, pinpointing those guys who are overlooked and passed over. Those three guys I mentioned above were...
View ArticleKings of New York: Amar’e, Lance Stephenson own the day
Best-case scenario: Amar’e Stoudemire is for the Knicks what Patrick Ewing used to be, a dominant interior force who can carry a slumping franchise back to its glory days. (Even better “best-case” is...
View ArticleNCAA Preview: Most Valuable Players in the Pac-10
This will be the last year of the Pac-10 as you know it. The tradition-rich (albeit often overlooked) West Coast staple is expanding, adding Colorado and Utah to the mix. The Utes will join in the...
View ArticleChicago Locks Down Derrick Rose; Ray Allen Calls Out David West
Well Derrick Rose had a nice day. He got paid and became a made man in Chicago if he wasn’t already one. Then in the capper, he methodically picked apart everyone’s Eastern Conference sleeper, Indiana,...
View ArticleThe NBA Schedule Is Unveiled; A Tragic Shooting Takes Recruit’s Life
Well would you look at that, the NBA schedule is released and Christmas in July has officially arrived. Seriously, after last summer’s lockout deprived us of knowing about all 1,230 games the regular...
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Matty D’s Top 25 College Basketball Preview (10-6)
That’s right, the start of the college hoops season is just one week away and you know what that means: it’s time to unleash the mother effing fury! For the past seven months, I’ve been bottling up a...
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Stevie Franchise
Is it possible the West is actually stronger than we all thought? No surprise that the Lakers, Nuggets, Spurs and Blazers have been solid, but not a lot of people expected Houston, Dallas and Phoenix...
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Jerome Randle vs. Isaiah Thomas: College ball’s CP3 vs. D-Will
Jerome Randle, California If you haven’t heard, this is supposed to be a down year for the Pac-10. Over the summer the conference lost James Harden, Jordan Hill, DeMar DeRozan, Jrue Holiday, Darren...
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