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Friday, November 26, 2010
Finding NBA News and College Basketball News In The Digital Age
We love college basketball around here. As the season ended a couple of months ago, a lot has happened in the world of college basketball, even as the sports world turned its’ attention away from the Final Four and March Madness, and focused on the NBA Finals, and then the 2010 World Cup. But that [...]
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Shades of 2009-10 Kentucky in Memphis' win over Miami
It won't be important that Memphis got out-rebounded 51-31, shot 4 of 22 from behind the arc and displayed the type of shot selection that would have a youth-league team running suicides the next day in practice. What the legacy of this late-night game will be is that the Tigers fell behind an improved Miami team late in the second half, withstood that test of character and found a way to emerge with the victory.
Trailing 63-59 with 3:55 remaining after a left-wing three from Miami's Durand Scott, Memphis gathered itself and unleashed a late surge, surrendering just one more field goal the rest of the way. Guard Chris Crawford shook off a poor night from behind the arc to hit the go-ahead shot, a three-pointer off a kickout from point guard Joe Jackson to put the Tigers up for good 66-65 with 1:51 remaining.
The victory represents a starting point for a revamped Memphis team that missed the NCAA tournament in coach Josh Pastner's first season but expects to return to national prominence this season thanks to a crop of talented newcomers. Pastner added high-scoring New Orleans transfer Charles Carmouche and signed the nation's No. 2 rated recruiting class, though that group took a small hit when the Tigers severed ties with McDonald's All-American wing Jelan Kendrick this past weekend.
Freshman point guard Joe Jackson led four Tigers in double figures scoring on Monday with 17 points. Memphis' array of long, athletic wings played with tremendous effort on both ends of the floor, limiting Miami to 32.8 percent shooting and getting to the free throw line a ridiculous 39 times.
For Memphis to continue to evoke comparisons to last season's freshman-dominated Kentucky squad, the Tigers must continue to progress the next few months the way that Wildcats squad did.
They need to place a greater emphasis on rebounding and shot selection. They must get more consistent interior production from big man Will Coleman. And they must reintegrate elite freshman Will Barton into the offense after he missed 17 days of training camp battling injuries.
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Meet Fred Hoiberg: Iowa State?s New Coach
What Happened to…Greg McDermott? Greg McDermott came to Iowa State with all indications that he would be a good fit for the Cyclones basketball program. McDermott was a young, energetic coach who had led nearby Northern Iowa of the competitive … Continue reading 
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College Hoops Wednesday: Your Commentary
After the smorgasbord of college basketball that we were treated to on Tuesday naturally Wednesday would be a day for recuperation. But there are some solid contests on the schedule, most notably Utah State making the trek to Provo to take on in-state rival BYU. Of course much of the attention will be paid to seniors Tai Wesley (Utah State) and Jimmer Fredette (BYU), who are two of the better players in college basketball at their respective positions, but there's an important newcomer to the USU program who will have a lot to do with the Aggies' success. Junior college transfer Brockeith Pane led the way in the season-opening win over Weber State with 23 points and four assists, and with Pooh Williams possibly being out with a groin injury (tip of the cap to @thrashsoundly for this bit of info) he'll need a similar performance on the road. Wesley added 19 points and nine rebounds in the win, and he'll be going up against a front line that can at the least throw a variety of bodies in his direction.
Fredette, who averaged 22.1 and 4.7 assists per game in leading the Cougars to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season, accounted for 24 points and eight assists in BYU's season-opening pasting of Fresno State. He's the rare player who can balance getting hot from the field with setting up his teammates for easy baskets, one of the many reasons why some expect the senior to be an All-American when the season ends. The key for BYU will be consistency in the frontcourt, as the more they can get from the big men the better off Dave Rose's team will be. Noah Hartsock provided 21 points and five rebounds off the bench in the win over Fresno State but outside of wing Charles Abouo (13 points, six rebounds) and Chris Collinsworth (seven rebounds) the other contributors were rather nondescript. Fredette will get his, but how well the "supporting cast" fares will likely determine the outcome.
Weber State's Damian Lillard scored 28 against Utah State but no teammate managed more than seven points (37 points on 14-37 FG, 3-10 3PT) for the game. If BYU can turn the game into one that stresses depth they'll have the edge, especially if Williams is unable to go. Both teams fared well on the boards in their respective openers and given how well-coached they are under Stew Morrill and the aforementioned Rose don't expect there to be many mistakes either. The difference may end up being the Marriott Center, where few visitors leave with a victory and the Cougars enjoy an 83-32 edge in the series when the game is played in Provo. Also on the west coast is the rematch between Oregon State and Seattle at Key Arena. Last year's meeting was one of the more perplexing in college basketball as Cameron Dollar's Redhawks won in Corvallis by 51 points.
The final two semifinal slots in the NIT Season Tip-Off will also be decided as Villanova takes on Boston University and Tennessee hosts Missouri State. Led by senior wing John Holland the Terriers have the perimeter play to give Villanova some trouble, and head coach Patrick Chambers is more than familiar with what the Wildcats will look to run given his time there as an assistant. But of these two games the better shot at an upset could be Missouri State given their returning talent (Adam Leonard leads five returning starters) and the unimpressive way in which the Volunteers closed out Belmont on Tuesday. The primary ball-handlers at the end of the game were Skyler McBee (better known for his shooting) and Tobias Harris (an outstanding freshman who's better suited on the wing). If there isn't improvement from a Melvin Goins (just to name one guard) the Volunteers could find themselves missing out on a trip to New York City.
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8:00 PM Boston University at Villanova
7:00 PM Alcorn State at (9) Purdue (BTN)
8:00 PM Northwestern State at (19) Memphis
7:00 PM Missouri State at (23) Tennessee
NCAA Division I Games
12:00 PM Madonna at Eastern Michigan
5:30 PM Marist vs. George Washington*
7:00 PM Vermont at Connecticut (ESPN3)
7:00 PM Holy Cross at Harvard
7:00 PM Sacred Heart at Massachusetts
7:00 PM Delaware at Cornell
7:00 PM Milwaukee at Niagara
7:00 PM St. Francis (PA) at Lafayette
7:00 PM Indiana State at Ball State
7:00 PM Binghamton at Bucknell
7:00 PM Warner Southern at Florida Atlantic
7:00 PM UMBC at Loyola (MD)
7:00 PM Pennsylvania at Manhattan
7:00 PM Northwood at Wright State
7:30 PM Maryland-Eastern Shore at American University
7:30 PM Albany at Georgia Tech
7:30 PM Chicago State at Notre Dame
7:30 PM Chattanooga at Kennesaw State
7:30 PM SIU-Edwardsville at Eastern Kentucky
8:00 PM Drake at Iowa State (ESPN3)
8:00 PM Murray State at Mississippi (ESPN3)
8:00 PM Texas A&M-CC at Oklahoma State
8:00 PM Northwestern at Texas-Pan American
8:00 PM St Gregory's at Arkansas-Little Rock
8:00 PM Ark Monticello at Centenary
8:00 PM Houston at Louisiana Tech
8:00 PM UAB at Middle Tennessee (ESPN3)
8:00 PM South Alabama at Southern Miss
8:00 PM AUB Montgomery at Southern University
8:00 PM Columbia at St. John's
8:05 PM Louisiana-Lafayette at Creighton
8:05 PM Tennessee State at Illinois State
8:35 PM Loyola Marymount at Bradley
8:35 PM Texas-San Antonio at Evansville
9:00 PM South Dakota School of Mines at South Dakota
9:00 PM Utah State at Brigham Young (The Mtn.)
9:00 PM Green Bay at Marquette (ESPN3)
9:00 PM Colorado College at Air Force
9:05 PM Montana at Utah
9:30 PM Arkansas State vs. Belmont *
10:00 PM San Francisco at San Jose State
10:00 PM UC Santa Cruz at UC Davis
10:00 PM Southeastern Louisiana at UNLV
10:00 PM Southern Utah at Cal State Bakersfield
10:10 PM Oregon State at Seattle
10:30 PM Rider at USC
11:00 PM Vanguard at Fresno State
Source: http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/college-hoops-wednesday-your-commentary-168834
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Seven overtime Division III thriller ties for longest game ever
As Skidmore College's basketball team celebrated an epic 128-123 seven overtime win over Southern Vermont Tuesday night, coach Joe Burke noticed starting point guard Gerard O'Shea fall down clutching his leg.
"We're jumping around in the locker room and I said to him, 'You OK?'" Burke said. "He went down because his body started cramping up."
So many of the numbers in the boxscore are so bizarre that it's difficult to believe they aren't misprints.
[Rewind: World’s longest tennis match]
A total of eight players fouled out and the teams combined for 166 rebounds and 230 field goal attempts in the game and 133 points in the overtimes alone. Southern Vermont guard Lance Spratling was the only player who played all 75 minutes, fatigue surely contributing to him missing all 13 three-pointers he attempted during a woeful 10-for-40 shooting night.
"I was going on adrenaline, but it was pretty exhausting," said Spratling, who ran cross country at Southern Vermont prior to this year and still does a lot of running on his own.
"As the minutes go by, your legs start to wear out on you and your arms start to wear out on you, but for me it was more the steady contact. Hitting other people or falling on the ground, you start to bruise up and swell up and your body doesn't move as fast as you want it to."
It's difficult for Spratling to believe his team lost the game because four times Skidmore had to hit a shot in overtime to force another extra session.
Junior forward Melvis Langyintuo hit a free throw with one second left in the first overtime to extend the game to a second extra session. Then senior guard Jeff Altimar sank a jump shot with 10 seconds left in the third overtime to force a fourth. And junior guard Terron Victoria came to Skidmore's rescue in that extra session with the tying bucket with two seconds remaining to ensure overtime No. 5.
[Rewind: Epic football game sets new record]
Maybe the biggest hero of the night for Skidmore was seldom-used freshman guard Eli Johnson, who didn't even enter the game until the fifth overtime session. His only points of the game were a game-tying 3-pointer with 10 seconds left in the sixth overtime, capping Skidmore's rally from a six-point deficit in that extra session.
"For me the memories are in the toughness that the guys portrayed and different guys stepping up and hitting huge shots," Burke said. "It's very early in the season and our goal is to make the NCAA tournament, but at the same time the kids will never have anything like this in their lives. They'll be telling their kids and they'll be telling their grandkids about this, so I want them to enjoy it. They should soak this in, enjoy the moment."
The past 12 hours have been a whirlwind for players and coaches from two tiny basketball programs unaccustomed to receiving much publicity. They've watched highlights of the game make ESPN "SportsCenter" and conducted interviews with local and national media.
Burke left an assistant coaching gig at Navy to take the Skidmore job a few months ago, so his family is still back in Annapolis because they haven't had time to make a permanent move. Bleary-eyed and still brimming with adrenaline, Burke began the drive from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., early Wednesday morning to make it home in time for Thanksgiving.
"I promised my kids I'd be home Wednesday," Burke said. "Little did I know that I'd be working on about two hours sleep this morning driving seven hours, but it's totally worth it."
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