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A short introduction to a team you probably won’t see in March Madness again for 10 more years…
MITCHELL BLATT
20 is the benchmark for college basketball in terms of making March Madness. Get it, and you will probably make the tournament. Coppin State got to 20. 20 losses.
At 16-20, Coppin State is the […]

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Mike Freeman, a black writer for CBS Sportsline, opened one of his recent columns by saying, “When Dick Vitale basically declared during this weekend’s Duke-North Carolina broadcast that Tyler Hansbrough displayed the most desire of any player he has seen in all the years he has been covering college basketball, for a moment — a […]

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NEIL JOSHI, The Sports Lounge
JSB COLLEGE BASKETBALL COLUMNIST
The NCAA Tournament doesn’t start until March 20th, and Selection Sunday isn’t for six days, but for all intents and purposes March Madness is already in full swing. Over the last week, five teams have clinched a bid to the Tournament, and many of the smaller conference […]

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Listing of the top seeds, analysis, top game summaries.
NEIL JOSHI, The Sports Lounge
JSB COLLEGE BASKETBALL COLUMNIST
Top-ranked and undefeated Memphis narrowly escaped its toughest test of the season, rallying past a determined UAB squad for a 79-78 victory on Saturday afternoon.
Down by seven with just over a minute to go, Calipari’s Tigers found a […]

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Super Bowl, Super Tuesday, and a Super Rivalry all in the span of four days.
MITCHELL BLATT
This has been my sports/TV schedule for the past few days:
Sunday: Super Bowl (Pats losing raised my spirits.)
Monday: Utter boredom and anger that football is over.
Tuesday: I’m a political junkie, so I watched Super Tuesday returns till midnight, also flipping […]

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Duke’s approach to environmental activism includes turning the arena into Notre Dame.
MITCHELL BLATT
Prior to Duke’s victory over NC State last night, no one knew about the problems of global warming and it’s impact on the environment, and even if they did, they didn’t know that they could save the world by driving hybrids and jetpooling […]

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The Jayhawks fall, leaving only Memphis undefeated.
NEIL JOSHI, The Sports Lounge
JSB COLLEGE BASKETBALL COLUMNIST
The Kansas Jayhawks (20-1) lost on the road to in-state rival Kansas State for the first time in 25 years, and now the Memphis Tigers have the distinction of being the sole unbeaten in college basketball. Kansas’ 84-75 loss was […]

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Four years after the shooting death of Patrick Dennehy, Baylor has started off this season 16-2.
NEIL JOSHI, The Sports Lounge
JSB COLLEGE BASKETBALL COLUMNIST
It’s been over four years since the Baylor men’s basketball program was forever tainted by the infamous shooting scandal involving Dave Bliss’ infamous cover-up, but the Bears are finally starting to have some […]

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