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NCAA College Basketball
By: Phill23 Date: August 16, 2011, 12:18 am
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Who's winning it all this year?
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Re: NCAA College Basketball 2011-12
By: Phill23 Date: October 31, 2011, 12:16 pm
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UNC No. 1 in AP preseason poll
Associated Press
October 28, 2011, 6:50 PM ET
North Carolina broke a tie with its fiercest rival and moved
into one with one of college basketball's most storied programs.
The Tar Heels, who return all five starters from the team that
reached the regional finals last season, were the runaway No. 1
in The Associated Press' men's preseason Top 25 on Friday. It is
the eighth time they have received that honor since the
preseason poll started in 1961-62.
That breaks a tie with Duke, North Carolina's Tobacco Road
rival, and moves them into a tie with UCLA, the program that
dominated the sport unlike any other under then-coach John
Wooden.
"It shows that North Carolina basketball has had a tremendous
level of success over a long, long period of time," coach Roy
Williams said. "We are very proud of that and this is another
indication of the program's great history."
North Carolina received all but three of the No. 1 votes cast by
the 65-member national media poll, finishing well ahead of
Kentucky, the team that eliminated the Tar Heels last season one
step from the Final Four.
North Carolina also was ranked No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today
preseason coaches' poll.
With the frontcourt of Harrison Barnes, John Henson and Tyler
Zeller all passing up the chance to enter the NBA draft and
point guard Kendall Marshall having a chance to run the team for
the whole season instead of just the last 20 games, the Tar
Heels have the personnel to start the season comfortably atop
the poll.
"I'm happy that people feel this positive about our team, but
the great thing about college basketball is you have to get it
done on the court," Williams said. "This gives us a goal and
it's up to us to work hard and be the best team we can be to
reach that goal."
North Carolina has been the preseason No. 1 in three of the past
five seasons. In 2008-09, the Tar Heels were a unanimous
preseason No. 1 with five starters back, and that season ended
with a national championship.
The Tar Heels' other preseason No. 1s were in 2007-08 (Final
Four); 1993-94 (second round); 1986-87 (regional final); 1983-84
(regional semifinals); 1981-82 (national championship); and
1977-78 (first round).
"We have the opportunity to win it all, and we have the
opportunity to completely fail," Barnes has said. "It's just a
matter of we continue to stay humble and continue to take the
right steps and get our way back on top like we did last year."
Ohio State, which got one first-place vote, was third, and
defending national champion Connecticut, which received the
other two No. 1 votes, was fourth.
Kentucky has starters Terrence Jones and Darius Miller back to
lead yet another outstanding recruiting class by coach John
Calipari. Ohio State has All-America Jared Sullinger and senior
guard William Buford back, while Connecticut has to find a way
to replace All-America Kemba Walker, the all-everything guard
who carried the Huskies through their 11-game winning streak to
the national championship. But don't feel too bad for
Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun as freshman Andre Drummond will
give the Huskies a presence under the basket.
Syracuse, Duke, Vanderbilt, Florida, Louisville and Pittsburgh
rounded out the top 10.
Memphis was 11th followed by Baylor, Kansas, Xavier, Wisconsin,
Arizona, UCLA, Michigan, Alabama and Texas A&M. The last five
teams were Cincinnati, Marquette, Gonzaga, California and
Missouri.
Fourteen of the teams in the preseason poll were ranked in last
season's final poll. Ohio State was No. 1 entering the NCAA
tournament and the Buckeyes lost to Kentucky in the regional
semifinals.
Duke was No. 1 in the 2010-11 preseason poll and went on to
finish third in the final poll before losing to Arizona in the
regional semifinals. Connecticut wasn't ranked before last
season but worked its way to No. 9 in the final poll.
Vanderbilt had the longest stretch of not being in the preseason
Top 25. The Commodores previously were in the rankings in
1993-94. Xavier had the next-longest stretch; its last preseason
appearance was in 2002-03.
Vanderbilt has all the starters back from a team that came on
strong at the end of the regular season only to be knocked out
of the NCAA tournament in the first round by Richmond.
"There has been some fixation on our early exits from the
tournament, but we have been very excited about this team for a
very long time. For good reason, we have good players," coach
Kevin Stallings said. "If this team can stay healthy, I think we
have a chance to have the best team we have ever had."
The Big East has six ranked teams, two more than the Big 12 and
Southeastern Conference, while the Big Ten and Pac-12 had three
each.
Duke has the longest current streak of being ranked at 78 polls,
a run that started with the preseason poll in 2007-08. Kansas is
next with 46, a streak that began on Feb. 2, 2009.
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Re: NCAA College Basketball 2011-12
By: Phill23 Date: December 3, 2011, 3:36 pm
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Anthony Davis' block in final seconds secures Kentucky's win
HTML http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313370096
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Re: NCAA College Basketball 2011-12
By: Phill23 Date: December 20, 2011, 7:17 pm
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Syracuse holds onto top ranking
ESPN.com
December 19, 2011, 3:11 PM ET
For the first time in several weeks, the No. 1 ranking in the
ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll did not change hands -- undefeated
Syracuse remained at the top and the first eight teams held
their spots.
The rankings, released Monday, reflected a rather quiet week on
the college basketball scene concerning highly ranked teams. The
only top 10 tinkering affected Big East teams Connecticut (9-1),
which moved from 10th to ninth, and Marquette (10-0), which
jumped from 11th to 10th.
Syracuse (11-0) received 30 of 31 first-place votes, the other
going to No. 2 Ohio State (10-1). Kentucky (9-1) is third,
Louisville (10-0) fourth (giving the top 10 four Big East
clubs), Duke (9-1) fifth, North Carolina (9-2) sixth, Baylor
(9-0) seventh and Missouri (11-0) eighth.
In The Associated Press media poll, its 64 first-place votes
were spread out among the Orange (53), No. 2 Ohio State (five),
No. 3 Kentucky (four) and No. 4 Louisville (two).
Before Syracuse was voted No. 1 in the coaches' poll two weeks
ago, Kentucky held the top spot for two weeks after taking it
from North Carolina.
Kansas (7-2) led off the second 10 in the coaches' poll and was
followed by Florida (8-2), Pittsburgh (10-1), Wisconsin (10-2),
Xavier (8-1), Georgetown (9-1), Mississippi State (11-1), and
the Big Ten collection of Indiana (10-0), Michigan (9-2) and
Michigan State (9-2).
Xavier slid six spots out of the top 10, a result of its 64-42
loss to Oral Roberts on Saturday. The Musketeers didn't have
point guard Tu Holloway, shooting guard Mark Lyons or freshman
forward Dez Wells, who account for 40 percent of their points;
the trio was suspended for a brawl eight days earlier against
crosstown rival Cincinnati.
Creighton (8-1) moved up three spots to No. 21 and was followed
by Murray State (12-0) and UNLV (11-2) -- both newcomers this
week in the rankings. Illinois (10-1) fell five spots to 24th,
and Harvard (9-1) re-entered the poll at No. 25.
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Re: NCAA College Basketball 2011-12
By: Phill23 Date: December 20, 2011, 7:22 pm
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Re: NCAA College Basketball 2011-12
By: Phill23 Date: March 13, 2012, 8:43 pm
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Re: NCAA College Basketball 2011-12
By: Phill23 Date: March 22, 2012, 8:52 pm
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Well there goes my bracket. I had Michigan St going against
Ohio St for the championship and Michigan St bit the dust
tonight.
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Re: NCAA College Basketball 2011-12
By: AndyMacFAIL Date: April 4, 2012, 4:22 pm
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John Calipari not interested in NBA
By Andy Katz | ESPN.com | Updated: April 4, 2012, 3:46 PM ET
Kentucky coach John Calipari said Wednesday he isn't going to
coach the New York Knicks or any other NBA franchise for the
foreseeable future.
"Kentucky is the best job in basketball coaching," Calipari
said. "Why would I leave? We just won the national title. We're
chasing UCLA."
Kentucky's title win over Kansas on Monday night in New Orleans
gave the school eight national men's basketball titles, three
short of UCLA's all-time record of 11.
Calipari said no NBA team has contacted him about an opening,
including the Knicks, which are being coached by Mike Woodson on
an interim basis after Mike D'Antoni was fired.
Calipari coached the New Jersey Nets for three seasons after he
took UMass to the Final Four in 1996. He was fired by the Nets
20 games into his third season, in 1998-99.
read more:
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Re: NCAA College Basketball 2011-12
By: AndyMacFAIL Date: April 6, 2012, 3:53 pm
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FIU dismisses Isiah Thomas as men's basketball coach
Isiah Thomas, who came to FIU in 2009 amid much fanfare, was let
go Friday as coach after a 26-65 record in three seasons.
BY BARRY JACKSON - bjackson@MiamiHerald.com
Former NBA star Isiah Thomas, the most ballyhooed coaching hire
in Florida International University history, was fired as men’s
basketball coach on Friday, more than a month after completing
an 8-21 season, his third losing season in as many years with
the school.
"I want to thank Isiah Thomas for his three years at FIU,” FIU
executive director of sports entertainment Pete Garcia said in a
statement. "However, we have decided to take the program in a
different direction."
Garcia did not elaborate, and wasn't immediately available for
additional comment. FIU said it immediately will begin a
national search for a replacement.
FIU went 7-25 and 11-19 in his first two seasons. He leaves the
Panthers with a record of 26-65.
read more:
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Re: NCAA College Basketball 2011-12
By: Phill23 Date: April 7, 2012, 1:32 pm
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Can't stand Calipari at all but can't stand Isaiah more.
Can't wait for Kentucky to have their championship stripped from
them.
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