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  What Is Rutgers Thinking?

  For a school that recently experienced a scandal involving inappropriate (to say the least) language and behavior from a now-former basketball coach and the administration’s months of inaction, Rutgers has made an unusual...

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  Reports: Mike Krzyzewski will coach Team USA in 2016 Olympics

  Following Team USA 2012 Gold Medal victory in the London Olympics, it was widely assumed that Coach Mike Krzyewski would not be returning to coach the program in Rio.  He had...

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  Andrew Wiggins Makes his Choice

  The highest profile recruit in college basketball, and the biggest recruit ever out of Canada has made his choice.  After months of being pursued by nearly every major NCAA basketball program...

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  Shabazz Muhammad Proves Once Again, “One and Done” Players Not Worth The Effort

  Editor’s Note: Last Word on Sports is pleased to welcome Michael Taglienti as a new writer to the LWOS team. A texas resident and Texas A&M and Dallas Cowboys fan, Mike...

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  Fast Break: MJ vs Bron, My Son vs Kobe and the UN-dominant SEC

  First, welcome to Fast Break.  As you already know, the NBA is never short of drama, intrigue, and wicked performances, all worthy of making the night’s ticker.  Like you, I feverishly watch...

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  Fast Break: A Coach Killer, A Slap in the Groin,Dennis Rodman on US Foreign Policy, and Kobe Wine and Vinegar

  First, welcome to Fast Break.  As you already know, the NBA is never short of drama, intrigue, and wicked performances, all worthy of making the night’s ticker.  Like you, I feverishly...

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  Early Contenders: NCAA National Player of the Year- Guards

  Alright everyone, last week we gave you the apples, this week we’ll talk about the oranges.  While the post players are stronger overall this year (and you can see them by...

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  College Basketball Lecture Notes: Games of the Week

  Getting to experience a little college hoops euphoria so early in the season was wonderful while sitting on the couch on Saturday.  To see an upset of biblical proportions (David & Goliath is...

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  Early Contenders: NCAA National Player of the Year

  With the majority of the non-conference schedule completed, it’s time to take a look at the leading contenders for NCAA Player of the Year.  It’s still early in the season as...

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  College Spotlight: West Coast Conference

  Welcome back to another College Spotlight.  This time we take a quick peak at the West Coast Conference.  If you missed last week’s installment on the Mountain West Conference, or my...

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  College Basketball Lecture Notes: Games of the Week

  There was some good basketball in college hoops this past week, but no compelling story lines or upsets.  This is evidenced by the fact the AP Poll Top 25 contains the...

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  NCAA Basketball Rant of the Week: John Calipari and the One and Done

  Rant of the Week: Kentucky’s current recruiting model  John Calipari has been a very successful head coach in the NCAA for a long time.  You can’t argue with the success Coach...

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  College Basketball Lecture Notes, December 5th

  All right everyone, we have arrived at the quietest part of the NCAA basketball schedule. The pre-season tournaments are all complete, the inter-conference challenges are finished, and the student-athletes have to...

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  Best Conference in Basketball: ACC

  If you were to ask me to rank the top three conferences in college basketball today, I would say the Big 10, ACC, Big East.  But starting next year, my answer...

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  ACC-Big Ten Challenge

  Two of the strongest conferences in men’s NCAA Basketball kick off their annual challenge tonight and tomorrow, and it has the best college basketball games of the week.  In my opinion,...

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  A Guide To March Madness

  When my wife and I first started dating, I warned her up front: for all of March, I become a crazy sports lunatic – more so than usual – and can...

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  Conference Tournament Preview

  At the beginning of January, I tried to project the 68-team field for March Madness. As a part of this projection, I threw out my picks for the winner of the...

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  Rivalry Week Review

  Austin Rivers forever etched his name on the UNC-Duke rivalry by hitting a game-winning, buzzer-beating three at Chapel Hill. (courtesy, ESPN) Here are your Points of Interest from this past week:...

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  Miami Drops Duke; Top 7 Hold Ground, Leading Up To Rivalry Week

  Here are your (lengthy) Points of Interest from the last week in college basketball: Formerly-ranked Illinois knocked off #9 Michigan State on Tuesday night, 42-41. MSU drops out of the Top...

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  A Week of Upsets

  The Iowa State Cyclones beating #5 Kansas were just one of the crazy upsets this past week. Well now, that was an interesting week. Let’s just get right to it and...