A busy weekend of tournament action came and went this past weekend, and more is on our plate right now. Here are some quick hitters coming out of them.
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Some numbers from the Legends Classic semifinals
The Legends Classic final matchups are set, and with that in mind, a look at the numbers from the semifinals is in order. They give an idea of how Pittsburgh and Stanford won to meet in the final.
Seton Hall-Oklahoma by the numbers
Seton Hall dropped a heart-breaker on Friday night in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. While some numbers tell a little of the story, in the end some big ones are deceiving.
Baylor defense dominant in NIT championship
Baylor’s defense was a big reason the Bears overcame some other deficiencies in the NIT championship game to take home the title.
Baylor advances to NIT title game
Baylor beat an improved team to advance to the NIT title game with a few players coming up big. They will take on Iowa on Thursday night.
How the conferences shake out as 2013 approaches
Non-conference play is almost over, and we’ve learned something about a lot of teams and conferences although some are still a mystery. With that in mind, we take a look at how every conference in America looks as the new calendar year approaches.
The Jimmy V: Analysis and teams headed in opposite directions
The Jimmy V Classic was a doubleheader that had a blowout and a close game. We take a statistical look inside the box scores of both games, as well as the youth of a couple of teams that played in the event.
Important practice time awaits Kansas State
Kansas State came into The World’s Most Famous Arena without a major test in the early going this season. They got two different ones in New York and now look forward to some practice time to work on their offense, a big concern.
Not the best time to be around college basketball
College basketball has been beset with bad news lately. There are always players declared academically ineligible around this time of the year, which is never good news, but there’s more than that going on and that’s why this has been a difficult stretch.
An improbable run by Kansas? That’s what this is
As Monday night’s national championship game beckons, Kentucky and Kansas are something of a study in contrasts from the standpoint of how they got to this point. In particular, Kansas wasn’t supposed to be in this game, but they have made it with a lot of improvement during the season.
