Connecticut has had some big celebrations at Madison Square Garden over the years, and Sunday was the time for another one after they beat Michigan State to advance to the Final Four.
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Michigan State finds multiple ways to win
Michigan State found several ways to win in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, as one player after another picked up the slack if someone struggled, and the Spartans played to their identity after not doing so early.
Quick Hitters – September 29, 2013
Some quick hitters in the midst of prep school visits and the start of practice for most college teams, including a big event in Boston, an unfortunate diagnosis for a coach, and a lot on the recruiting trail.
Baylor is clearly third in the Big 12
Baylor was thought by some to be a Final Four or national title contender. With four losses to Kansas and Missouri, the Bears are quite clearly not the best in their own conference right now.
Michigan State and Big Ten look for port during storm
There’s plenty of news coming out of the Big Ten to overshadow Michigan State’s opener against North Carolina on the USS Carl Vinson. But the nod to honoring U.S. troops and veterans embodies the positivity that we love in college hoops.
And here we go…
On a day when we honor our active-duty military personnel and veterans across the country, we also celebrate the full-fledge return of college hoops, highlighted, fittingly, by a game played on an aircraft carrier.
Michigan State Spartans 2011-12 Preview
Coach Tom Izzo proves year in and year out that he’s one of the top coaches in the country, and he’ll be working over time in the 2011-12 to get a bunch of new guys to mesh with one another.
TIQ Player Ratings Reveal Top Returning Talent
North Carolina might be No. 1 in the pre-season polls, but the top returning talent in the country resides in the Midwest, based on Hoopville’s Total Impact Quotient player rating system.
Updating the NBA Entry List and Honoring a Maryland Legend
The deadline for early entrants to decide whether they’re staying in the draft or heading back to school has passed. Meanwhile, in College Park, the Gary Williams era has officially come to a close.
The Jimmy V Classic: Five Things We Learned
Five takeaways from the Jimmy V Classic, including a young Memphis team, a zone defense that still works wonders and a “struggling” undefeated team.
