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Marcus Smart

Best Returning Players in College Basketball

Posted on 30 Apr, 2013, by in Basketball

While most of the talk heading into the 2013-2014 college basketball season will probably be about the insane Freshman class, the returning players who chose to spend another year in college instead of trying their luck in the NBA draft is filled with quality, including Doug McDermott, Marcus Smart, Russ Smith and the Michigan group. More

Nerlens Noel

All Underclassmen Declaring for the 2013 NBA Draft

Posted on 29 Apr, 2013, by in Featured

The NBA playoffs starting also means that the deadline for underclassmen declaring for the 2013 NBA draft has passed, giving us 43 players leaving college basketball early, with Nerlens Noel, Anthony Bennett, Michael Carter-Williams, Trey Burke and Ben McLemore being the best among a pretty impressive class. More

Gorgui Dieng

More Underclassmen Declaring Early for the 2013 NBA Draft

Posted on 14 Apr, 2013, by in Basketball

The big names announcing they’ve had enough of college basketball keep pouring in, as Trey Burke from Michigan joins the likes of Cody Zeller and Michael Carter-Williams to expand a list of very impressive underclassmen declaring their eligibility for the 2013 NBA draft. More

Louisville National Champions

College Basketball – Final Rankings of the 2013 Season

Posted on 11 Apr, 2013, by in Basketball

Making the final rankings of the 2012-2013 college basketball season is rather easy than making a top 25 during the season itself, as Louisville made it quite simple by beating Michigan in the NCAA Tournament final, claiming their third national championship, leading a group of four teams from the Big East in the final standings. More

Ben Mclemore

Players Declaring Early for the 2013 NBA Draft

Posted on 10 Apr, 2013, by in Featured

Seniors are no longer the main attraction of NBA drafts, they haven’t been for a long time. Usually, and this year is no exception, players wait till the end of the NCAA tournament to declare early for the draft, and this time around it seems Victor Oladipo out of Indiana and Ben McLemore from Kansas are the ones grabbing the headlines from the others. More

UCLA 1995 Champions

Most Championships in College Basketball

Posted on 9 Apr, 2013, by in Featured, Uncategorized

By beating Michigan 82-76 in the 2013 NCAA Tournament Final, Louisville became the 8th school to win at least three College Basketball championships since the NCAA tournament began in 1939, joining Kansas, Connecticut, Duke, North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky and UCLA. More

Louisville Cardinals – Luke Hancock, Deserving Most Outstanding Player on the Deserving NCAA Champions

Posted on 9 Apr, 2013, by in Basketball

For the second time in a row, Luke Hancock came off the bench to keep Louisville on the right course, ending an incredible finish to the season with the NCAA tournament title, making Rick Pitino the first head coach to win two national titles with two different schools, while Peyton Siva and Chane Behanan more than made up for the fact that Russ Smith didn’t really show up on the most important game of his career. More

Louisville vs Michigan 2013

NCAA Tournament Final – Michigan vs Louisville Predictions

Posted on 8 Apr, 2013, by in Basketball

Unlike last year, there is no clear favorite to win the men’s college basketball national title, although Louisville, fitting of its number one seed and ranking overall should be slightly favored to go home with their third NCAA Tournament championship, while Michigan hope that the evolution they’ve been going through since the beginning of the Big Dance peaks at the most important game of all. More

Louisville Basketball

NCAA Tournament – The 2 Teams in the National Championship Game

Posted on 7 Apr, 2013, by in Featured

Two teams that trace their last NCAA titles to the 1980′s, Louisville (27 years ago) and Michigan (24 years ago) will meet in the first Big Ten vs Big East … More

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Michigan Wolverines – Mitch McGary On His Way to Win the Most Outstanding Player

Posted on 7 Apr, 2013, by in Basketball

Even when the Michigan Wolverines reached the number one spot on the AP Poll earlier this season, there were voices calling them fake and not good enough; not battle tested or proven. When the NCAA tournament began, that was the general consensus – Michigan are talented and fun to watch when Trey Burke has his game on. But in the national semifinal, Burke was awful, and Michigan still overcame an amazing defensive unit for the second time in a row, reaching the national title game for the first time in 20 years. More