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Arizona Wildcats – Love Making it Interesting
What’s the point of being 11-0 without making a few wins tense and nail biters? Arizona came back from a first half deficit for the fourth time this season with a 72-70 win in Michigan which should keep them at #1 for one more week, carried by some great basketball from Brandon Ashley and Aaron Gordon when it matters the most.
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Florida Gators – Scottie Wilbekin Gets To Be A Star For Once
After two early losses this season, people were ready to write off Florida and their chances to be a contender later this season. A 67-61 win over Kansas proved that with a full lineup, without suspensions or injuries getting in the way, they just might be as good as anyone else in the nation right now.
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2014 College Basketball Season – Week 6 Rankings
Despite struggling against UNLV at home, Arizona dominated the polls and landed its first top spot in a decade thanks to their 9-0 record and wins over Duke and San Diego State earlier on. The Wildcats lead a foursome with an undefeated record – Syracuse, Ohio State and Wisconsin.
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Baylor Bears – Exposing Just How Overrated Kentucky Are
The more this season progresses, the more we learn about just how overrated this Kentucky team is, looking quite less impressive when they face other ranked teams, like Baylor in the most recent example. Julius Randle might be a very special player, but the rest of his teammates and coaches might not be, putting in a poor effort while Baylor dominated the boards and played like a team that knows a lot more about itself than the Wildcats do.
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North Carolina Tar Heels – The Most Confusing Team in The Nation
So how good are North Carolina? One of the best, based on their wins against Louisville and now number one ranked Michigan State? Or hopeless, like the group that lost to Belmont and UAB? At this stage of the season, it seems like everyone is trying to find out their true identity, but a win at East Lansing points towards Roy Williams having a shot at his best season in a very long time.
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Best Returning Players in College 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.
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All Underclassmen Declaring for the 2013 NBA Draft
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.
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More Underclassmen Declaring Early for the 2013 NBA Draft
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.
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College Basketball – Final Rankings of the 2013 Season
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.
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Players Declaring Early for the 2013 NBA Draft
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.