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December 28, 2010 – Allen Moll To the average person, Mississippi State sophomore forward Renardo Sydney has been given way more chances to succeed at the collegiate level than most. Apparently the 6’10 and 270 lb one time prized recruit doesn’t agree as he was caught on national television having a knock-down, drag-out fistfight with teammate [...]

December 20, 2010 – Allen Moll Every member of Jayhawk Nation and college basketball fans in general could hardly wait for December 18th to finally arrive. That’s the date that everyone circled on their calendars when Kansas’ top recruit Josh Selby, fresh off a 9 game suspension to begin the season, was set to make [...]

December 15, 2010 – Chip Patterson Follow on Twitter – @cnpatterson3 NBA Power Rankings 1 Boston Celtics They are the reigning kings of the East, and will be until Miami can dethrone them officially.  With the Knicks chirping at their feet, Boston has a chance to reassert their dominance over their division rivals on Wednesday [...]

December 9, 2010 – Allen Moll Surely every Wolfpack fan is excited to have highly touted freshman CJ Leslie on campus this season as he has quite a resume as a highlight reel dunker in high school. But at the same time, another elite level frosh, point guard Ryan Harrow, is already making a name [...]

December 8, 2010 – Chip Patterson Follow on Twitter – @cnpatterson3 NBA Power Rankings 1 Boston Celtics The thing that is so scary about the Celtics current seven game win streak is that after the seventh win, they got two days off.  For a team that will battle age the entire season, that is exactly [...]

December 8, 2010 – Allen Moll As if the Duke Blue Devils weren’t already the most potent team in the collegiate ranks with both the National Preseason POY Kyle Singler providing leadership and outstanding freshman phenom Kyrie Irving running the point, Duke may very well get even better from the perimeter next season once elite [...]

December 6, 2010 – Allen Moll You can’t stop him. You can only hope to contain him. Surely that is becoming the defensive philosophy of opposing coaches on just how to defend UConn’s Kemba Walker, who has undoubtedly been the NCAA’s best player through the early season so far. Just when everyone thought he couldn’t [...]

December 3, 2010 – Allen Moll Don’t look now but the Indiana Hoosiers are well on there way back to basketball relevance under the tutelage of 2nd year head coach Tom Crean. He has been making his mark on the recruiting front after the roster was gutted over the Kelvin Sampson recruiting violation fiasco a [...]

December 2, 2010 – Allen Moll Every freshman in college basketball has that one game that makes a statement letting his teammates and fans know he has arrived. For Duke’s Kyrie Irving, Wednesday night’s contest against the #6 ranked Michigan State Spartans served as his coming out party as he dropped 31 points, 6 rebounds, [...]

With the first full month of play coming to a close, teams must start identifying areas to improve before we get too deep into the season. There have been plenty of surprises, but it is an old favorite that stands on top of the Power Rankings. [...]