Coming out of high school following the 2011 season, lightning quick point guard Jahii Carson was a hot commodity when it comes to elite incoming talent in the collegiate ranks. After setting a Mesa, Arizona HS scoring record, averaging an incredible 32.2 ppg, he was named a 2nd Team All American before staying in state, [...]
May 19, 2014
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NBA Draft, NCAA
While players like Dante Exum, Marcus Smart, and Doug McDermott showed up and improved their draft stock at this year’s NBA Draft Combine, the consensus Top 3 players, Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, and Joel Embiid, decided to stay home rather than participate. Depending on Tuesday’s Draft Lottery results, it’s a given that one of these [...]
May 19, 2014
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NCAA, Offbeat
Last week, Kentucky freshman James Young declared for the NBA draft and today he teammate Julius Randle has done the same. All season long, Randle has been rumored to be a lottery pick so this makes financial sense for him. During the season, he had flashes of brilliance and flashes on head-scratching moments. But his [...]
April 22, 2014
Anou Enright
NCAA
Senior Wichita State forward Cleanthony Early has made a name for himself in helping lead the Shockers on deep NCAA Tournament runs the past two seasons. He went from being a little known athletic swing-man to being an NCAA Player of the Year candidate and potential 1st Round NBA Draft pick seemingly overnight, continually making [...]
Wow…what a maddening March it has been in college basketball as almost assuredly no one could have predicted that both Kentucky and UConn, two teams with some obvious flaws entering the Tournament, would wind up playing each other Monday evening for the 2014 NCAA National Championship. Kentucky, the preseason #1 tanked team in the country [...]
Aaron Harrison must have ice water running through his veins. In tonight’s final four game between Kentucky and Wisconsin, Harrison was only 1-13 on the game. He was definitely not at his finest. But with the game and his team’s season on the line, and only 5.7 seconds left, he was as good as they [...]
In 2014, not many fault a kid for leaving school early for guaranteed NBA millions. That wasnt the case 10-15 years ago, but we are in a different time now. Andrew Wiggins knows how it works, as he declared for the draft earlier this week, but does Jabari Parker. There is growing concern among NBA [...]
April 2, 2014
Anou Enright
NCAA
This year’s NCAA Tournament has been chock full of all the exciting and emotionally charged moments we come to love and anticipate after a long regular season of college basketball. If you are like most of the nation, surely your bracket has already been busted by all of the upsets, so you should head over [...]
March 28, 2014
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Allen Moll, NCAA
Few players, if any, score the rock as easily as newest Duke commit Luke Kennard. The 5 star junior shooting guard, hailing from Franklin, Ohio, has been the hottest high school player on the recruiting front after averaging a ridiculous 41 ppg, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists this season for Franklin HS. His stock really [...]
March 25, 2014
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NCAA