The college basketball season is barely breaking a sweat and Kentucky freshman Julius Randle has pushed his way into the conversation for college player of the year and the No. 1 selection in next year’s NBA draft. On a night when three of the five projected top picks in the 2014 draft were on display … [Read more…]
Kentucky freshman forward Nerlens Noel was declared out for the rest of the college basketball season on Wednesday with a torn ligament in his left knee. Noel tore his ACL on Tuesday night when Kentucky lost at Florida. An MRI revealed the injury, and the 6-foot-10 forward will have surgery in the next two or … [Read more…]
Anthony Davis is the consensus No. 1 pick in the 2012 NBA draft. His resume reads like a laundry list that is normally reserved for legends: SEC player of the year, Naismith Award and Wooden Award winner, AP player of the year, AP first-team All-American, and the most outstanding player in the Final Four after … [Read more…]
Heading into national signing day, there were five high school All-Americans who have yet to decide on which college to attend in the fall, and one of them was Shabazz Muhammad. The 6-foot-6 forward from Las Vegas Bishop Gorman was named the MVP of the 35th annual McDonald’s High School All-American Game in Chicago, scoring … [Read more…]
When it comes to evaluating basketball talent, there are few in the NBA who are better than Geoff Petrie. The Sacramento Kings’ president of basketball operations was responsible for drafting Peja Stojakovic, Hedo Turkoglu, Gerald Wallace, Jason Williams, Kevin Martin and 2010 NBA Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans. Petrie may have picked up another … [Read more…]
Overanalyzing the NCAA Tournament bracket is about as common as allergies in springtime. That’s why they call it March Madness because college basketball followers, as well as non-followers, get too wrapped in sleepers, bracket-busters, upset specials and ESPN’s Bracketology. That last entry is the root of all evil. Can someone explain to me what is … [Read more…]