Rothstein Files: A Wonderful Wednesday In College Hoops
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns FIVE GAMES TO WATCH ON WEDNESDAY DUKE AT UNC THE SKINNY: The most storied rivalry in the sport takes center stage as the Blue Devils try and bounce back from Sunday’s...
View ArticleRothstein Files: What To Watch This Weekend In College Hoops
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns NORTH CAROLINA AT DUKE Isn’t it amazing how the Tarheels started the season as the unanimous top team in the country and now people barely even acknowledge that they...
View ArticleRothstein Files: Monday Morning College Hoops Notebook
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns FIVE THINGS I LEARNED LAST WEEK 1. YANCY GATES HAS BECOME A MAJOR FORCE For a player who was the center of Cincinnati’s brawl earlier this season against Xavier, Gates...
View ArticleRothstein Files: This And That Around College Hoops
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns - VCU coach Shaka Smart will be the first person to say that Drexel deserves an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament after the Rams beat the Dragons 59-56 Monday night in...
View ArticleRising Star: Anthony Davis
By: Mark Chalifoux Hardcore basketball fans have been talking about him all year and at the end of the NCAA tournament, even the most casual of fans will know who Anthony Davis is. If you’ve lived...
View ArticleRothstein Files: What Fab Melo’s Absence Means; Breakdown Of The NCAA East...
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns WHAT FAB MELO’S ABSENCE MEANS TO SYRACUSE: All of a sudden, the Orange have a completely different look heading into the NCAA Tournament. Without their starting center,...
View ArticleFive Things: Rock Chalk Run And Kentucky’s Dominance
By: Andrew Kahn It all goes so quickly. After an exciting weekend, college basketball is just three games away from deciding its champion. The Final Four, in New Orleans, is set: Kentucky, the lone 1...
View ArticleRothstein Files: This And That Around College Basketball
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns - C.J. Leslie’s decision to return to NC State next season immediately makes Mark Gottfried’s team a threat for the ACC title along with Duke and North Carolina. The...
View ArticleRothstein Files: ACC Offseason Notebook; Power Rankings, Breakout Players And...
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns FIVE QUESTIONS ENTERING THE ACC 1. WILL NC STATE LIVE UP TO THE HYPE? The Wolfpack will have to deal with something they haven’t faced in an awful long time —...
View ArticleSecond-Half Run Sends Kansas Past Tar Heels
Behind the impassioned play of Travis Releford and Jeff Withey, the top-seeded Jayhawks shook themselves out of a first-half slumber and blitzed No. 8 seed North Carolina down the stretch for a 70-58...
View ArticleRothstein Files: Breaking Down The 4 Potential Destinations For Andrew Wiggins
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns We can’t fully project next year’s Top 25 in college basketball because arguably the best player in the sport has still yet to decide on his destination. Andrew Wiggins...
View ArticleRothstein: This And That Around NCAA Basketball; Wiggins’ Call, Duke-UCLA At...
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns - Andrew Wiggins, the consensus No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2013 is expected to make his college decision on Tuesday, according to multiple published reports. The 6-8...
View ArticleJon Rothstein’s ACC Offseason Notebook
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns FIVE QUESTIONS ENTERING THE ACC 1. HOW MANY BIDS WILL THE ACC GET IN THE 2014 NCAA TOURNAMENT? Probably eight or nine. With the additions of Pitt, Syracuse and Notre...
View ArticleUNC Scandal: Probe Reveals ‘Shadow Curriculum’ Involving Student-Athletes
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (CBSNewYork/AP) — More than 3,100 students — nearly half of them athletes — enrolled in classes they didn’t have to show up for and received artificially inflated grades in what an...
View ArticleBoomer & Carton: UNC Academic Fraud Allegations
UNC ScandalBoomer & Cartonplaypause Subscribe to the Boomer & Carton Podcast » Boomer has been talking about the ongoing academic fraud investigation down at the University of North Carolina on...
View Article8 Fast Facts About The UNC Academic Fraud Scandal
According to an official report by former U.S. Justice Department official Kenneth Wainstein released Wednesday, there was more academic fraud than previously reported by the NCAA or the University of...
View ArticleFive Great College Basketball Games Left This Season
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports As we enter the final week of the NCAA regular season we already know a fair amount about the teams we’ll be cheering for as March creeps closer to April. For example: We...
View Article5 Things: NCAA Tournament Bids Clinched
By Andrew Kahn The court stormings have increased dramatically, a signal that the madness has begun. Several one-bid leagues crowned their tournament champion this past weekend. The other conferences...
View Article5 Things: Wild Finishes In NCAA Tournament Opening Weekend
By Andrew Kahn A season that provided a carousel of teams at the top of the rankings and plenty of upsets portended an unpredictable and entertaining March Madness. The Tournament’s first weekend was...
View Article5 Things: Final Four Margin Of Victory Record Obliterated
By Andrew Kahn The regular season was exciting and unpredictable, and the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament reflected that. As the frequency of games decreased, so has the drama, no more evident...
View ArticleRising Star: North Carolina Guard Joel Berry
By Andrew Kahn North Carolina was settling for three-point attempts at the start of its Final Four game against Syracuse. This was a bad game plan for several reasons: the Heels’ strength is inside;...
View ArticleFive Things: Best NCAA Championship Game Ever?
By Andrew Kahn Fans hoping for an exciting end to the college basketball season got their wish times a thousand last night. A Tournament that began with utter madness gave us perhaps its best...
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