Archive - Dec 2013 - Article

Dennis RodmanFrom Clifton McNeely to Anthony Bennett, NBA fans have borne witness to 65 NBA drafts over the course of the league's history. Since the first ever selection in 1947 by the Pittsburgh Pioneers of the aforementioned McNeely, NBA franchises' hopes have been tethered to the success or failures of their teams' perspective drafts since its on-set.

Aaron CraftLosses by Michigan State, Kentucky and Kansas (in that order) last week have shaken up the upper tier of the Power 16 Ratings.

And that’s why the Ohio State Buckeyes have ascended to the top.

And, to cut off any and all Arizona or Syracuse fans who believe – perhaps, rightly – is the best club in the country right now, recall the rules of this puppy:

Mike KrzyzewskiIf you know anything about college basketball, it’s that the popular thing to do is to hate Duke. Unfortunately for those of us who do, it’s been hard to for us to find something legitimate to criticize since the legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski took over the program decades ago. For a little while it seemed we finally had that criticism of him, but that has been squashed recently and we largely believe it was due to his success with the Men’s Olympics basketball team.

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Zach LaVine 6-5 180 PG/SG UCLA Fr.

There are all sorts of swell matchups this week, largely due to the ACC-Big Ten hookups.

Tuesday’s action includes Indiana at Syracuse (No. 6), Michigan at Duke (9) and Notre Dame at Iowa.

Wednesday it will be North Carolina at top-ranked Michigan State, Wisconsin (14) at Virginia and Maryland at Ohio State (4).

Another one to watch Monday: Florida (12) at Connecticut (7).