Kansas Jayhawks

Despite the chaos, the Knicks actually held pre-draft workouts with some pretty interesting prospects at the MSG  Training Center in Greenburgh on Friday… including Kansas guard Josh Selby. Selby’s freshman season at Kansas was a pretty major disappointment. After his workout, he explained why: Many observers felt that Bill Self’s offense, which was designed to [...]

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College Basketball Team Name Glossary

by Charlie on March 11, 2010

Wildcat, Bulldog… those are easy. But what, exactly, is a Tar Heel? A Hoosier?  Jayhawk? A Hoya? The origins of some college basketball team names have been lost to history — but others are explained here. via About.com – College Basketball Team Name Glossary.

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Shorthanded Tennessee Shocks Jayhawks

by Charlie on January 12, 2010

The Tennessee Volunteers — playing with just six scholarship athletes — knocked off the number one team in the nation, shocking the Kansas Jayhawks 76-68. Bruce Pearl’s club was playing without second-leading scorer Tyler Smith, who was kicked off the team last week after an arrest on drug and gun charges. Three other Vols — [...]

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Kentucky Wins Number 2000

by Charlie on December 22, 2009

The winningest program in college basketball history reached a major milestone last night; Kentucky’s victory over Drexel was the 2000th in school history. The Wildcats reached the mark in highly convincing fashion, blowing out the Dragons by a score of 88-44. DeMarcus Cousins and Patrick Patterson scored 18 points each, while John Wall chipped in [...]

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College Basketball Fast Breaks

by Charlie on December 21, 2009

A quick wrap-up of the weekend in college hoops: The Texas Longhorns are looking like national title contenders after beating North Carolina 103-90 on Saturday. The contest was the first basketball game played at Jerry Jones’ new Cowboys Stadium, which will host the 2010 NBA All-Star Game and 2014 Final Four. Carolina how has three [...]

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College Basketball’s Unbeatens

by Charlie on December 19, 2009

As of December 18th, there are eleven remaining unbeaten teams in college basketball: Seton Hall Georgetown West Virginia Syracuse Kansas Texas Texas Tech Kentucky Purdue New Mexico Missouri State Kansas, Texas, Kentucky, Purdue, Syracuse and West Virginia are the top six teams in the nation, as per the AP poll, and Georgetown (11) is highly-regarded. [...]

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Winningest Programs

by Charlie on December 7, 2009

The winningest division I programs in college basketball — the University of Kentucky tops the list.

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