by Charlie on May 13, 2011
The state of Texas is facing a budget shortfall that could hit $39 billion… making this a curious time to give Longhorns basketball coach Rick Barnes a $200,000 raise. It’s not like Barnes was underpaid. The raise brings his annual salary to $2.4 million. That’s not even half what Rick Pitino made last season… but [...]
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by Charlie on March 19, 2010
The Texas Longhorns’ collapse is complete. An Ishmael Smith jumper with 1.3 seconds remaining in overtime lifted Wake Forest into the second round and ended a frustrating season for Rick Barnes’ team. The Longhorns were ranked number one in the nation in January, but faded badly down the stretch. Last night’s game resembled their season; [...]
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by Charlie on January 25, 2010
This time last week, the Connecticut Huskies were reeling — riding a three-game losing streak and about to lose hall-of-fame coach Jim Calhoun, who left the team to deal with an as-yet-unspecified medical problem, with games against St. John’s and top-ranked Texas looming. After a dominating win at Madison Square Garden and an impressive come-from-behind [...]
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by Charlie on January 21, 2010
With Kansas and Texas sitting atop the rankings for much of this season, most observers considered the Big 12 a tw0-team race. Make that three. Kansas State knocked the Longhorns from the ranks of the unbeaten on Monday night, with a gritty 71-62 win. K-State’s smothering defense held Texas to just .368 shooting from the [...]
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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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by Charlie on March 4, 2009
Poll: Should colleges retire numbers of players that don’t graduate? Cast your vote at About College Basketball.
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