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Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
This time of year is special for many northeastern college basketball fans because it marks the week of the Big East tournament. Some of the biggest powerhouses in college basketball duke it out for conference bragging rights. Well, now with most of the major powers in the Big East moving ...
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Friday, September 14th, 2012
When Jim Calhoun took over as the head men's basketball coach at Connecticut in 1986, he did so with the mentality that the Huskies should have been better than they were. During his 26-year stint, he certainly proved that to be true, winning three national championships before retiring Thursday with ...
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Friday, September 14th, 2012
Jim Calhoun has decided to retire from coaching. The Huskies head coach took over at UConn in 1986. The accomplishments speak for themselves: his teams have made 18 trips to the NCAA Tournament, and Calhoun has collected three national titles in his 26 years at the school.
Jim Boeheim has been ...
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
It appeared there could be some questions about just where Missouri would stand on the college basketball front next year. The Tigers wrapped up a 30-win season and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, but were upset in their first game of the Big Dance. The team was ...
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
It's been an inconsistent season to say the very least for the Connecticut Huskies. The defending national champions have played without head coach Jim Calhoun during part of the season due to illness, but despite it all UConn received an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament with a 20-13 overall ...
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
Kemba Walker knows what it feels like to be a lottery pick in the NBA Draft. To play a game, or even sign a contract? He hasn't had the chance to go through those opportunities yet as the world sits and waits for the NBA to end its lockout.
Walker says ...
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
You don't think we'd let the 2011 NBA Draft come and go without checking in with Charles Barkley to see what he had to say did you? Of course not. Sir Charles is typically pure gold in his reactions and assessment to the NBA's major developments, and not just because ...
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Most of the talk surrounding the 2011 NBA Draft revolves around who will be the number one pick. Will it be Arizona's Derrick Williams or Duke's Kyrie Irving? Derrick Williams was a flat out stud in the NCAA tournament, while Kyrie Irving was hurt for most of the season in ...
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
When it came to the postseason, just about every step that Connecticut made took most people by surprise. Sure, they had a Player of the Year candidate in Kemba Walker and could make some noise in the Big East tournament, but they weren't supposed to win it all.
When the Huskies ...
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
It sure wasn't the prettiest National Championship game played for the Men's Division I NCAA title and it might have even been the ugliest game ever played on the sports biggest stage, but the UConn Huskies took home their third title in the school's history. Jim Calhoun became the oldest ...
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