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The Big East is still undefeated this season

Published 11 hours ago by Chris Chase at The Dagger

It's just after 4 p.m. on the east coast on the 12th day of the college basketball season and, so far, members of the Big East conference have yet to lose a game. Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, Seton Hall, South ...
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Cram Session: Syracuse makes a statement while UNC dwindles

Published 16 hours ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

The Cram Session is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action. Syracuse 95, California 73 : A couple of weeks ago, Syracuse lost a game to Division II LeMoyne Dolphins. Yes, it was just an exhibition game, but the loss was emphatic -- how disorganized would the Cuse ...
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The Hunt: No. 18, Duke

Published 35 hours ago by Chris Chase at The Dagger

The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here . Last year's record: 30-7 (11-5, ACC) 2009-2010's toughest games: Arizona State, NIT final/consolation vs. Connecticut or LSU, at Wisconsin, vs. ...
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Hey, check out the big win on Dayton

Published 37 hours ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

Dayton got their first real test of the season today. Guess what? They passed. You probably didn't see the game. I know I didn't. For whatever reason, our friends at ESPN decided to go with Colin Cowherd on ESPNU , and none of the Full Court packages were carrying the game, either. Which ...
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Cram Session: Break up the Big Red
rivals.yahoo.com - 36 hours ago
Cram Session: Break up the Big Red
— rivals.yahoo.com — The Cram Session is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action. Tuesday and Thursday's college basketball schedules were like the two halves of a delicious, toasted everything bagel. Wednesday was like the nasty hazelnut ... (more) Cram Session: Break up the Big Red

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The Hunt: No. 19, West Virginia

Published 38 hours ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here . Last year's record : 23-11, 10-8 Big East 2009-10's toughest games : Purdue, Ohio State, Louisville, at Villanova Primary attraction : Future ...
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Extra Onions: Josh Pastner's moment in the sun

Published 2 days ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

Extra Onions   is a roundup of college hoops stuff from around the 'Webs. As always, email or follow me on Twitter to send along links I should see. • Everybody loves Josh. Josh Pastner's introduction to the public could have gone a lot worse: Pastner's coaching performance was ...
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In case you needed a reminder, Kansas is absolutely loaded

Published 2 days ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

Tuesday afternoon, Fran Frischilla was calling the Tulsa-Arkansas Little-Rock game when he made a bold but not at all unbelievable claim. Frischilla said that if Kansas splintered off their second five into another team, that team would be among the 25 best in the country. Like I said: not all ...
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Cram Session: The marathon is over, and Kansas is relieved

Published 2 days ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

The Cram Session is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action. I just turned on my TV, and there are no college basketball games on. The marathon is over already? But it just started to get good! Michigan State 75, Gonzaga 71 : Gonzaga basketball will be just fine. ...
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Roy Williams second-guesses his own scheduling skills

Published 2 days ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

North Carolina has a very difficult preseason schedule. There is no debating this. Five of the Tar Heels' next eight games will come against ranked foes, a list which includes Ohio State, either Cal or Syracuse depending on tourney play, Michigan State, Kentucky and Texas. For last year's UNC ...
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Hall of Fame Showcase showcases ugliest court design of the year
rivals.yahoo.com - 2 days ago
Hall of Fame Showcase showcases ugliest court design of the year
— rivals.yahoo.com — The 2009-2010 college basketball season is only a week old, but the competition for ugliest court design of the year may be over. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the court at the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase at the Scottrade Center in St. ... (more) Hall of Fame Showcase showcases ugliest court design of ...

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The Hunt: No. 20, Cincinnati

Published 3 days ago by Chris Chase at The Dagger

The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here . Last year's record: 18-14 2009-2010's toughest games: vs. Vanderbilt (at Maui Invitational -- possible future opponents: Maryland, Gonzaga, ...
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Watch Miami coach Charlie Coles destroy a reporter
rivals.yahoo.com - 2 days ago
Watch Miami coach Charlie Coles destroy a reporter
— rivals.yahoo.com — The last time we had a coach-reporter pantsing this bad, Jim Calhoun was involved . After Miami's last-second loss to Kentucky and John Wall last night , a game the RedHawks might well have deserved to win, a reporter decided to ask Miami coach ... (more) Watch Miami coach Charlie Coles destroy a reporter

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The Hunt: No. 22, Southern California

Published 3 days ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here . Last year's record : 22-13, 12-9 Pac-10 2009-10's toughest games : at Texas, Tennessee, at Georgia Tech, at Cal Primary attraction : Like a ...
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Cram Session: UCLA begins not with a whimper but a clang

Published 3 days ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

The Cram Session is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action. If this is a college hoops marathon, we're at the part where your chest begins to chafe. I always forget the tape! (Like I run marathons. Get real.) Cal-State Fullerton 68, UCLA 65 : It did not take long ...
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Stanley Robinson will be doing this all year
rivals.yahoo.com - 3 days ago
Stanley Robinson will be doing this all year
— rivals.yahoo.com — UConn's Stanley Robinson, who you might have noticed doing incredible airborne things for a much-ballyhooed Huskies team in 2008-09, is going to be the belle of Jim Calhoun's ball in 2009-10. Here's why : WATCH OUT! Well said. In case you feel bad ... (more) Stanley Robinson will be doing this all year

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The Hunt: No. 24, BYU

Published 4 days ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here .  <[> Last year's record : 24-8, 12-4 Mountain West 2009-10's toughest games : Arizona State, Nevada, Arizona, Utah Primary object of ...
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Northwestern's Kevin Coble ain't dead yet
rivals.yahoo.com - 2 days ago
Northwestern's Kevin Coble ain't dead yet
— rivals.yahoo.com — There was some disheartening news for the fighting Northwestern basketball Wildcats this weekend. Star forward Kevin Coble, a versatile scoring presence that makes Northwestern a dangerous offensive team, suffered a potentially season-ending foot ... (more) Northwestern's Kevin Coble ain't dead yet

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Cram Session: Isiah, Iowa have very bad weekends

Published 4 days ago by Eamonn Brennan at The Dagger

The Cram Session is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action. Some mornings are harder than others, but Mondays are the hardest of them all. Monmouth 99, FIU 70 ; Tulsa 81, FIU 49 : The most notable early season storyline -- which is not a very high bar, given that ...
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Harvard guard hits game-winner of the year (so far)
rivals.yahoo.com - 4 days ago
Harvard guard hits game-winner of the year (so far)
— rivals.yahoo.com — The Ivy League is good for a lot of things. Really smart, driven people. Button-collar oxford shirts with loosened ties. Blue blazers. Settings for movies about cranky or underdeveloped geniuses. Somewhere in there is the basketball, which is played ... (more) Harvard guard hits game-winner of the year (so far)

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