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State of '08: California

August 28th, 2008
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Duke or Carolina? BC or UMASS? Gonzaga or Washington.. or Washington State? What is the best program in each state? While there's not much competition in Hawaii..

2008-09 Utah Basketball Preview: #88

August 27th, 2008
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Charleston Classic Matchups Announced

August 27th, 2008
Charleston

ESPN Regional Television announced today the schedule of matchups for the inaugural Charleston Classic, set for Nov. 14-16 at the new Carolina First Center in Charleston, S.C.

The event will include 12 games in three days, with six games being broadcast on CSS. The Southern Conference, based in Spartanburg, S.C., will serve as the event's sponsoring conference.

State of '08: The Two-Program States

August 21st, 2008
Creighton

What is the top D1 basketball program in each state.. and which program is the worst? While there's not much competition in Hawaii.. there are great debates to be had in loaded regions like California, North Carolina, and Texas. The State of '08 is a state by state ranking based mostly on recent success (the last five years) mixed in with subjective factors such as conference prestige, historical success, and overall program direction.

 

Poll: What Will be the Best High-Major Conference in 2009?

August 15th, 2008
Atlantic 10

Rise & Fall: High-Major Conference Review

August 14th, 2008
Atlantic 10

In recent weeks, the Rise & Fall series has chronicled the progress (or regress) of college basketball's major conference teams. But if I equated each team to a civilization, I was mistaken. It is really the NCAA conference that equates to a burgeoning civilization or nation, each with its sometimes stable and sometimes rotating member states. Like civilizations, the prestige and power of conferences wax and wane..

 

Conference Rise & Fall: The Data

August 7th, 2008
ACC

People have been emailing me this week asking how I came up with the groupings for the Conference Rise & Fall articles. While the groupings I used were based on a mix of intuition and stats, here are the actual conference RPI's over the last decade. Notice the clean split between certain league divisions.. for example, the BCS leagues and non-BCS leagues. The difference in avg RPI between the best and worst BCS leagues (ACC & Pac-10) is 2.7, which is almost as big as the gap between the Pac-10 and the closest non-BCS league.

Draft Poll: Who Will be the First Mid-Major Prospect Selected?

June 24th, 2008
BYU

Trent Plaisted: NBA Draft Profile

June 8th, 2008
BYU

Trent Plaisted

 

JR Giddens: NBA Draft Profile

May 26th, 2008
NBA Draft

JR Giddens

 

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