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2008-09 Mississippi State Basketball Preview: #96

August 20th, 2008
Mississippi St

 

Mississippi State Bulldogs

 

Rise & Fall: BCS Conference Review

August 18th, 2008
ACC

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..

 

Cheerleader of the Day: Florida #2

August 13th, 2008
Florida Gators

Cheerleader of the Day

 

Thanks to our friends over at Icon Sports Media, we have access to thousands of great college & NBA basketball photos to use on the site.  Each day, along with our Picture of the Day, we'll be featuring a Cheerleader of the Day. After a brief mid-summer run of NBA dancers, we're back with college girls..

Patrick Beverley Ruled Ineligible for Arkansas

August 10th, 2008
Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Junior guard Patrick Beverley will not compete for the Razorbacks in the 2008-09 basketball season.

The University of Arkansas, including its administrators and coaches, will have no further comment due to student privacy laws.

-www.arkansasrazorbacks.com 

2008-09 Arkansas Basketball Preview: #108

August 8th, 2008
Arkansas

Arkansas Razorbacks

 

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.

Cheerleader of the Day: Georgia #2

August 6th, 2008
Georgia Cheerleader

 

Cheerleader of the Day

 

2008 Maui Invitation Bracket Announced

August 5th, 2008
Alabama

MAUI, Hawaii, Aug. 5, 2008 – The EA SPORTS Maui Invitational today announced the official bracket for the 2008 edition of the nation’s premier early-season college basketball tournament. Marking its milestone 25th year, the eight-team competition will return to Maui’s ocean-front Lahaina Civic Center Nov.24-26.

Poll: Who is the SEC's Top Incoming Freshman?

July 30th, 2008
Alabama

Rise and Fall: SEC Program Review

July 29th, 2008
Kentucky

Like civilizations, all great basketball programs eventually fall.. replaced by an upstart newcomer. In this week's Rise & Fall series, we'll take a look at which BCS programs are rising, falling, or merely treading water. Up today, the:

 

SEC