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College basketball goes to a 30-second shot clock
Why the change? And will it matter? The Raleigh News & Observer’s Andrew Carter provides some answers: The move to a 30-second shot clock is a positive development for a…
National Invitation Tournament
second tier postseason college basketball tournament in the U.S.
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UNCC and Alan Major part ways
No surprise there, given Major’s inability to get the school into the NCAA tournament — one NIT appearance in five years just doesn’t cut it, especially given the university’s rich…
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ACC Hoop Thoughts
It’s nearing the end of December, which is to say the out-of-conference portion of the college basketball season is about over. So, we have enough information to draw some conclusions…
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UNC vs. UNCC in the NIT?
Stick a fork in the Niners — they are done. An NCAA bid was there for the taking, but losing 5 of 6 games has put that out of reach.…
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Columbia: Scribe Doesn't Know NCAA Owns NIT
Sports reporter goes on a tear decrying that flying the Stars-and-Bars on the State Capitol grounds has chased NCAA basketball tourney games — and supposedly great sacks of cash —…
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The Onion: Charlotte Bobcats Seeded 7th In NIT
This hilarious Onion article is much too kind to the Charlotte Bobcats, a struggling NBA team that would have trouble beating a number of the college teams playing in the…
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Rick Morrissey, unificator
Just a week after dissing UNC’s Tyler Hansbrough, the Chicago Tribune’s Rick Morrissey turns sweet and writes about how the NCAA Torunament will be the national focus for the next…
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ACC = NITville
It’s mid-January, which means ACC basketball conference games are just starting. While a lot of people may think of this as when things start to get interesting, most big-time teams…
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NIT: An Uptown Bust
Let’s be clear about this, there is no way 11,000 people were in the building for the UNC-Sacred Heart game at Bobcat arena last night. Maybe that many tix were…
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Playoffs? Playoffs?
A group of NCAA leaders are claiming that there is a new for more postseason opportunities for female athletes, claiming that the number of women who participate in postseason contests…