Over the course of the holiday week, we at College Basketball Talk will be detailing what we believe will be the New Year’s Resolutions of some of the nation’s most talented, most disappointing, and thoroughly enigmatic teams.
Over the course of the holiday week, we at College Basketball Talk will be detailing what we believe will be the New Year’s Resolutions of some of the nation’s most talented, most disappointing, and thoroughly enigmatic teams.
Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson became the most famous coach in the country for a day after going on a memorable rant during his postgame press conference.
GAME OF THE DAY: No. 10 Connecticut at Washington (3:30 p.m., ESPNU) -- all times eastern The Huskies are coming off their first loss of the season as they lost to Stanford at home this past Wednesday, 53-51.
GAME OF THE NIGHT: Minnesota 92, Nebraska-Omaha 79 -- Friday nights in college hoops tend to be quiet, but Minnesota and Omaha put on a show at The Barn tonight with the Gophers holding on for the win.
In Ivy League basketball circles, which soon expanded to national basketball circles at the conclusion of the 2013 NCAA Tournament, all of the talk during the summer months revolved around Harvard.
On the surface, Minnesota leading Nebraska-Omaha -- who is in just their second year of playing a schedule comprised of almost exclusively Division I competition -- 83-77 with just minutes remaining in regulation may seem like a lackluster effort by the Golden Gophers.
University of Rhode Island sophomore forward Mike Aaman was recently assaulted at an off-campus house in Narragansett, RI, and will be out of the Rams’ lineup indefinitely, the Providence Journal’s Kevin McNamara reported.
GAME OF THE NIGHT: Iowa State 85, Iowa 82 -- It was a slow night of college hoops with only eight games on the Division I docket, but even on a day chock full of games, Iowa State vs.
GAME OF THE NIGHT: Baylor 67, Kentucky 62 It didn’t have the atmosphere of a game that was one of the season’s biggest to date since it was played at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, but Baylor announced themselves to the country as a top team.
After graduation claimed do-it-all point guard Pierre Jackson from last year’s Baylor team, many wondered if Kenny Chery-- a Junior College transfer from State Fair Community College in Missouri -- could fill the void.
