What’s gotten into Cleveland?
First, Cleveland State punches it’s ticket to the Big Dance by punching Associated Press number 16 ranked Butler in the face 57-54 for the Horizon League tournament championship. Cleveland State (25-10) is dancing for the first time in 23 years.
Now the question is, will the selection committee take two teams from the Horizon League to the Big Dance?
I’m also watching the Cleveland Cavaliers lose to the Clippers right now. It’s late in the first half, and I’m sure once the second half gets underway, LeBron James will restore order.
DePaul’s win against Cincinnati in the first round …read more

You know what they say – the more things change, the more they stay the same.
North Carolina was the consensus number one pick at the beginning of the season and held it for the first seven weeks of the season. The Tar Heels (27-3) lost that ranking eight weeks ago after an upset loss to Boston College.
And after a nice win over 79-71 win against Duke yesterday to sweep the season series, and with last week’s number one Connecticut’s 70-60 lost to Pittsburgh, the Tar Heels find themselves back where they started.
The win gave North Carolina its 17th Atlantic Coast …read more

Can you believe it’s March already?
Today, I’m not going to start at the top of the polls and talk about how much I want this week’s number one Connecticut to win it all. I really do because I’d like to see the expression on the state government’s and that nutty freelancer/activist faces when coach Jim Calhoun holds the trophy.
This time I’m going to start at the bottom of the top 25 and work my way up.
Looks like I might have been all wrong about No. 25 Syracuse. The Orange are 28-8 overall and 9-7 in the Big East. With games …read more

Texas Tech coach Pat Knight has been suspended by the Big 12 for talking trash to the referees in a 79-73 loss to Texas A&M last weekend.
This was the second time Bob’s son has been chastised by the conference. Earlier this season he was told to go to his room without any dinner after running onto the court not once, but twice twice to argue a foul call in a game against Nebraska.
According to the Associated Press, assistant coach Stew Robinson will replace Knight for today’s game against Texas.
Pat may be taking on some of the same characteristics as his …read more

I’ve been away for the past week due to a death in the family. My wife has been out of the country for the funeral (her dad’s), and that left my four-year-old son and I here alone together. All we had to promise my wife was that we wouldn’t kill each and/or destroy the house.
Promises, promises. As long as we get the foot print stains on the ceiling cleaned by the time she gets back on Wednesday night, we’ll be fine.
I was able to keep track of some of the goings on in the world of college basketball and here’s …read more

This edition of the latest college basketball rankings is brought to you by steroids and Major League Baseball.
Congratulations to the Connecticut Huskies (22-1, 10-1) for hanging on to the number one ranking for a second week in a row in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. An even bigger congrats if you achieved this feat without using steroids.
Looks like No. 2 Oklahoma (23-1, 9-0) may have to wait another week or two for its chance to claim the top spot. The Huskies play No. 23 Syracuse (18-6, 6-5) at home on Wednesday and visit Seton Hall (13-9, 4-6) …read more

You know what happens to Political Science majors, right?
They either end up back in the classroom teaching or in Washington D.C. costing tax payers trillions!
And remember what fan is short for – FANATIC! “A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause,” according to Dictionary.com.
When I take a look at standings, teams and players, it’s easy for me to make a pretty decent judgment based on this and other tangibles.
For instance.
Syracuse is 17-5 and ranked 20th in this week’s Associated Press poll.
Pretty good overall record, huh? I’m sure some teams in the SWAC, MAC and …read more

Here we are in this post Super Bowl edition of College Fast Break.
Connecticut is your new number one team and that may only last until about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
The Huskies (20-1, 9-1 in the Big East) are in Louisville to take on the fifth ranked Cardinals (17-3, 8-0).
If the Huskies win then no biggie. They get to hold on to the top spot for at least a week, because they play a couple of lousy teams in Michigan and Syracuse later this week.
If the Cardinals win then newly No. 2 Oklahoma (21-1, 7-0) in the Big 12 will …read more

Ok Duke fans, you are finally where you belong – at number one!
You sat around, waited patiently and won all but one of your games. You did while pretenders like those other two schools in your state and Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh?) held the top ranking this season.
So here you are at the top of both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. And it’s the first time in three seasons you’ve held the top spot.
And to add insult to injury, you solidified the number one ranking by clobbering an Atlantic Coast Conference cream puff in Maryland by 41 points over the …read more

As another full weekend of college basketball was unfolding and Pittsburgh’s two-week reign as the number one team in the nation ended Saturday night with its loss to Louisville, I couldn’t help but wonder who would be number one today.
Would it be number three and one loss Duke, which had an impressive non-conference win against Georgetown? Or would it be number two Wake Forest, which had a big win against a team who some believe (Ryan) is one of the more overrated rated teams in Clemson?
I guess the voters in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls agree that …read more