Ken Davis Files

STORRS, Conn. _ The Florida Gators tugged on Shabazz Napier’s cape. They trapped him, forced him to lose control of his dribble, and then coaxed him into an off-balance jump shot that had zero chance of dropping through the basket. The hopes and dreams of the Connecticut Huskies probably should have died right there. But […]

Sean Levine of Rock Chalk Sports Talk on KLWN 1320 in Lawrence, Kan., interviews author Ken Davis about his new book, “100 Things Kansas Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” Recorded Nov. 27, 2013. Here’s the link: https://soundcloud.com/kendavis55/rock-chalk-sports-talk.

There’s no change at the top of my power rankings this week. Michigan State is still No. 1 and Kansas comes in at No. 2. But we do have several newcomers to the list of 25. If you’ve been paying attention, you can probably guess those teams. Take a look and see if you are […]

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Spontaneity quite often is the key ingredient to a good victory celebration. North Carolina coach Roy Williams has been around long enough that he knows how to dance, bump and jump with a group of players. But rest assured Williams and his young Tar Heels had not rehearsed their moment for accepting […]

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – We’ve got the championship game everyone was looking forward to in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament. No. 24 North Carolina defeated Richmond and No. 3 Louisville held off Fairfield Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena, setting up the title game Sunday (1 p.m.) between the Tar Heels and Cardinals, and between […]

UConn coach Kevin Ollie will look out onto the Madison Square Garden floor Friday night and watch power forward Noah Vonleh doing his thing. Ollie undoubtedly would prefer seeing Vonleh in a Huskies uniform. Instead, the name on the front of the jersey will be Indiana, UConn’s opponent in the championship game of the 2K […]

Word came from UConn earlier tonight that recruits Sam Cassell, Jr. and Daniel Hamilton have signed “agreements” to attend UConn beginning with the 2014-15 season. Not sure whether that means a letter of intent or financial papers or what. The word “agreements” is unusual in a press release. No announcement yet regarding the status of […]

It’s a New England thing. Connecticut playing Boston College in basketball says New England like fall foliage, lobster rolls and clam chowder. But we haven’t had this New England rivalry since Jan. 5, 2005. Bad feelings over the Big East, Atlantic Coast Conference, and conference realignment ended a great thing. Everybody knows about Jim Calhoun, […]

FoxSports.com has asked me to post my weekly college basketball power rankings again this season. The first rankings went up today. We will update the rankings every Wednesday during the season. Check them out here: http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/powerRankings

It is great that the UConn-Boston College rivalry will be renewed Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. But let’s not lose track of the fact that the 2K Sports Classic benefits the Wounded Warrior Project. That should be important to everyone living in this country. This photo shows the pregame warmup shirts the Huskies will […]