ARLINGTON, Texas – Florida coach Billy Donovan was asked Thursday if Connecticut guard Shabazz Napier reminds him of himself as a senior at Providence. “If I reminded myself of him or him of me, I would not be coaching right now,” Donovan said. I would be playing in the NBA right now.” Donovan reminded members […]
Final Four talking points
April 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s Final Four week. Four teams left. Four coaches left. Until Saturday night’s national semifinals in Jerry Jones’ Playland, we’re all about the number 4. The NCAA pulled together the four coaches for a conference call with reporters on Monday. From all that pregame chatter, we’ve extracted four – yes, four – talking points. One […]
College basketball’s Sweet 16 power rankings
March 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
After a weekend of trimming the field, we are down to 16 teams in the NCAA Tournament. It’s time to reassess the favorites and I’ve done that for the weekly Power Rankings on FoxSports.com. The first three rounds of the NCAA tournament offered up a little bit of everything. There were six overtime games, big […]
Florida holds top spot, Virginia No. 3 in final AP poll
March 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Associated Press released its final men’s basketball poll of the season on Monday. Here’s how the regular season will go into the books.
And the top four seeds are . . .
March 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
As this is written, we are less than four hours away from the unveiling of the bracket for the 2014 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. It’s always an exciting day, full of suspense, arguments, celebration and disappointment. The conversation this week has focused on the four No. 1 seeds. Just about an hour ago, CBS Sports […]
FoxSports.com college basketball power rankings – March 12
March 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you haven’t been absorbed by March Madness yet, it won’t take much longer. The NCAA tournament field is filling up with automatic qualifiers and play begins Wednesday in the major conference tournaments. By Sunday, you will have a bracket in your hand and can start making your picks. The top team in our Power […]
FoxSports.com college basketball power rankings – March 5
March 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Syracuse and Michigan State, two teams with Final Four aspirations, continue to drop in the Power Rankings. Creighton and Saint Louis, two terrific stories for college hoops, both are suddenly suffering through two-game losing streaks. And the battle for the top four seeds in the NCAA Tournament is down to five talented teams. But the […]