Around The Blogosphere: December 9, 2010
Posted by nvr1983 on December 9th, 2010
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Top 25 Games
- #18 Minnesota 83, St. Joseph’s 73: “In a game that had the appearance of a trap for Minnesota, the Gophers traveled to Pennsylvania for their first true road game of year and took down the St. Joseph’s Hawks 83-73 behind Trevor Mbakwe’s double-double and timely threes from Blake Hoffarber and Devoe Joseph.” (From the Barn)
Other Games of Interest
- Maryland 99, UNC-Greensboro 56: “As far as easy rebound wins go, they don’t get much better than the 99-56 drubbing that Maryland gave the UNC Greensboro Spartans. After a demoralizing loss to Temple that came this close to resulting in some lineup changes, Maryland could’ve used an easy win, and it’s just what they got. The Terrapins shot 43% from 3 and 52% from the field, outrebounded the Spartans by 20, received yet another double-double from Jordan Williams, and generally dominated play en route to an easy 43-point victory.” (Testudo Times)
- Colorado 90, Colorado State 83 (OT): “The game was an exciting one throughout… a buzzer beating three by the Buffs made it a 33-30 Colorado St. lead at the half, and a layup by Jesse Carr of CSU with 0.6 seconds left in regulation sent the game to overtime. From there, it see-sawed back-and-forth until a late miss by CSU sealed their fate, and eventually Colorado got the home win, 90-83.” (Veteran Leadership)
News/Analysis
- The State of the Hoyas: The Hoyas and the Boss: Comparing some of the Hoyas’ top moments to some of Bruce Springsteen’s top moments. (Casual Hoya)
- Kenneth Faried is the Best Big Man in College Basketball: “If I had to choose one big man for my college basketball team this season, I would take Kenneth Faried of Morehead St. He is not the most well-known player (how many people even know where Morehead St. is?), and he’s not the guy with the most pro potential, but he just so happens to be the best big man in college basketball.” (Veteran Leadership)
- (Semi) Statistical Review of Memphis vs Kansas: Going behind the numbers on one of the best match-ups of the early season. (Rock Chalk Talk)
- Chandler interested in IU, taking wait-and-see approach: “Lawrence North senior Michael Chandler, one of the top remaining players still available in the 2011 class, said Wednesday night that he’s interested in Indiana.” (Inside the Hall)
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McGary has Indiana offer for 2011, unsure on 2012: Tom Crean has made an interesting proposal to Mitch McGary offering him a scholarship if he enters in 2011, but not if he enters in 2012. (Inside the Hall)
McGary has Indiana offer for 2011, unsure on 2012
