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Reynolds: After injury, a new dream emerges for Louisville's Mike Marra bc-bkc-mike-marra(sh) | By: BILL REYNOLDS | Source: The Providence Journal | College Basketball (BC), Sports Columns (TN) May 23, 2013 12:00 PM By BILL REYNOLDS Mike Marra first knew he wasn't in Rhode Island anymore on one of the first days he went to a mall in Louisville. It was in the fall of 2009 and he was a freshman at the University of Louisville. He was from Smithfield, via two ye
Moulton: One casualty of FGCU basketball success? Football program bc-fbcfgcu(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | College Basketball (BC), College Football (FC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 29, 2013 11:50 AM By DAVID MOULTON The Florida Gulf Coast University men's basketball team's magical run to the Sweet 16 has had many ramifications. Most everything has been positive. One fallout however was unimaginable. All the attention to basketball brought to th
Moulton: FGCU shows Joe Dooley it's not afraid of commitment bc-bkc-fgcu-dooley(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | College Basketball (BC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 23, 2013 12:31 PM By DAVID MOULTON Commitment. That's what stands out about this next chapter of FGCU men's basketball -- for both sides. You can have a winning program and not be "committed" to it. Last year, the Eagles' players and coaches were "all in" and they ma
Moulton: FGCU shows Joe Dooley it's not afraid of commitment bc-bkc-fgcu-dooley(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | College Basketball (BC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 23, 2013 12:25 PM By DAVID MOULTON Commitment. That's what stands out about this next chapter of FGCU men's basketball -- for both sides. You can have a winning program and not be "committed" to it. Last year, the Eagles' players and coaches were "all in" and they ma
Moulton: Dooley's pursuit of FGCU proves its status bc-bkc-fgcu-kansas(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | College Basketball (BC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 18, 2013 5:25 PM Did Florida Gulf Coast University just get its next basketball coach from Kansas? That's pretty impressive. Kansas is college basketball royalty. Making the Sweet 16 there is a disappointment. For FGCU, this is historic. Joe Dooley was good enough to
NBA star Kyrie Irving: 'I'm a Dukie for life' bc-bkn-irving(sh) | By: LAURA KEELEY | Source: Raleigh News and Observer | College Basketball (BC), Mens Pro Basketball (BP) Apr 18, 2013 1:37 PM Assuming a leadership role on an NBA team isn't necessarily easy for a 21-year-old superstar. "It's a lonely position," Kyrie Irving said, "but it's something I want to get used to and want to challenge myself to do." Irving is the point guard and ce
DeCock: Tar Heels can weather Reggie Bullock's departure, but stakes raised on recruit Wiggins bc-bkc-tar-heels(sh) | By: LUKE DECOCK | Source: Raleigh News and Observer | College Basketball (BC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 17, 2013 1:08 PM It makes perfect sense for Reggie Bullock to enter the NBA draft, as he and North Carolina confirmed Tuesday he will do. It's a weak draft year for small forwards, Bullock aptly demonstrated his ability to play the position this season, and with fami
Moulton: The Florida Gulf Coast University phenomenon 'Dunks' on bc-bkc-floridagulf(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | College Basketball (BC) Apr 12, 2013 12:33 PM I did not grasp the full impact of Florida Gulf Coast University's trip to the Sweet 16 while it was happening. After all, it was two Fridays ago that the Eagles were eliminated from March Madness. No, the phenomenon that was "Dunk City" hit me once
Ten ways to make college basketball better bc-bkc-10changes(sh) | By: BRAD SENKIW | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | College Basketball (BC) Apr 9, 2013 1:13 PM By BRAD SENKIW Wait, that's it? That was the "Big Dance"? It was more like that video of LSU football coach Les Miles doing the "Harlem Shake." Not all that watchable. I'm not pleased with what college basketball and the NCAA tournament have becom
Rick Pitino basks in record 'lucky' run, lessons learned bc-bkc-rickpitino(sh) | By: GREG LOGAN | Source: Newsday | College Basketball (BC) Apr 9, 2013 1:09 PM By GREG LOGAN If basketball is a game of runs, Louisville coach Rick Pitino was on the mother of all runs leading into his NCAA championship win against Michigan at the Georgia Dome. Last week, he got a phone call telling him he'd been voted into
Alexander: Hall of Fame rights a wrong, welcomes Tarkanian bc-bkc-tarkanian(sh) | By: JIM ALEXANDER | Source: The Press-Enterprise | College Basketball (BC) Apr 9, 2013 12:53 PM By JIM ALEXANDER Jerry Tarkanian, now 82, will go into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame after a wait of far too long, enshrined in its Class of 2013 along with fellow college coaches Rick Pitino of Louisville, the newly crowned national champio
Moulton: NCAA success exposes college-hoops hypocrisy bc-bkc-hypocrisy(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | College Basketball (BC) Apr 8, 2013 11:36 AM By DAVID MOULTON I am in no way advocating for the destruction of the Florida Gulf Coast University men's basketball program. But coach Andy Enfield leaving FGCU immediately following its Cinderella NCAA Tournament run for Southern Cal shines a li
Monson: How many Mike Rices are out there coaching kids? bc-bkc-abusivecoach(sh) | By: GORDON MONSON | Source: Salt Lake Tribune | College Basketball (BC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 8, 2013 11:22 AM By GORDON MONSON George Johnson was a terrific coach. He knew how to teach and motivate players with a sophisticated blend of knowledge, expectation, emotion and discipline. He was nobody's idea of soft and nobody's fool. You had no chance of doggi
Moulton: Can FGCU men's basketball success meet the fans' expectations? bc-bkc-fgcu(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | College Basketball (BC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 5, 2013 11:28 AM By DAVID MOULTON Most Florida Gulf Coast University men's basketball fans -- even if 90 percent of them have been fans for two weeks -- believe the next coach is a more important hire for the school, than Andy Enfield was two years ago. I disagree
Michigan program resurgent in reaching first Final Four since 1993 bc-bkc-michigan(sh) | By: RACHEL LENZI | Source: Toledo Blade | College Basketball (BC) Apr 5, 2013 11:15 AM By RACHEL LENZI These are certainly good days for the Michigan men's basketball team. In reaching the program's first Final Four since 1993, the Wolverines have set a certain standard. They boast arguably the nation's top point guard in sophomore T
Scoggins: Hiring Richard Pitino the kind of leap Minnesota Gophers had to take bc-bkc-pitino(sh) | By: CHIP SCOGGINS | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | College Basketball (BC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 4, 2013 11:43 AM By CHIP SCOGGINS Say this for Norwood Teague and his cohorts: They got a big name. Just not the one everyone knows. Teague concluded his search for a new Minnesota Gophers basketball coach by hiring one of the most recognizable names in college bas
In 2013-14, Duke Blue Devils will be smaller, more athletic bc-bkc-bluedevils(sh) | By: LAURA KEELEY | Source: Raleigh News and Observer | College Basketball (BC) Apr 2, 2013 12:15 PM bc-bkc-bluedevils(sh) The Blue Devils had already had their NCAA-mandated, 10-minute cooling-off period, giving them time to absorb the reality of their season-ending loss, but Rasheed Sulaimon was still visibility upset when the doors opened for the
Moulton: Trust me, Andy Enfield leaving isn't the end for FGCU bc-bkc-enfield(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | College Basketball (BC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 2, 2013 12:07 PM bc-bkc-enfield(sh) There is life after Andy Enfield. Now don't get me wrong, this hurts. As coaches go, he's a rock star. The complete package. The next time he fails at something will be his first. If he would have stayed even one more year, the wet
Cinderella names change, but the fun remains bc-bkc-cinderellas(sh) | By: GREG LOGAN | Source: Newsday | College Basketball (BC) Apr 1, 2013 11:44 AM bc-bkc-cinderellas(sh) As Florida Gulf Coast University, the first 15th seed to reach the Sweet 16, took the floor Friday night in Cowboys Stadium against Florida, an FGCU fan held up a sign that read: "All we wanted was a scrimmage." Priceless. It r
March Madness: Plumlee, Coach K credit Sulaimon for helping Duke reach Sweet 16 bkc-sulaimon | By: ANDREW CARTER | Source: Raleigh News and Observer | College Basketball (BC) Mar 28, 2013 11:50 AM Mason Plumlee has carried Duke throughout his senior season and become the kind of productive leader -- on and off the floor -- that is endearing to Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski. Yet it was a freshman, Plumlee said Wednesday, who was perhaps mos
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