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VIDEO: Bradley Beal Destroys Everything
When a basketball player throws down a dunk vicious enough to make the announcers just scream "OH," you know it's good. Florida's Bradley Beal did just that on Thursday, wrecking pretty much everything in sight, including Damontre Harris, late in the second half of the Gators' matchup with South Carolina. The game was close -- a six-point Florida lead at the time -- and Beal's dunk was both timely and deadly.
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by Brian Floyd • Feb 3, 2012 8:01 AM EST
VIDEO: Savalace Townsend Shows Blake Griffin How It's Done
Everyone has seen Blake Griffin's dunk from earlier this week by now. Blake Griffin shattered Kendrick Perkins' soul with a dunk that many still wonder was a dunk, even if it doesn't matter. But this, friends, is how it's done. Leave it to the college kid to set the example.
Savalace Townsend basically pulled a Blake Griffin on Saturday, yet the dunk somehow slipped under the radar. He did some poor Grambling State player dirty, making for a great video.
All Townsend did was leave his man in the dust, drive into the lane, and take off from a few short steps inside the free throw line. He kind of flew around and through a poor defender trying to take a charge, then threw down a dunk similar to Griffin's. Except he both caught and hung on the rim.
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by Brian Floyd • Feb 2, 2012 8:15 AM EST
"Hilton Magic" Has Officially Returned
Royce White might be public enemy No. 1 in the state of Kansas.
After leading Iowa State to an upset of the Jayhawks over the weekend, White turned right around and buried the game-winner against K-State on Tuesday night.
Iowa State (16-6, 6-3) is now alone in 4th place in the Big 12 and looking more and more like a legitimate NCAA Tournament team each time it takes the floor.
The magic at Hilton Coliseum is officially back...
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by Mike Rutherford • Feb 1, 2012 12:49 PM EST
Monday College Hoops Superlatives: The First 50-Point Game Of The Season
Usually we try to hype these things up by talking about what a "loaded" night it was in college basketball, or referring to the collection of games as "Upset ___day."
I'm just going to go ahead and be straightforward with you: Monday night was not fun. I mean, it was fun for me because I knew this was coming and saw Ryan Adams in concert instead, but it wasn't fun for the sport of college basketball as a whole or those who follow it closely.
A kid for Tennessee Tech did score 50 points in a game, though. That's cool ... and stuff.
Anyway, with that slow build towards excitement finished, here's what went down about 10-14 hours ago.
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by Mike Rutherford • Jan 31, 2012 9:29 AM EST
Murray State Lets You Know Who's Going To Win The OVC In Anthem Form
With a 73-58 win over Eastern Illinois on Saturday, Murray State guaranteed itself the distinction of being the only undefeated team in Division-I heading into the season's fourth month.
Still, the world wondered, where was their student-produced team anthem?
Wonder no more...
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by Mike Rutherford • Jan 29, 2012 6:39 PM EST
PHOTO: LOOK AT THE BLOOD
One or more of these explains for the following photo from the Butler-UW-Green Bay basketball game. You decide:
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by Ethan Rothstein • Jan 28, 2012 7:59 PM EST
VIDEO: Missed Goaltend Leaves West Virginia Fuming
With time running out in Saturday's matchup between West Virginia and Syracuse, the Mountaineers, down two at the time, came down with an offensive rebound and appeared to earn a goaltending call. Deniz Kilicli was in the right place at the right time, but his put-back was pinned by Baye Keita. The problem? It was pinned after it hit the backboard, which would be a goaltend.
Bob Huggins was understandably steamed after the game, and for good reason.
"Do I think it was? No. I know it was. I saw the replay," Huggins said. "It's hard. You've got 30 seconds and you're trying to get them refocused and they're all thinking about other things."
Video of the play in question is after the jump.
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by Brian Floyd • Jan 28, 2012 6:33 PM EST
Tony Wroten Is A Hell Of A Drug
We warned you about Murder T. Wrote, and... Yeah, they should probably just cancel the rest of the game after dunks like this. It's as close to this .gif as you can ever get in sports.
Enjoy.
(via Hoop Mixtape)
by Andrew Sharp • Jan 27, 2012 1:55 PM EST
Scott Wood Thinks He Knows What Never Beating North Carolina Feels Like
Following NC State's loss to North Carolina Thursday night, Wolfpack guard Scott Wood was asked a fairly innocent question about how it feels to have never beaten the Tar Heels.
Most players in that position would respond with an honest answer about it being difficult, or a statement about being hopeful to break the streak later this season. Wood's response: "I don't know. Has your wife ever cheated on you?"
What followed was about as painfully awkward a four seconds of silence as I've ever heard.
by Mike Rutherford • Jan 27, 2012 10:51 AM EST
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