Welcome to The Sports Bank’s third annual college basketball season preview series. Two years we looked at 99 teams in 99 days. Last year, we were slightly more aggressive and expanded to 111 teams in 111 days and will do so again as we look ahead to the 2012-2013 season. We will rank the 75 power conference teams and top 36 mid-majors in reverse power ranking order. … [Read more...] about #100 DePaul Blue Demons: College Basketball 111 in 111
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All-Big East Teams Selected, ND’s Hansbrough Only Unanimous Pick
The strongest college basketball conference in America named it's best today. Six players were named to the All-BIG EAST First Team. The BIG EAST Player of the Year will come from that group. The conference will announce Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Tuesday, March 8. ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM Kemba Walker, … [Read more...] about All-Big East Teams Selected, ND’s Hansbrough Only Unanimous Pick
DePaul Loses Cleveland Melvin for the Season
DePaul head coach Oliver Purnell announced today that freshman Cleveland Melvin will miss the remainder of the 2010-11 season with a left thumb sprain. Melvin injured the thumb in DePaul’s game at St. John’s on Feb. 23 and missed Saturday’s game against USF. Melvin, a BIG EAST Rookie of the Year candidate, leads the Blue Demons and all BIG EAST freshmen with 14.3 points per … [Read more...] about DePaul Loses Cleveland Melvin for the Season
DePaul’s Freshmen Trio a Bright Spot in Purnell’s 1st Season
In the narrow three point loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats Tuesday night, the DePaul Blue Demons saw their three freshmen combine for 49 of their 68 points. It was the first game this college basketball season in which all three rookies played very well at the same time. And it's certainly a bright spot in an otherwise dark season, as once Oliver Purnell gets his own guys in … [Read more...] about DePaul’s Freshmen Trio a Bright Spot in Purnell’s 1st Season
DePaul’s Cleveland Melvin Emerging as one of Big East’s Top Freshman
For the third time in four weeks, DePaul freshman forward Cleveland Melvin was named Rookie of the Week by the BIG EAST Conference. Melvin is the first Blue Demons to pick up the honor three times in a season. Melvin averaged an impressive 23.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in games against Seton Hall and Connecticut last week. He opened the week with 21 points, nine rebounds and … [Read more...] about DePaul’s Cleveland Melvin Emerging as one of Big East’s Top Freshman
Big East Basketball Power Rankings (1-11-11)
There are three different sections to the Big East through two weeks of conference play: The top tier, potential NCAA Tournament teams, and the bottom five. Pitt, Syracuse, and Villanova have earned the title of the teams to beat but the next eight are battling for their tourney lives already... and it is only the second week of January. Here are my updated Big East … [Read more...] about Big East Basketball Power Rankings (1-11-11)
Big East Basketball Power Rankings (1/3/11)
Cincinnati is still unbeaten. West Virginia is really struggling. UConn needs someone else to step up besides Kemba Walker. TCU is coming to water down the conference. We learned a lot in the first week of Big East play so here are my updated power rankings. Be sure to check back every Monday for an update. … [Read more...] about Big East Basketball Power Rankings (1/3/11)