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AP NEW ORLEANS — No matter where Anthony Davis and his buddies go to make their millions, their ol’ Kentucky home will long remember this championship season. The Wildcats hit the jackpot with their lottery picks Monday night, ignoring Davis’ bad shooting night and parlaying a roster full of NBA talent into a 67-59 victory [...]

NEW ORLEANS (AP)—The tightrope walk rocks on for the Jayhawks.

Kansas, the underrated, undervalued team that’s been teetering on the edge of the tournament since before it even began, is now one of the last two left.

Tyshawn Taylor [...]

There’s been speculation, as there is at this time every year, of whether or not the best college basketball team could beat the worst team in the NBA. This year, it’s been fueled by Charles Barkley saying that Kentucky would beat the Toronto Raptors and possibly the Charlotte Bobcats. It may seem ridiculous to NBA fans[...]

America; this is C.J. McCollum, take a moment and introduce yourself, C.J..

That’s essentially what’s going to be asked of Lehigh’s star guard for the next two days.

The excitement of the NCAA [...]

South Carolina announced this morning that men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn had been let go after completing his fourth season. Four years ago Horn was a hot commodity after having lead his alma mater Western Kentucky Hilltoppers to  a Sweet 16 run in the NCAA Tournament. His hiring on April 1, 2008 had Gamecock Nation [...]

My first thought about the 2012 bracket is more of a complaint or so about the actual show. First off, why do we have cameras on all of the teams that have already been locked into the tournament by automatic qualifiers. Is it so we can watch Leigh, who already knew they were getting in, jumping up and down over getting to play Duke in the first round?[...]

According to Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports, Auburn point guard Varez Ward is at the center of a federal point-shaving probe. Varez, who has been suspended since February 25 for violating team rules, attempted to get other players involved in the scheme, but was unsuccessful according to Robinson. Auburn coaches reportedly became aware of possible [...]

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I thought I would take up some space here with a little introduction Q&A of someone that I think will be a very valuable member to Sports Jabber and someone who’s blog is worth mentioning for sports fans.

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Tateristory: 1994 Kansas @ Missouri Feb. 3, 2012 With the matchup on Saturday of the Kansas Jayhawks @ Missouri Tigers at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, MO. We take this installment of Tateristory back to 1994 between these two conference rivals. Although the “rivalry” has been more one sided with the Jayhawks holding a 171-94 advantage [...]