Brian Bennett
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There’s no more consistently good basketball-football combo than Wisconsin’s.
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James Madison doesn't get in the dance if it doesn't win the Sun Belt tournament. Indiana State got shut out simply by not winning the MVC tournament. You wanna expand opportunities? Fine, but do it for the actual good teams.
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Penn State lost to Michigan 49-10. Penn State beat Iowa 49-14 last week. Iowa beats Michigan. Never change, college football.
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Arkansas and Eric Musselman killing it on the transfer market per usual. They landed Pitt’s Au’diese Toney last week and today get Miami’s Chris Lykes.
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I’ve been railing on Virginia, but Colorado State probably shouldn’t have been in First Four. Six Q1 wins, smoked Creighton on a neutral. Mountain West was severely disrespected in seeding.
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Like far too many other ESPN colleagues today, I’ve been laid off. Enjoyed nine great years here. Thanks for reading and following along.
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Heisman thought:
Derrick Henry thru 13 games: 339 att, 1,986 yds, 23 TDs
Melvin Gordon thru 13 games last year: 309 att, 2,336 yds, 26 TDs
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Iona’s Rick Pitino: With the treatment by the NCAA of me, we may get an 18 seed.
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So Michigan has pulled four-star studs out of Georgia and Alabama today. No wonder SEC coaches hated his satellite camps so much.
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Someone explain to me again how T.J. Watt wasn’t the Big Ten linebacker of the year.
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Coming up on the six-year anniversary of Maryland and Rutgers being invited to the Big Ten. They sure proved the critics wrong, huh?
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How many coaches would pose for photos like this? Or ask players what defense they want to play? Or do a video for the tennis team 27 hours before hosting Kentucky?
How the unique Eric Musselman is rebuilding Arkansas, from 3 days inside the program:.
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Florida State players always in the right place at the right time, unless there was a car accident moments earlier.
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I’m telling’ ya, the SEC just beats each other up so bad, they just have nothing left in the tank for the Jacksonville States and Toledos.
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Tough matchup for the Huskers, considering Tennessee’s résumé includes the championship of life. Hard to simulate that in practice.
Confirmation should come shortly but going to be
@Vol_Football
taking on Nebraska 12-30 n Music City at 3:30 Et. Game leads into Orange Bowl
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Here’s my story on
@RazorbackMBB
making its first Sweeet 16 since 1996, and how its time to give Eric Musselman his due as one of the top coaches in the game.
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Nick Saban says Alabama was a “tired” team when it faced Ohio State in ’14. Must have been exhausted after chasing Ezekiel Elliott.
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I spent the weekend behind the scenes with
@RazorbackMBB
as they got ready for their biggest game in years. How Eric Musselman’s unique style has the Razorbacks on the rise:
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Just once I want to see an SEC team come up and play in these conditions in November.
Pretty please.
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More Delany: "If that wasn't one of the 4 best teams tonight, I don't know what we're looking for"
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I love that Clemson is considered either right on or in many cases on the right side of the bubble despite a 1-10 Quad 1 record. 1-10! How many wins do you think a good mid-major would have if you gave them 11 bites at the apple? Certainly couldn’t be worse than 1, right?
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Penn State fans appear to be outnumbering Wisconsin fans about 10-to-1 on the streets in Indy last two days. Could be big pro-Lions crowd.
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I'd say this was pretty decent blocking by Wisconsin ...
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Wisconsin has beaten USC and LSU in back-to-back games. Not too shabby.
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FWIW, Nebraska is 6-1 in its last 7 games, with wins over Michigan State, UCLA and Oregon.
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Yeah, you watch Belmont and Murray State and tell me more mid-majors don’t belong in this tournament.
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Most Quad 1 wins before Selection Sunday since NET began (2018-19):
Michigan State: 13 (2019)
Virginia (2019), Kansas (2020) and Illinois (2021): 12
This year's Kansas team has 13 Quad 1 wins right now, with two Q1 games left in regular season plus Big 12 tourney.
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.
@RazorbackMBB
has a balanced team that is good at pretty good at everything. Its biggest strength might be its unselfishness. How the Hogs have reeled off seven straight SEC wins.
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Babysitter just reported that our 2-year-old was shooting on her plastic basketball goal and shouting “Onions!” on every make. The babysitter was confused. I’ve never been prouder.
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Y'all realize what's coming Saturday?
Duke-UNC
Houston-Kansas
Tennessee-Kentucky
UConn-St. John's at MSG
Utah State at San Diego State
Saint Mary's at Gonzaga
Iowa State at Baylor
Then Purdue at Wisconsin on Sunday
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There was no compelling reason to put Virginia in this tournament. Committee had a free out here, even most Virginia fans didn’t want to see this team play any more. You did this to yourself, NCAA.
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The Big Ten West has three ranked teams, one in top 5. So much for that being such a patsy division.
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Clever ploy by Urban Meyer, saving Cardale Jones for the postseason like this.
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Ohio State is the best team I have seen play in 2016.
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Asked Gene Smith what separates Ohio State from TCU/Baylor: "We're better."
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Bret Bielema is right that Arkansas has a harder schedule than Ohio State. But Arkansas couldn't beat Ohio State, so who cares?
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Big Ten power rankings:
1. OSU
2. MSU
3. Iowa
4. Mich
5. Wis
6. PSU
7. N’western
8-14: I dunno, pictures of corgis.
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The Athletic asked us to write about the best NCAA Tournament game we ever covered. I chose Louisville’s incredible comeback against West Virginia in the 2005 Elite Eight, with fresh memories from
@LarryOBannon
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Michigan has the best fourth-down, last-play, goal-line defense in America.
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If Alabama loses to LSU this weekend, I predict the Tide will rise to No. 2 in next week's CFP rankings with that quality loss.
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Days since a current or former Louisville basketball figure was involved in a bizarre scandal: 0
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Wisconsin’s T.J. Watt named Walter Camp national defensive player of the week.
About time somebody in that family did something ...
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Some personal news: I’ve accepted the position of senior editor for
@TheAthleticCBB
. Excited to launch this new phase of my career. Thanks for reading and subscribing, as always.
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Remember when Auburn, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee were in the preseason Top 25? That was cute.
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Wisconsin beat LSU.
Nebraska beat Oregon.
Michigan State beat Notre Dame.
Ohio State up 42-17 at Oklahoma.
Marquee games sweep might happen
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Iowa stays No. 5. Dirty little secret is Hawkeyes have way better resume than Ohio State. But this will work itself out.
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Anthony Grant and his staff are doing some serious work on the recruiting front. Won’t be long before
@DaytonMBB
is back in the national discussion.
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Still can't get over Melvin Gordon's line of 25 rushes for 408 yards. Can't think of a more insane individual performance ever.
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The SEC grind. It just wears teams down. Unfair, really.
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And by the way, in this climate, somehow Kirk Ferentz has become a bargain at $4 million per year.
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The WAC quarterfinal game between Grand Canyon and CSU Bakersfield has been postponed “due to a medical situation,” according to the league. Uh oh.
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Kentucky is in sole position of second place in the SEC East.
Just a little factoid to remember the next time someone rips Big Ten West.
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Minnesota makes out like a bandit, going to San Diego and the National Funding Holiday Bowl.
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Teams with more Quad 1 wins than Northwestern's 7 right now*:
Kansas
Purdue
Texas
Baylor
That's it, that's the list.
(*Iowa State is about to get its 8th vs TCU)
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Now seems like a fun time to point out that Wisconsin scored 16 points against LSU.
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To recap: NC State and Oregon come out of nowhere to steal bids, Temple assures a stolen bid and gets one game away from the NCAAT while under gambling suspicion ... and Long Beach St. just made the tourney after firing coach Dan Monson on Monday.
Other than that, pretty normal.
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I like Jalen Crutcher getting the handshakes from invisible teammates while shooting technical FTs. Gotta keep your routine, I guess.
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I feel awful for everybody involved, but especially for a team like Dayton that had a once-in-a-generation run and a shot at winning it all. And for Penn State and Rutgers. Who knows if they’ll get back soon.
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Though, to be fair, easier to do it in the SEC East
Amazing job by Iowa going 12-0. Hard to do, no matter what. But not as hard to do in the Big Ten West as in a lot of places.
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Ohio State linebacker Raekwon McMillan holds a sign that says "Basic Defense," a...
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Last RB to win the Heisman -- Alabama's Mark Ingram -- finished with 1,658 yards and 20 TDs in 14 games. Gordon has 1,501 and 21 right now.
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“Where I come from, ain’t nothing easy.”
@CUBuffsMBB
star guard McKinley Wright IV played through a torn labrum last year, which seemed minor compared to the pain of losing his father to a prison sentence as a child.
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Nebraska’s halftime adjustment should be to actually tackle someone.
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The Big Ten’s 30-8 nonconference record is best among Power 5 conferences. And the Big Ten is 8-3 against Power 5 opponents this year.
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Marquette is tied for the most Q1 wins in the country with five. And if Providence were two spots higher, the Golden Eagles would lead the nation in Q1 wins. Crazy.
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With Ohio State's continued collapse, North Carolina now has zero Quad 1 wins, with only two Q1 games left on the regular-season schedule right now.
UNC and Kentucky are a combined 1-15 in Quad 1 games. Unreal.
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Iowa LB Josey Jewell has a great name, an even better backstory and is a symbol of what the Hawkeyes are all about.
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Alabama coach Nate Oats and assistant Bryan Hodgson are proving that high major recruiting experience is less important than relationship building skills.
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Pretty fitting that the best league in the country is giving us the best championship game of the weekend.
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There will be five Big Ten teams in the top 12 of the committee rankings. Let that sink in for a minute.
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You’ve probably seen the video by now. Here’s the back story on how “Snacks” became a viral sensation for Jackson State:
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I thought this answer from New Mexico coach Paul Weir about college athletes’ NIL rights was interesting and powerful yesterday.
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Kansas didn’t win regular season or tournament title but could play basically at home in regional. Sure. Makes sense.
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They're going to build like five statues of Reed Sheppard in Lexington.
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Pat Kelsey went 57-12 his last two years at Winthrop, won league regular season and tournament titles both times. He's 58-11 the past two years at Charleston, won league regular season and tournament titles both times.
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Maybe we should have been saying LSU, Michigan State, Michigan and Ohio State had a brutal schedule by having to play Wisconsin ...
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Dan Gavitt says on CBS that the up-to-date information the committee has is that Kevin McCullar Jr., Hunter Dickinson and Tyler Kolek will all "be available without restrictions" for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. That should particularly impact Kansas' seeding.
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There's simply no case for putting North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament, and the selection committee should and will get roasted if it loses its collective mind and puts the Tar Heels in.
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In what sport? RT
@DanMurphyESPN
: Hoke said he believes his team is still capable of winning a Big Ten championship.
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We figured all along it would happen, but four Big Ten teams in NY6 bowls is a heck of an accomplishment for the league.
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Anyone else finding it harder and harder to stomach watching Jameis Winston smile after a victory?
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Washington State transfer Malachi Flynn has committed to San Diego State, a source told me. Flynn averaged 15.8 ppg and 4.3 apg for the Cougars last season. Will sit one, play two for Aztecs.
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I, for one, am excited for the San Diego State-Dayton national title game
What a great win for Louisville. College basketball makes zero sense this season and I am here for every second of it. Gonna be a wild tourney!
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Lovie Smith says WR Mikey Dudek is cleared medically and running well. Dudek has missed each of last two seasons with torn ACLs.
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The country’s most voracious dunker (and a possible first-rounder). Four impact transfers. Veterans at PG and on the wing. Why
@DaytonMBB
will be a team to watch this season, especially if the Obi-Ibi combo takes off.
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Saquon Barkley is the Big Ten offensive player of the year.
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Wisconsin’s defense is fantastic, Michigan still has a lot going for it. But neither of these teams is on Ohio State’s level right now.
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Bill Murray in the house for Wisconsin-Xavier. Right behind Musketeers's bench.
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Nebraska has sent out this pack of double-A batteries to promote Ameer Abdullah. Pretty cool.
http://t.co/oqLkaCFzm8
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Purdue hits the jackpot by hiring Jeff Brohm as head coach
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I did a deep dive on Arkansas for our State of the Hoops program. College basketball was never more fun for me than when Nolan and Pitino had it going in that mid-90s Arkansas-Kentucky rivalry. Can Eric Musselman bring the buzz back to Fayetteville?
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Thank goodness the NCAA protected the SEC’s recruiting backyard. That league was really hurting.
DI Council also approves rule requiring FBS camps and clinics be conducted on a school's campus or in regular facilities.
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Auburn clearly still worn down from last year’s SEC schedule
@BennettESPN
@McMurphyESPN
what do you think the justification will be? That gauntlet of a schedule? Pro draft rumors? Anti-SEC bias?
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