Good Wins:  at Tennessee Bad Losses:  at Utah (91-61), at Alabama, Vanderbilt Strengths: 1. 1-2 Punch.  SEC Player of the Year Marcus Thornton and First Team All-SEC member Tasmin Mitchell give the Tigers one of the best 1-2 scoring tandems in the country.  At 6’4″, 250-pounds, Thornton has a big body which he uses to [...]

Good Wins: at Baylor Bad Losses: at College of Charleston Strengths: 1. Devan Downey. Coach Darrin Horn knew one thing for sure when he took the job at South Carolina: that he had a really good floor general in junior Devan Downey, a 5-9 point guard. Downey is in his second season at Carolina after transferring [...]

Good Wins:  South Carolina, Marquette (neutral site), at Florida, at South Carolina Bad Losses:  at Temple, Kentucky, at Auburn, at Ole Miss, at Kentucky Strengths: 1. Offensive rebounding in transition. The Volunteers are always pushing the ball in transition as they look for early offensive opportunities on the break. They get it off the glass, [...]

It is no secret that when the tournament committee put together the 2009 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, they envisioned a Duke vs. UCLA final. Still, both Duke and UCLA have one more challenge before ESPN gets what they ultimately hoped for. That is not always as easy to come by as it [...]

Arkansas Razorbacks 22-10 (9-7) Key Wins: N-Baylor, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, N-Tennessee Key Losses: N-Providence, Appalachian State, South Carolina, at Georgia, N-Georgia Key Stat: Bench Scoring 38-percent Biggest Strengths: The Razorbacks are deep, they have great size and they are experienced. Their bench has been a key to their success all season long. The [...]

Mississippi State Bulldogs 22-10 (12-4) Key Wins: Kentucky, Ole Miss, Arkansas, at Florida Key Losses: N-Southern Illinois, N-Miami (OH), at South Alabama, at Ole Miss Key Stat: 7.9 Blocks Per Game Biggest Strengths: Defensively the Bulldogs are one of the best teams in the country. They are holding opponents to 65 points-per-game and 36-percent shooting [...]

Record:  18-12 (12-4) Key Wins: Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Arkansas, Ole Miss Key Losses: Gardner-Webb, N-UAB, at Houston, San Diego Key Stat: 12-4 in SEC Play Biggest Strengths: The Cats are tough. They’ve been through so much this season, there’s nothing that is really going to catch them by surprise. This is a team that has fought [...]

Record: 28-3 (14-2) Key Wins: @Xavier, Vanderbilt, @Memphis, @Mississippi State Key Losses: N-Texas, @Kentucky, @Vanderbilt Key Stat: The Volunteers have forced opponents into 90 turnovers while attempting to inbound the basketball this season, another 18 times opponents called timeout because they can’t get the ball in play. Biggest Strengths: This Tennessee team could easily be [...]

Record: 25-6 (10-6) Key Wins: Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi State Key Losses: at Florida, at Mississippi, at Arkansas, at Alabama Key Stat: 3-Point FG% (.402) Biggest Strengths: The Commodores play as a team. Sure, they have talented individuals, but they play as a unit. They play the game in a way that would make Coach [...]

A game that was billed as a battle of two premier senior guards didn’t really turn out that way. Both Alex Harris of UCSB and Jaycee Carroll of Utah State struggled the majority of the night. They still got their points, 20 and 15 respectively, but they shot a combined 13 for 36 from the [...]