2006-2007 Record: 35-4 (15-1 Big 10, 1st) Postseason Games: 3/9/2007 Michigan Big Ten Tournament W 72-62 3/10/2007 Purdue Big Ten Tournament W 63-52 3/11/2007 Wisconsin Big Ten Tournament W 66-49 3/15/2007 Cent. Conn St. NCAA W 78-57 3/17/2007 Xavier. NCAA W 78-71 (OT) 3/22/2007 Tennesseee NCAA W 85-84 3/24/2007 Memphis NCAA W 92-76 3/31/2007 Georgetown [...]

North Carolina (5-0) has been tested twice in five contests, first in the season-opener and then again in the final of the Las Vegas Invitational. The Tar Heels beat a Davidson team that briefly entered the AP Top 25 by a 76-72 margin at home to kick of the 2007-2008 campaign. After three blowouts (two [...]

Historically the Preseason NIT field has consisted of four ranked teams in the preseason polls that will meet in New York City to attract viewers to the Worldwide Leader. That’s not the case in 2008, but for the first time in recent years, the entire field is competitively deeper and is evenly distributed across the [...]

Despite two relatively lackluster semifinal games, the battle for the 2007 NCAA Championship has the potential to be an epic. The experience-laden Gators look to claim their second straight national title against a young but explosive Buckeye squad. Semifinal Supremacy: Ohio State kept Georgetown out of synch in its offensive sets all night long, making [...]

Starting Five: G – Mike Conley, Jr. (11.0 ppg, 6.1 apg, 2.2 spg) G – Ron Lewis (12.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg) G – Jamar Butler (8.6 ppg, 3.7 apg) F – Ivan Harris (7.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg) C – Greg Oden (15.4 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 3.3 bpg) Key Bench Players: Daequan Cook (10.2 ppg, 4.5 [...]

The 2007 Final Four is set. Florida, UCLA, Georgetown, and Ohio State combine for the lowest cumulative seed count (6) since 1993, when three #1’s and a #2 made it to the third weekend. It’s a fitting cap for a Tournament in which so many outcomes went to the favorites. If this year’s opening round [...]

SOUTH No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 5 Tennessee Of Note: Casual fans probably won’t remember that Tennessee played Ohio State quite closely on January 13, losing 68-66 on (surprise, surprise) a Ron Lewis three-pointer at the end of regulation. That’s the same Buckeye who hit the game-tying three against Xavier over the weekend, for [...]

General Comments: Selection Committee Chair Gary Walters has repeated in numerous interviews that this was the hardest field to select and seed that he has encountered in his five years on the Selection Committee. I agree wholeheartedly. The number of teams in contention for the last couple of at-large slots was already massive before all [...]

Team personality: Just win, baby! Whenever you watch Ohio State, is there ever any doubt that the Buckeyes will somehow win the game? They always play loose on the floor and the energy of coach Thad Matta never ceases to electrify his players. While screaming a play at his team recently, Matta’s green-colored gum flew [...]