MVN: Most Valuable Network

On this week in College Basketball we review the news stories of the week.  The wierd events of Andy Kennedy, and how he has become a joke in College coaching.  Derek Favors out commits to..., and also Jodie Meeks.  What a insane performance that was.  We review the games of the week plus look ahead to the games this week.

This weeks show we talk about Boston College, and how you can lose to Harvard after beating North Carolina.  We also discuss Tennessee and how disapointing they are, plus Arkansas and there great start.  We discuss the Big East, such as Pitt and Georgetown, and so much more, this week at Basketballu!... Read more

It has been two weeks since our last show, before the Christmas break.  In this weeks show we go over all the news over the two weeks.  Players that have tranfered which there were numerous.  Plus we rank the ACC, BIG 10, PAC 10, SEC, BIG EAST and BIG 12.  Plus some of the players that have made an impact the first half of the season.  Plus we preview the weeks games for this coming week.... Read more

Kansas was down by nine with a little over two minutes to go. Memphis appeared to be in complete control. With 1:23 left in the game and nursing a six point lead, Joey Dorsey committed his fifth foul. His night was over and it all went downhill from there. Chris Douglas-Roberts went 0-for-3 from the line down the stretch. Even then, Derrick Rose had a chance to ice the game with two free throws. He missed one, giving Kansas a chance to tie with a three pointer. By now, you know the rest. picApp_publisherId = 2390;picApp_imageId = 13050;picApp_imageWidth = 440;picApp_imageHeight = 312;picApp_configUrl = "http://pis.picapp.com/IamProd/FlashSite/GetConfig.aspx";picApp_Picview="http://pis.picapp.com/IamProd/FlashSite/en/picviewerv1_1.swf";picapp_numberOfLine=2;ImageServe(); Sharron Collins brings the ball across midcourt. He dives to the right as Derrick Rose attempts to commit the foul. Mario Chalmers emerges with the ball at the top of the key. He rises up. Nothing but net, the score is tied at 63! Robert Dozier's... Read more

With 27 minutes to go in the game, Billy Packer proclaimed, "This one is over." The Jayhawks led 40-12 and utterly dominated in every facet of the game. Somebody forgot to tell Packer that the Heels still had Tyler Hansbrough, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green. North Carolina rallied and with 11 minutes to go in the game, cut the lead down to four. It was 54-50 Kansas. With five minutes to go, it was 67-61. That's when Kansas put the game away, scoring the next 13 points to take a 80-61 lead. The final score was 84-66. Kansas took control of the game early and control of the game late to dominate the Tar Heels. Wayne Ellington only made 1-for-9 from three. He finished with a team high 18 points. Tyler Hansbrough had 17 points and nine rebounds. Danny Green came off the bench for 15 points, but also had... Read more

I hate to take anything away from the Memphis Tigers in their domination over UCLA in advancing to the championship game. They deserved this win and obviously proved that they were the better team. The criticism of a soft conference schedule, combined with the fact that the top competition was supposed to win the close games against the Tigers due to their poor foul shooting, hasn't stuck. They rose to the occasion and showed why they only lost once in a close game to Tennessee. They are playing their best ball at just the right time. However, I can't help but come away with major disappointment in Bruins point guard Darren Collison. I've been in his corner since they lost to Florida last year in the Final Four. I stuck with him when people would give opponents the edge in the marquee point guard matchups. I felt he could hold... Read more

In case you missed it, Davidson's Stephen Curry aired on Late Night with Conan O'Brien Friday night. He became the sensation of the tournament, nearly carrying the Wildcats to the Final Four. Davidson fell just short against Kansas and the season was over. After scoring 40, 30 and 33 points against Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin, he struggled against the versatile perimeter defenders of the Jayhawks and finished with 25 points. It took 25 shots for him to reach his point total, only making nine of those. He finished 4-for-16 from beyond the arc. With the team down by two, they put the ball in Curry's hands. The objective was to get a good three point look, but Kansas played to double team Curry on the perimeter. The result was a three point look for true point guard Jason Richards. Curry made 44% on 3's during the season, while Richards was... Read more

On April 1st, four teams descended on Madison Square Garden to determine the champion. Ohio State and Florida where hoping to meet in a rematch of the title game. However, we're talking about the Not In Tournament, otherwise known as the NIT. For the second year in a row, Syracuse made a run in this tournament. They came one game short of this final four as they lost to the Massachusetts Minutemen for the second time at home this year. Ironically, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is one of the advocates to expand the field of 65 in the tournament that counts to 96 teams. When you combine the 32 team field of the NIT and get rid of the 64-65 play in game, there's your 96. The best team to miss out on an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament arguable was Missouri Valley Conference runner-ups, Illinois State. They couldn't... Read more

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All four number one seeds have never gone to the Final Four in the same season. On Saturday night, UCLA and North Carolina both punched their tickets. Memphis now joins them after an 18 point victory over Texas. Now they all await the fourth top seed, Kansas. Their task isn't too difficult, right? They have the easiest game. All they have to do is brush off the 10th seed Cinderella team, Davidson. No problem. Not so fast. Why will this Kansas team fare any better against Davidson than the 2006 Connecticut Huskies did against George Mason in the Elite 8? Mason's seed was even lower at 13. Those Huskies had at least as much talent as these Jayhawks, losing 5 players to the NBA draft including 4 in the first round. Both Cinderella's took down top quality competition to get to this point. The 2006 Mason team upset both Michigan... Read more

Friday night's NCAA tournament games were rather blah. All four ended in 15-20 point routs. Memphis, Kansas, Texas and Davidson advanced to the elite eight in convincing fashion. The story of the night was how dominant Davidson was over Wisconsin. Stephen Curry poured in 33 points to continue his barrage as the top performer of the tournament so far. As good as Davidson was offensively against one of the nation's best defensive clubs, it was the defensive effort by Davidson which took Wisconsin completely out of their game. Now, the Wildcats move on to face Kansas. The top-seeded Jayhawks put down another Wildcat club as they jumped out on Villanova to grab a double digit lead they would never relinquish. Instead of packing it in and staying home, Villanova decided to deploy a halfcourt trap and front the post. It cost Nova the early deficit as Kansas went over the... Read more