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Will The Irish Score? The exit of Ben Hansbrough, Tyrone Nash and Carleton Scott from the Notre Dame men’s basketball program was expected, as these players fulfilled their commitment to the Fighting Irish and graduated. Now that the trio has…

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Overall Rank: #70Conference Rank: #10 Big EastNotre Dame Team Page 2010-11: 27-7, 14-42010-11 postseason: NCAACoach: Mike Brey (238-120 at Notre Dame, 337-172 overall) Notre Dame has some rebuilding to do, but many times that has been…

Big Changes at Tennessee After the Bruce Pearl falling out, Tennessee needed to bring in a coach who had a good reputation…and playing a little defense wouldn’t hurt either. As a coach, Cuonzo Martin has garnered a fine reputation and…

Tennessee Volunteers Overall Rank: #71Conference Rank: #6 SECTennessee Team Page 2010-11: 19-15, 8-82010-11 postseason: NCAACoach: Cuonzo Martin (First year at Tennessee, 61-41 overall) With Cuonzo Martin on the sidelines, Tennessee has turned into a group of athletes who can play…

Difficult Start to the Mark Gottfried Era at NC State North Carolina State basketball starts a new era in 2011-2012…the Mark Gottfried era. He formerly coached at Alabama for 11 seasons and hopes to have a good run starting this…

North Carolina State Wolfpack Overall Rank: #72Conference Rank: #8 ACCNorth Carolina State Team Page 2010-11: 15-16, 5-112010-11 postseason: noneCoach: Mark Gottfried (First year at North Carolina State, 279-154 overall) Last year was do or die for former Coach Sidney Lowe.…

FCS Football Week 1 Breakdown While most of the college football eyes will be focused on the Football Bowl Series teams opening up action this week, many eyes will look at games involving smaller, non-bowl schools. Between now and January…

Non-BCS Games Week 1 Breakdown There is no shortage of outstanding games for college football fans on opening weekend.  We can only hope that all the hype and hoopla surrounding the BCS rankings and top-10 matchups live up to their…

Pac-12 Week 1 Breakdown Best Game:  #6 Oregon vs. #3 LSU in Irving, Texas This is a fantastic week one matchup between two teams in the top 6. Expect LSU to be reeling a bit from the loss of star…

Big East Week 1 Breakdown The Big East is a conference that many people write off as an easy conference. It is felt to be a weak conference, especially for an automatic BCS qualifier.  This year the Big East is…