A funny thing happened to the Louisville Cardinals after they beat Kentucky two weekends ago: They got to be pretty good again. After a subpar–by their standards–preconference W/L record, the Cardinals entered the Kentucky game on the verge of falling out of the top 25 had they lost. As readers here knows, [...]

I don’t really care if this comes across as being a sore loser, so here goes: I guess every dog does get their day. Just ask the pedestrian Edgar Sosa and his “hey, look what I just pulled out of my ass” game-winning three-point basket against rival Kentucky yesterday. The basket gave [...]

As indicated in my last post, Rick Pitino issued an apology to Louisville fans for losing to Western Kentucky on Sunday. Naturally, when a coach of Pitino’s stature does anything something like this, it makes the media rounds. Unfortunately for someone at Sports Illustrated’s FanNation blogging platform, they forgot that while Pitino does [...]

Still catching up from all the Thanksgiving fun, so excuse the tardiness of this post. I find college basketball to be much more enjoyable than college football. I understand this is blasphemy to some people, but I do have my reasons: one of them being watching mid-major schools beat up on the big [...]

Now that we are in November, voting is a hot-button issue. This not only includes presidential elections but college football as well. The polls are the key component of college football — we wouldn’t have a postseason without them. That’s why it’s a good thing when those making the votes are as [...]

The first preseason top 25 poll for college basketball is out and surprise, surprise, North Carolina is the top-ranked team. Shocking, really — especially when you consider the paltry roster. Nevertheless, there they are, atop the preseason college basketball world. Even better, no other team received a single first-place vote.