Welcome to The Sports Bank’s third annual college basketball season preview series. Two years we looked at 99 teams in 99 days. Last year, we were slightly more aggressive and expanded to 111 teams in 111 days and will do so again as we look ahead to the 2012-2013 season. We will rank the 75 power conference teams and top 36 mid-majors in reverse power ranking order. … [Read more...] about #103 Arizona State Sun Devils: College Basketball 111 in 111
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If LSU or Oklahoma State Falls, Who Should Play in New Orleans?
If there is anything that we have learned in college football over the years, it's that the most chaotic situation is the one most likely to happen. Whether it is a two-loss team like LSU getting a berth in the national title game due to several late losses by other contenders, or a team like Michigan getting passed over because voters didn't want a rematch between the … [Read more...] about If LSU or Oklahoma State Falls, Who Should Play in New Orleans?
Pac-12 Basketball Preview and Predictions
It's still weird to write "Pac-12" but in the ever changing college sports landscape, the conference expanded with the additions of Colorado and Utah. Those two schools won't help the Pac-12 become a stronger conference during the 2011-2012 season, but the league should be slightly more competitive as a whole. Here are my Pac-12 predictions for the 2011-2012 season. Click … [Read more...] about Pac-12 Basketball Preview and Predictions
Illini Win Over #18 Arizona State Feels Like Champaign Campaign
With Illinois defeating the #18 Arizona State Sun Devils 17-14 tonight; and getting off to their first 3-0 start since 2001, it's starting to feel quite a bit like that year. It was Illinois' most recent Big Ten title season, but that's not why it feels that way. The Fighting Illini have a long way to go to reach that Champaign Campaign plateau. However, there are a few … [Read more...] about Illini Win Over #18 Arizona State Feels Like Champaign Campaign
#22/#18 Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Illinois Fighting Illini: Brutally Honest Game Preview
#24 Arizona State Sun Devils: College Football 77 in 77
"It looks like heaven's easier to get into than Arizona State," said Ned Flanders in one of The Simpsons' greatest lines. But I kid ASU, I kid the educational standards. We're not here to discuss that; or the armies of ridiculous hotties that attend this party school of party schools. Hey, there's a reason Tosh.O picked Tempe for the campus invasion. You can see from the … [Read more...] about #24 Arizona State Sun Devils: College Football 77 in 77