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Nic Moore transferring to SMU

Published by Source on June 14th, 2012

Illinois State transfer Nic Moore has made up his mind about where he is headed next. The 5’9″ point guard is headed south to play for the SMU Mustangs. Even though Moore seemed determined to play for a big program in the Midwest, the opportunity to play for former ISU coach Tim Jankovich again was too enticing.

Moore averaged 10.0 points per game in his only season in Normal, which was good for 3rd best on the team. He shined as the team’s starting point guard, dishing out 3.8 assists per game (5th best in the Missouri Valley). The Redbirds made a surprising run in the MVC tournament, beating top-15 ranked Wichita State in the semifinal to face Creighton in the title. Moore scored 20 points in that title game, which was somewhat of a coming out party for the freshman. He followed that up with 24 and 25 point performances in the NIT to go out on a hot streak.

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2012 NIT Brackets released

Published by Source on March 12th, 2012

For the bubble teams who did not find themselves in the NCAA field, or the mid-major teams that fell short of their conference’s automatic bid, there is the 32-team National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Those brackets were also released Selection Sunday, and feature several local teams. The top seed in the first round (seeded 1-8) will host the game, except in Iowa’s case as explained later. Below is a breakdown of who is in and what they are up against:

 

Northwestern - The Wildcats fell short of the NCAA tournament once again despite a great season and a record-setting year from senior John Shurna. While Northwestern is still in search of their first ever NCAA bid, head coach Bill Carmody continues to have postseason success. The 4-seed Wildcats will host Akron Tuesday night (9pm/8ct ESPN2). A win will find them up against either 1-seed Washington or 8-seed UT-Arlington. This is the fourth straight NIT appearance for Northwestern, who advanced to the quarterfinals last season.

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Conference Opener Results (Tues, Wed, Thurs Games)

Published by Source on December 30th, 2011

Conference play got underway for most of the college basketball world this week. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday featured some high quality match-ups in the B1G, Big East, MAC, Horizon and Missouri Valley. Below are the results for the 3 days worth of games, plus some highlighted individual performances.

Note: Bottom team is home, bold italic indicates winner, all ranks are from the AP, any overtimes are indicated above the score.

TUESDAY:

**2OT**

72    Minnesota (12-2, 0-1 B1G) – R Sampson III: 22 pts, 9 reb, 2 blk / J Welch: 15 pts, 3 ast

81    Illinois (12-2, 3-0 B1G) - M Leonard: 20 pts, 11 reb, 5 blk / B Paul: 21 pts, 7 reb, 6 ast

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64    #11 Wisconsin (12-2, 1-0 B1G) - R Evans: 22 pts, 6 reb, 9-11 FG / J Taylor: 15 pts, 5 ast, 3 stl

40    Nebraska (8-4, 0-1 B1G) - T McCray: 16 pts, 9 reb, 2 stl / B Ubel: 8 pts, 9 reb

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59    #22 Pittsburgh (11-3, o-1 Big East) - T Zanna: 13 pts, 12 reb, 5-10 FG / A Gibbs: 12 pts, 5 ast

72    Notre Dame (9-5, 1-0 Big East) - A Dragicevich: 22 pts, 2 reb, 4-7 3pFG / J Cooley: 8 pts, 14 reb, 2 blk

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1 Weekend Down!

Published by Source on November 14th, 2011

One weekend down and all 12 B1G teams have officially kicked off their seasons. Also, the local Big East teams Marquette, DePaul and Notre Dame have gotten things going as well, in addition to all the local mid-major programs.

All 12 B1G teams have won a game so far except for Michigan State, who fell to top-ranked North Carolina in the Carrier Classic Friday night, 67-55. The schedule does not get easier yet for the Spartans, who travel to Madison Square Garden to face #6 Duke in the Champions Classic Tuesday night. Also facing off that night are #2 Kentucky and #12 Kansas in the new event that will feature these four teams for the next several seasons as they all get the opportunity to play each other.

Indiana has emerged as the “first place” team after a 2-game weekend with wins over Stony Brook (96-66 on Fri.) and Chattanooga (78-53 on Sun.). All other conference teams besides MSU and IU are 1-0, with the game results as follows:

FRIDAY: #3 Ohio State def. Wright State 73-42; #18 Michigan def. Ferris State 59-33; Purdue def. Northern Illinois 96-34; Minnesota def. Bucknell 70-58; Nebraska def. South Dakota 65-48; Iowa def. Chicago State 96-53; Illinois def. Loyola (IL) 67-59.

SATURDAY: #14 Wisconsin def. Kennesaw State 85-31; Penn State def. Hartford 70-55.

SUNDAY: Northwestern def. Texas-Pan American 60-36.

Other local teams, besides NIU, Loyola and Chicago State mentioned above, were in action and their results follow:

FRIDAY: #21 Marquette def. Mount St. Mary’s 91-37; DePaul def. Texas-Pan American 91-72; E Michigan def. Illinois-Chicago 68-57; Valparaiso def. Georgia Southern 90-81; Indiana State def. Eastern Illinois 79-72; Creighton def. N Carolina A&T 97-65; Fresno State def. Illinois State 55-47.

SATURDAY: Notre Dame def. Miss. Valley State 80-67; Evansville def. Butler 80-77 (OT); Ohio Dominican def. Southern Illinois 64-63.

SUNDAY: #16 Arizona def. Ball State 73-63; Creighton def. Chicago State 95-61; Bradley def. UMKC 68-58.

 

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ESPN The Magazine Preseason Power Rankings

Published by Source on November 4th, 2011

ESPN The Magazine, along with David Hanner from RealGM.com, have used mathematical formulas and statistics (like returning players, injuries, coaching and recruit/transfer talent level. After doing the calculations, the Magazine ranked ALL 344 Division-1 basketball programs in order.

Below, we have listed the Top-10 programs according to the Magazine, plus all other local programs that you readers are here to find out more about! If you want to see the whole list, just click the link above (PDF format). Following each team is where they are projected to finish in their prospective conference.

1. North Carolina (1st ACC)

2. Kentucky (1st SEC)

3. Ohio State (1st B1G)

4. Connecticut (1st Big East)

5. Syracuse (2nd Big East)

6. Duke (2nd ACC)

7. Vanderbilt (2nd SEC)

8. Florida (3rd SEC)

9. Memphis (1st C-USA)

10. Louisville (3rd Big East)

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B1G / Chicago Recruiting Tidbits – Friday 9/23

Published by Source on September 23rd, 2011

Every Friday we will release a list of small recruiting news “nuggets” or “tidbits” they deserve mention on this site but do not necessarily require full articles. Here is this Friday’s edition of Recruiting Tidbits:

 

* Illinois State scored a commitment from North Chicago point guard Aaron Simpson on Wednesday afternoon. The 6-0, 170 lb Simpson is a solid prospect for the Redbirds. He has a variety of tools at point guard, being able to run the floor and facilitate, but he can also put up points. Simpson has a solid outside shot and holds the ability to get in the lane and mix it up. Several high major programs were interested in Simpson throughout his recruitment, including DePaul, Marquette, Illinois and Purdue. He is the second member of the ISU 2012 class for head coach Tim Jankovich, joining local guard prospect Anthony Beane.

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B1G / Chicago Recruiting Tidbits – Friday 9/16

Published by Source on September 16th, 2011

Every Friday we will release a list of small recruiting news “nuggets” or “tidbits” they deserve mention on this site but do not necessarily require full articles. Here is this Friday’s edition of Recruiting Tidbits:

* DePaul has added a late member to its 2011 recruiting class in JUCO point guard Worrell Clahar. The 6-foot junior comes to Chicago from Lawson State CC (Alabama) and will have 2 years of eligibility with the Blue Demons. The commitment actually happened over Labor Day weekend, but got lost in the shuffle by yours truly. Apologies on that one!

* Chicago’s Simeon Career Academy was the place to be for college coaches on Wednesday night as all eyes were on 2013 star Jabari Parker. In the house to see Parker were head coaches and/or assistants from over 20 D1 schools, headlined by Mike Krzyzewski (plus 2 Duke assistants), Tom Izzo, Roy Williams, Thad Matta (plus assistant), Bill Self (plus assistant), Bruce Weber (plus assistant), Oliver Purnell and Larry Krystkowiak (Utah). Several other local schools were represented, including Chicago State, UIC, Valpo, Illinois State and Northern Illinois. The workout also featured Marquette commit and Steve Taylor (2012) and Texas A&M verbal Kendrick Nunn (2013).

* Indiana commitment Peter Jurkin (2012) has been out of basketball for most of the last year with a stress fracture in his leg. Inside The Hall is reporting that Jurkin is now back at full strength after missing most of his junior season and the entire AAU evaluation period.

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