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WCC Tournament Thoughts on St. Mary’s

The Gaels are dancing! Randy Bennett and his squad played good basketball and thoroughly dismantled their two biggest threats in the WCC, Portland and Gonzaga, to earn the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Bennett and his staff have done a nice job with this group after losing Patty Mills (Portland Trail Blazers - NBA) and Diamon Simpson (LA D-Fenders - NBADL) last year.  He also lost starter Wayne Hunter to a… Continue reading

WCC All-Tournament Team

MVP: Mickey McConnell, 6'0 Jr. PG, St. Mary's: Had two great games for the Gaels including 16 points & 4 assists in the semi-final win over Portland and their All-WCC point guard T.J. Campbell then poured in 26 points to go along with 6 assists and 4 steals in the championship win over Gonzaga. Omar Samhan, 6'10 Sr. C, St. Mary's:  He's the emotional leader for St. Mary's and topped off… Continue reading

WCC Tournament Thoughts on Gonzaga

St. Mary's thumped Gonzaga to win the West Coast Conference (WCC) Championship and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.  The Zags will undoubtedly receive a bid, although not as good of a seed as you would have thought a few weeks ago. Since beating St. Mary's back on February 11th, Gonzaga crept into the top ten in the polls then lost to Loyola Marymount 74-66 in Los Angeles.  Although… Continue reading

NetScouts Basketball All-Conference Teams: Horizon League

[/caption] MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: GORDON HAYWARD, 6'9 207 SO. G-F, BUTLER: Hayward was the catalyst for the Bulldogs who romped through league play going for the best record ever in Horizon League history, 18-0. Hayward averaged 15.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game for the season to lead the Bulldogs. 1ST TEAM: 1. RAHMON FLETCHER, 5'10 165 JR. G, GREEN BAY: Fletcher became a much larger part of the… Continue reading

The Latest NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracketology

We are coming down to the wire as all the top conference tournaments are starting and the smaller conferences are completing their tournaments. Luckily for the bubble teams, most of the #1 seeds in the smaller conferences have been winning their tournaments which frees up spots for at-large teams. Which bubble teams are in, and which are out? Many of these teams still have a chance if they win a few… Continue reading

NetScouts Basketball All-Conference Teams: Atlantic 10

[/caption] MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Jordan Crawford, 6′4 Soph. G, Xavier - Crawford led Xavier to a #24 national ranking, a 23-7 regular season record and a tie for the conference title at 14-2. In his first season at Xavier after sitting out a season from transferring from Indiana, Crawford did it all for the Musketeers. He averaged 19.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists. Crawford has the ability to take over a… Continue reading

NetScouts Basketball All-Conference Teams: Mountain West

[/caption] MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: DARINGTON HOBSON, 6'7 205 JR. G, NEW MEXICO: Hobson had an outstanding first season with the Lobos and led them all the way to the conference title and a #1 seed in the league tournament. Hobson took advantage of his reinstatement at New Mexico and averaged 15.8 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game. 1ST TEAM: 1. JIMMER FREDETTE, 6'2 195 JR. G, BYU: Fredette… Continue reading

Denker Discusses NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement

I had the pleasure of appearing on the "Fantasy Sports and Politics" radio show on Blog Talk Radio yesterday to discuss with them the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and we briefly hit on the NFL agreement as well. Both leagues are in the final year of their agreement and walk-outs or lockouts are looming.  We hit on a lot of issues so if you are interested in listening to the… Continue reading

College Basketball All-International Team

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Greivis Vasquez, 6'6 195 PG, Maryland (Caracas, Venezuela): Arguably the MVP of the ACC and without a doubt a first-team All-American.  Do-it-all PG has had a great career for Terrapins in the ACC.  19.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 6.3 apg including a season high 41 points at Virginia Tech. Adnan Hodzic, 6'9 255 Jr. PF/C, Lipscomb (Sarajevo, Bosnia): Big guy scored at 22.1 clip and led in boards with 9.1… Continue reading

NetScouts Basketball All-Conference Teams: Big West

[/caption] MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: ORLANDO JOHNSON, 6'5 205 SO. G-F, UC SANTA BARBARA: Johnson led his Gauchos to a conference title and the #1 seed in their conference tournament. Johnson displayed his well-rounded game all season long and scored in double-digits in every contest. For the season, Johnson averaged 18.5 points as well as 5.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists. 1ST TEAM: 1. KYLE AUSTIN, 6'8 200 JR., F, UC RIVERSIDE: Despite UC… Continue reading