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College Basketball's Top 25 Coaches

In an effort to talk about something college basketball-related other than scandals in the summer, let's talk best current coaches. We'll attempt to order the top 25 current coaches in the nation. This is about the present and the future, not the distant past. What a guy did in the mid-90s doesn't matter near as much as...

Ranking the Rankings: Pitt's Full Circle

Ranking the rankings criticizes the critics when the polls come out.Headlining: Pittsburgh beat Connecticut to kick off the week, led by DeJuan Blair's ridiculous 22-point, 23-rebound effort. It seemed relatively unlikely at the time that the Panthers could manage to jump both North Carolina and Oklahoma, providing that...

Too Good to Be Blue?

This time, the gloves came off. So too, did the jacket. Then Mike Krzyzewski's stoic demeanor, that steel-melting stare that's equal parts Rodin and Rambo, wound up discarded behind the bench like an empty Gatorade cup. And by the time Duke's 101-91 track meet of a victory over Wake Forest finished with an emotional...

Onion Peels: The ACC and Big East, Not Home to Road Warriors

Onion Peels is a recap of last night's action and an unofficial Bill Raftery blog. Wake Forest 70, Duke 68Two things stand out about Wake Forest from this game. First, Dino Gaudio has done a tremendous job turning the Deacons into a team that can actually play defense (Holloman noted this a while back, actually), and...

Gaudio Builds Wake Forest Legacy One Defensive Stop at a Time

Were Wake Forest ever to erect its own coaching Mount Rushmore, exactly two faces, Bones McKinney and Skip Prosser, would qualify for a place in oversized granite. Every one else would get patted down for so much as trying to get into the souvenir shop.McKinney, who led the Deacons to their only Final Four appearance in...