Coach K and the Blues Devils took home the title in the 2K Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden. Duke was able to easily defeat Michigan 71-56, despite a 25 point performance by the Wolvernines' Manny Harris. The Blue Devils won all four of their games in the 2K Sports Classic by an average of 28...

The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor. Technology has enhanced my college basketball viewing experience in many ways this season. There's the flat-screen TV that makes the players look like human beings instead of fuzzy blobs. There's the satellite package that b...

The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor. I live in ACC country, and people here are used to hearing six or seven familiar team names called on Selection Sunday. But this year, the conference is top-heavy, with North Carolina and Duke on a level far above challenger...

The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor. When Oral Roberts beat IUPUI 71-64, they made a lot of people happy. And some of them even went to the school. Our fearless leader has demanded Oral for the Deadspin Pants Party, and he will get it. And this isn't some one-s...

When this season began just four short months ago, all we heard was freshman-this, and freshman-that. Freshmen were supposed to carry several teams to the promised land. Some of them actually have performed at a level that justified the hype. Others started strong and then faded a bit down the stret...

The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor. As basketball fans watch the bubble report every season, two names seem to come up with alarming frequency: the Maryland Terrapins and the Syracuse Orange. As we were batting those names around over at STF, we came up with t...

The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor. The ups and downs of this season have been tough on the Baylor Bears. When the Big 12 season began, they were riding high at 12-2, having only lost to then-No. 6 Washington State and Arkansas. The conference slate was going ...

The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor. Philadelphia sports fans are very used to failure at this point. Going 25 years between championships tends to do that to a fan. Still, the college basketball scene in the City of Brotherly Love, home to the historic Big 5, ...

The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor. Like a lot of people (none of them UNC fans), I feel kind of ambivalent about Coach K getting his 800th victory with the close win over North Carolina State this weekend. In reality, the only thing I can really accuse him of...

The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor. Even if you like conference tournaments as much as I do, this might still seem a little early to be talking about March Madness. But seriously, think about it; if this weren't one of those random leap years, it would be Marc...