Talib Zanna records his first double-double of this season.

Talib Zanna is a forward / center for Pittsburgh. On Monday night they played Robert Morris and Zanna helped lead his team to a victory by scoring 10 points and snagging 15 rebounds.

With Dante Taylor battling migranes the past two games, freshman Khem Birch and sophomore Talib Zanna have been thrust into the spotlight this week..........

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Green, Joseph, and Young showed their true talent this week.

Brandon Young is a sophmore guard for Depaul Blue Demons. Last year in the Big East he was a standout rookie.
This year Young has improved his play during this out of confrence play, by averaging 18.2 ppg 5.4 apg 2.4 rpg 1.8 spg. Depaul played in a tournament this past week playing Arizona St, Texas Tech, and Minnesota.
Young led them in scoring, assist, and steals averaging 20 ppg 5 apg 2.1 spg.

Next game: Dec 1st vs Ole Miss







Erick Green is a junior guard for Virgina Tech, last year he found his way in Seth Greenberg's offense. This year he is expected to be the go to guy for the Hokies. So far he has not disappointed, by averaging 14.8 ppg 2.6 rpg 2.4 apg this year.
During this past week Green played excellent by leading his team in scoring vs St Bonaventure, Oklahoma St, and Syracuse by averaging 17 ppg 3 rpg 2.1 apg.

Next game: Nov 30th vs Minnesota





Kris Joseph is a senior forward for Syracuse. Joseph has had a great career so far, by winning Big East sixth man of the year as a sophmore, leading his team in scoring last year, and recently scoring his 1000th point as a Orangemen. He is having a solid season by averaging 15.3 ppg 6 rpg 1.5 spg, and by most Joseph is expected to be drafted in this years upcoming draft.
This past week the Orangemen had two tough tests in Stanford and Virgina Tech, Joseph led them in scoring and rebounding averaging 19 ppg  9.5 rpg 3.5 spg 2 apg.

Next game: Nov 29th vs Eastern Michigan

Thorton has played well for William & Mary

Marcus Thornton a All- Metropolitan in Washington, DC last year. He is a freshman for Willaim & Mary Tribe this year. The Tribe lost a few of their leading scorers from last year, so it was considered a rebuilding year for the program.


Well Marcus Thornton has stepped up as if he was a veteran, by being second on the team in scoring averaging 11 ppg. He is also contributuing 2.2 prg. Thornton hit his season high against Liberty with 19 points. Look out for the talented freshman this year.

Kansas holds off Georgetown.

Late Monday night in Maui, a young and underrated Georgetown Hoyas team gave the no. 14 Kansas Jayhawks a run for their money, but Kanssas grinded out a 67-63 victory.

Thomas Robinson

Throughout the game Kansas played inside out against the Georgetown zone. They penetrated the zone and kicked to Thomas Robinson for 5 of his dunks and then crisply spreader the ball around the perimeter, knocking down jumpers on the perimeter.

The Hoyas simply had no answer for the 6'9 240 power forward Thomas Robinson, who scored 20 points on 7-14 shooting with 12 rebounds and two blocks. Five of his baskets came on dunks, as none of the Hoyas big men had the strength to wrestle with Robinson in the low post or the athleticism to challenge him at the rim.

Jason Clark

Georgetown kept themselves in the game by bombing away from the perimeter, shooting 7-24 from beyond the arc. Hollis Thompson and Jason Clark combined for 29 points while hoisting up 12 three-point shots, with Clark going 1-3 in the final minute as the Jayhawks held off a furious Hoya rally. Jason Clark had 15 points and 5 rebounds.

Hoops is Big in the Schoof Family

W.T. Woodson grads John and Sarah Schoof are playing college basketball, following in the tradition of their parents.

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http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/articles/hoops

Brendan Bald scores career high.

Junior guard Brendan Bald busted out of his shooting slump and dumped in five second-half 3-pointers for a career-high 21 points while senior forward Pat Bergmann (14 points, 11 rebounds) recorded his first double-double as a Catamount.

The inside-out production from Bergmann and Bald helped Vermont overcome a sluggish first half against Dartmouth and erase memories of the hard-to-swallow ending involved with Friday’s 61-59 defeat at South Florida in the season opener.

Bald caught fire in the second half after only hitting 1 of 4 shots in the first half.

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Will Barton leads Memphis in victory over Belmont

Barton scored 23 points on Tuesday evening to lead his explosive Tigers team to a 97-81 victory over Belmont.

Barton, a preseason All-Conference USA first-team selection, didn't play in Memphis' exhibition games last year because of knee and ankle injuries, and it showed over the Tigers' first two regular-season games. Barton went 2 of 10 from the field and totaled just five points.

In Memphis' two exhibitions wins this month, Barton averaged 24.5 points on 66.7 percent shooting (18 of 27).

In addition to being more selective with his shots, Barton has been a presence on the glass (10 combined rebounds) and has taken better care of the ball (four turnovers in 46 minutes).

"I'm in a comfort zone right now," Barton said. "I'm in Year 2 in the offense so I understand all the plays. I've always been a driver, but last year, coming from the exhibition games, I was hurt. I didn't have trust in my knee or my ankle, so I was settling for jump shots. Then it took me half the season to realize I'm a driver, not a jump-shooter. Now I just keep trying to get to that lane. Attack, attack, attack."

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http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/nov/13/tigers-barton-jackson-show-improvement/

Kris Joseph scores 1000 points at Syracuse

Kris Joseph a Montreal, Quebec native is now a senior at Syracuse University. During his first two years he was overshawdowed by some big names such as Johnny Flynn, Wesley Johnson, and Eric devendorf, even though he won the Big East sixth man award as a sophmore. In the last year he has been living up to the expectations, by leading the team in scoring with 14.3 ppg and hauling in 5.5 rpg in his junior season.

Syracuse is number 6 in the coaches polls and Joseph is expected to be the go to man. By most analyst and NBA scouts Joseph is expected to be drafted in this years draft. This year in two games he is averaging 15.5 ppg 6.0 rpg.

Read article on Joseph scoring his 1000th career point:

http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2011/11/kris_joseph_scores_his_1000th.html

Robinson looks NBA ready in season opener

Thomas Robinson had 18 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and two steals, and Travis Releford added 14 points to help No. 13 Kansas rout Towson State 100-54 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

 

 

 

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Oladipo leads Indiana to a 2-0.

Victor Oladipo scored a career-high 21 points on Sunday to help Indiana beat Chattanooga 78-53.

 

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/oladipo-scores-21-indiana-rolls-past-chattanooga-78-53/2011/11/13/gIQAJC5CJN_story.html

2012 College Basketball season tips off.

The 2012 college basketball season has began and a lot of DMV talent have performed well during this first weekend. Some of these athletes who had good debuts are:

Eric Atkins (Notre Dame) - vs Mississippi Valley State he posted 27 pts. 6 ast.

Harold Washington (Cansius) - vs James Madison he posted 23 pts. 5 stl.

Victor Oladipo (Indiana) - In 2 games Oladipo is averaging 18.5 ppg. 5.5 rpg.

Kendall Marshall (UNC) - In 2 games Marshall is avergaing 6 ppg. 10 apg.

Chris Braswell (Charlotte) - vs North Carolina Central he posted 19 pts. 12 reb.

Rodney McGruder (KState) - vs Charleston Soutern he posted 18 pts. 11 reb. 2 ast.

Thomas Robinson (Kansas) - vs Towson he posted 18 pts. 11 reb. 4 ast. 2stl.

Kris Joseph (Syracuse) - vs Fordham he posted 16 pts. 5 reb.

Javorn Farrell (UMass) - vs Elon he posted 13 pts. 3 ast.

Marcus Thorton (William & Mary) - vs Hampton he posted 13 pts. 3 ast. 2 reb.

Brandon Young ( DePaul) - vs Texas Pan American he posted 12 pts. 7 ast. 5 reb.

Jerian Grant (Notre Dame) - vs Mississippi Valley State he posted 11pts. 5 ast.

Cedrick Lindsay (Richmond) - vs American he posted 17 pts. 4 ast. 3 reb.

Rodney Glascow (VMI) - vs Citadel he posted 17 pts. 4 reb. 4 ast.