Sleeping with the Enemy: The Johnnies

So you’re doing better than we are in Big East play? How did that happen? Does that speak to some substantive improvements on your end or are we just that terrible? I feel like I should offer you all a proverbial couch and a bit of hope, a foot massage and a shot of rum. Meanwhile, St. John’s actually took their two wins over DePaul seriously, knocked off Butler , and then earned wins against the mid-pack hopefuls in the Big East – teams that have obvious flaws but obvious talent.

VanDerveer joins Summitt with 1,000 wins

Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer yells out instructions during the first half of the team’s NCAA college basketball game against Southern California on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Stanford, Calif. /Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.

Basketball: South senior battling cancer gets surprise visit from Lady Vol

Caroline Diem holds a University of Tennessee women’s basketball sweatshirt gifted to her by Diamond DeShields, a standout Lady Volunteers player who surprised the former South Forsyth girls basketball player Thursday before the Lady War Eagles’ game. Diem would have been a likely senior starter for South but is instead battling Hodgkin’s lymphona since she was diagnosed with the cancer just before the start of the season.

Basketball: South senior battling cancer gets surprise visit from Lady Vol

Caroline Diem holds a University of Tennessee women’s basketball sweatshirt gifted to her by Diamond DeShields, a standout Lady Volunteers player who surprised the former South Forsyth girls basketball player Thursday before the Lady War Eagles’ game. Diem would have been a likely senior starter for South but is instead battling Hodgkin’s lymphona since she was diagnosed with the cancer just before the start of the season.

Idaho outscores Colorado State 61-50 in Potato Bowl

Matt Linehan threw for 381 yards and four touchdowns and ran for a another score to help Idaho beat Colorado State 61-50 on Thursday night in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in the third-highest scoring game in bowl history. Idaho matched its highest victory total since moving to FBS in 1996, but the victory will do nothing to quell the debate over the school’s decision to move back down to FCS play.