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Rising Star: Louisville Junior Russ Smith
By Mark Chalifoux A Louisville National Championship seems inevitable now. The Cardinals are the strongest team remaining and now have the emotional component of playing for an injured teammate after...
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Rising Star: Louisville Junior Luke Hancock
By Mark Chalifoux Most pundits expected Louisville to be in the national championship game, but no one expected Luke Hancock to play an important role. The Cardinals roster is full of stars, Russ Smith...
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Rising Star: San Diego State Forward Winston Shepard
By Andrew Kahn Winston Shepard wanted to go home. The Houston native was coming off a freshman season where he averaged 5.7 points, shot 39 percent, and turned it over as often as he assisted. The...
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Rising Star: Iowa Forward Jarrod Uthoff
By Andrew Kahn University of Wisconsin basketball player Jared Uthoff became a national story, but not for anything he’d done on the court. The 6’9” forward from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, wanted to transfer...
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Rising Star: Iona Guard A.J. English
By Andrew Kahn Quick: How many NBA players hail from Delaware? According to Basketball-Reference.com, only four players who attended high school in Delaware made it to the league, combining for 10...
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Rising Star: Creighton Forward Ethan Wragge
By Andrew Kahn In the second half of Creighton’s most recent game, there was a scramble for a loose ball near the St. John’s basket. Player of the Year favorite Doug McDermott was already on fire, and...
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Rising Star: Wichita State Guard Fred VanVleet
By Andrew Kahn Wichita State doesn’t mind letting the shot clock run down to single digits. The Shockers’ average possession length is 18 seconds; only 34 percent of Division I teams hold the ball for...
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Rising Star: SMU Guard Nic Moore
By Andrew Kahn When Nic Moore’s coach at Illinois State, Tim Jankovich, left the school after the 2012 season, Moore weighed his options. Plenty of schools were interested in the Missouri Valley...
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Rising Star: Michigan State Guard Gary Harris
By Andrew Kahn Gary Harris is Michigan State’s leading scorer, but he has plenty of help. Adreian Payne, Keith Appling, and Branden Dawson average in double figures as well. But injuries have kept the...
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Rising Star: Kansas Guard Naadir Tharpe
By Andrew Kahn Kansas has gotten plenty of attention this season, but most of it has been directed at Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid, freshmen stars who could be the top two picks in the NBA draft....
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Rising Star: Manhattan Forward Emmy Andujar
By Andrew Kahn >>More articles Emmy Andujar waited a year for this chance: Manhattan vs. Iona for a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Last season, his Jaspers overcame an inconsistent regular season...
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Rising Star: UConn Forward DeAndre Daniels
By Andrew Kahn >>More articles There is a certain kind of athlete who, because of his talent and demeanor, looks like he’s not trying. He glides through the game but doesn’t seem to take over....
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Rising Star: Dayton Forward Dyshawn Pierre
By Andrew Kahn >>More articles If you kept your eyes on the television after Dayton’s last-second victory over Ohio State, you may have noticed a Dayton player falling on his backside after...
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Rising Star: Connecticut Guard Ryan Boatright
By Andrew Kahn >>More articles Shabazz Napier and DeAndre Daniels jump off the stat sheets from Connecticut’s wins at Madison Square Garden this past weekend. The play of junior guard Ryan...
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Rising Star: Kentucky Guard James Young
By Andrew Kahn >>More articles After Kentucky beat Wisconsin on Saturday night to advance to the championship game, John Calipari channeled his inner Nostradamus. “James Young has had 25 point...
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Valparaiso Forward Alec Peters Shines In Regular Season Finale
By Andrew Kahn Alec Peters is not just a scorer. The 6’9” forward proved that in the first half of Valparaiso’s regular season finale against Cleveland State, passing out of double teams and attempting...
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Rising Star: West Virginia Guard Daxter Miles, Jr.
By Andrew Kahn During preseason practices, West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins would ask for five players for various drills and scrimmages. Among the returning starters and upperclassmen who stepped...
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Rising Star: Ohio State Guard D’Angelo Russell
By Andrew Kahn Ask coaches around the Big Ten about Ohio State freshman D’Angelo Russell and they’ll tell you he doesn’t play like a freshman. NBA teams value youth but also a player with the talent to...
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Each Team’s Must-Watch Player In The Sweet 16
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports After a stellar second and third round of NCAA Tournament basketball we’ve successfully trimmed the fat and are down to the best 16 teams in college basketball. In order...
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Rising Star: Notre Dame Guard Steve Vasturia
By Andrew Kahn In the closing minutes of overtime, Notre Dame had the ball with a one-point lead over Butler and the shot clock winding down. A possession that looked like it might be going nowhere...
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Rising Star: Michigan State Guard Lourawls Nairn, Jr.
By Andrew Kahn If Michigan State is to continue its magical Tournament run, it will need continued strong play from a 5’10” freshman from the Bahamas called “Tum Tum.” Yes, it’s been an unusual season...
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Rising Star: Duke Guard Grayson Allen
By Andrew Kahn Tonight’s national championship game will almost certainly hinge on the play of Duke’s freshmen. And while Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow, and Tyus Jones have been incredible this...
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Wisconsin’s Future In Good Hands With Bronson Koenig
By Andrew Kahn Three-year starter Traevon Jackson is graduating, but Wisconsin’s point guard spot is in good hands. When Jackson broke his foot in January, sophomore Bronson Koenig replaced him in the...
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Rising Star: Wisconsin Forward Ethan Happ
By Andrew Kahn Ethan Happ is fine if you use the word embarrassing to describe his play last season. Every time he took the court, he was overmatched on both ends. The good news: It happened in...
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Rising Star: Seton Hall Guard Isaiah Whitehead
By Andrew Kahn In the Big East championship on Saturday, Isaiah Whitehead made both head coaches fall to the court. In the first half, his errant pass sailed out of bounds, causing a teammate to bump...
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Rising Star: Oklahoma Forward Khadeem Lattin
By Andrew Kahn When you think of why Oklahoma is capable of winning it all, you probably think of Buddy Hield. He’s the frontrunner for National Player of the Year and the country’s second leading...
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Rising Star: Syracuse Forward Tyler Lydon
By Andrew Kahn The obvious choice for Syracuse Freshman Most Responsible for Elite Eight Comeback is Malachi Richardson, who scored 21 points in the second half against Virginia on Sunday. But who was...
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Rising Star: North Carolina Guard Joel Berry
By Andrew Kahn North Carolina was settling for three-point attempts at the start of its Final Four game against Syracuse. This was a bad game plan for several reasons: the Heels’ strength is inside;...
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Rising Star: Villanova Guard Phil Booth
By Andrew Kahn In Villanova’s second-round loss to North Carolina State in last year’s NCAA Tournament, Phil Booth came off the bench and hit 3-of-4 three-pointers in 14 minutes. He and Darrun Hilliard...
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Rising Star: Purdue Guard Carsen Edwards
By Andrew Kahn Sometimes, the simplest solution is best. Purdue freshman guard Carsen Edwards was not playing well, particularly at the start of games. Heading into the contest at Michigan, he had shot...
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Rising Star: SMU Guard Shake Milton
By Andrew Kahn Last season, Southern Methodist point guard Nic Moore won his second straight Player of the Year award in the American Conference. Shake Milton, a top-100 recruit who played the same...
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Rising Star: USC Forward Chimezie Metu
By Andrew Kahn The USC Trojans won just enough games to receive an NCAA Tournament bid. They’ll have to win one more to reach the official first round. Southern California was placed in Dayton, Ohio,...
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Rising Star: South Carolina Forward Chris Silva
By Andrew Kahn South Carolina trailed national champion favorite Duke by 10 points early in the second half on Sunday. But the Gamecocks made a run, punctuated by two Chris Silva dunks. The sophomore...
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Rising Star: Oregon Guard Tyler Dorsey
By Andrew Kahn There is no better scorer in the NCAA Tournament right now than Oregon’s Tyler Dorsey. He has scored 51 points in two games, bested only by South Carolina’s Sindarius Thornwell. But...
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Rising Star: Gonzaga Forward Zach Collins
By Andrew Kahn Up to this point, the single play Zach Collins is best known for in this NCAA Tournament is a botched no-call that inspired Northwestern coach Chris Collins to run onto the court in...
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Ryan Mayer With the 2018 Winter Olympics set to get underway, CBS Local Sports will be profiling five young, up-and-coming, Olympic athletes whose names you will likely hear a lot during the course of...
View ArticleRising Stars: Mikaela Shiffrin
Ryan Mayer With the 2018 Winter Olympics set to get underway, CBS Local Sports will be profiling five young, up-and-coming, Olympic athletes whose names you will likely hear a lot during the course of...
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Ryan Mayer With the 2018 Winter Olympics set to get underway, CBS Local Sports will be profiling five young, up-and-coming, Olympic athletes whose names you will likely hear a lot during the course of...
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Ryan Mayer With the 2018 Winter Olympics set to get underway, CBS Local Sports will be profiling five young, up-and-coming, Olympic athletes whose names you will likely hear a lot during the course of...
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Rising Stars: Jordan Greenway
By Matt Citak With the 2018 Winter Olympics set to get underway, CBS Local Sports will be profiling five young, up-and-coming, Olympic athletes whose names you will likely hear a lot during the course...
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