Blake Lovell

Blake was the Senior Editor at Busting Brackets from March 2011 to March 2012. He has since returned as a staff writer, in hopes of once again providing interesting stories on all the happenings in college basketball.

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Will Matt Painter Take the Head Coaching Job at Missouri?

While this time of year always brings us some great basketball on the court, there’s usually quite a bit of discussion off the court as well with coaches moving around all over the place to take…Read More

Georgia Tech Hires Brian Gregory

The coaching carousel has been pretty crazy here lately, with the likes of Mike Anderson heading back to Arkansas, and Bruce Pearl‘s exit at Tennessee allowing Missouri State’s Cuonzo Martin…Read More

Which NCAA Title Game Matchup Do You Want to See?

The 2011 Final Four is officially set, as Kentucky, Connecticut, VCU, and Butler have all punched their tickets to Houston for this upcoming weekend in one the most unpredictable Final Four’s in…Read More

Missouri State’s Cuonzo Martin is the New Head Coach at Tennessee

So the SEC is taking center stage here on Elite Eight Sunday, with the Kentucky Wildcats advancing to the Final Four after defeating North Carolina, and now, we’ve got some huge coaching news in…Read More

VCU Heading to the Final Four

Think back to a few weeks ago when most of Selection Sunday was spent discussing the awful decision by the committee to allow the likes of UAB and VCU into this year’s field of 68. I mean, seriously.…Read More

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Will Jared Sullinger Really Return to Ohio State?

Most hoops fans were somewhat surprised when Ohio State fell to Kentucky on Friday night, as the Buckeyes…Read More

Predictions: UNC/UK and KU/VCU

Half of the Final Four is set, as the Butler Bulldogs are back for a second straight year, while UConn…Read More

Poll: Who Will Win Tonight’s Elite Eight Games?

I made my predictions for the Sweet 16, and went a respectable 5 out of 8, with Duke and Ohio State really…Read More

Predictions: Sweet 16 Friday

We’ve got half of the Elite Eight already made up, as Arizona, UConn, Butler, and Florida were…Read More

Predictions: Sweet 16 Thursday

We’re down to the final 16 in the 2011 NCAA Tournament, and we’ve got four big games taking…Read More

Sparty Assistant Mark Montgomery to Take Northern Illinois Job

The coaching carousel has really started to heat up the last week or so, with coaches moving all over…Read More

Mike Anderson Reportedly To Be Named Head Coach at Arkansas

Rumors continue to swirl about whether or not current Missouri head coach Mike Anderson will choose to…Read More

NCAA Sweet 16 Power Rankings

The college basketball world has been ruled by the news regarding Bruce Pearl‘s firing at Tennessee,…Read More

Bruce Pearl Comments on His Firing

Well the word just came down a little while ago that Bruce Pearl will not return as head coach at Tennessee,…Read More

Breaking News: Bruce Pearl Out at UT

The rumors have been circulating for several days now, but it seems as though they are no longer rumors.…Read More

Everyone Together Now: We Were Wrong About VCU

Raise your hand if you had Virginia Commonwealth in the Sweet 16. Now, all zero of you out there, go…Read More

Billy Gillispie Hired as New Head Coach at Texas Tech

When we discussed the firing of Pat Knight at Texas Tech a few weeks ago, we wondered which way the administration…Read More

Breaking Down the Wild Finish to the Butler-Pittsburgh Game

If you missed the game between the #1 seeded Pittsburgh Panthers and the #8 seeded Butler Bulldogs, don’t…Read More

Second Round Saturday Predictions: Can Butler Knock Off Pitt?

Yes, this is technically the “third round” in this year’s NCAA Tournament, but it still…Read More

What’s Next for Bruce Pearl?

There have been plenty of surprises so far in this year’s NCAA Tournament, with lower seeds knocking…Read More