NCAA Tournament: Final Four Preview
No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks vs. No. 2 Villanova Wildcats In 16 of his 19 seasons with the Jayhawks, Bill Self has taken his team into the top three of the AP Poll, including eight seasons of reaching the top spot, but the veteran coach only has one National Championship to his name from 2008. While…
NCAA Tournament Takeaways
Four blue bloods. Coach K’s last dance. The greatest rivalry in the sport on its biggest stage. This weekend’s national semifinal slate has every storyline a sportswriter dreams of, but before we look ahead to the final three games of the season, let’s look back on the things we learned from an unforgettable second weekend…
Sweet Sixteen Preview: South Region
The South region will host the best Sweet 16 matchup of the season when Arizona takes on Houston in a matchup between the second and third best teams in the nation according to KenPom. To the surprise of most, Houston is the team ranked second and deemed the favorite according to the advanced metrics system.…
Sweet Sixteen Preview: West Region
If there is a region that epitomizes how crazy and exciting the 2022 NCAA Tournament has been, it certainly isn’t this one. All four of the top seeds advanced to the second weekend, but don’t think it was easy. Each team faced a second-half deficit in the Round of 32 while Duke and Texas Tech…
NCAA Tournament: 16 Things We Learned
Given the zero perfect brackets remaining before the first round even ended, it is safe to say there was plenty to learn from the first weekend of March Madness. The first NCAA Tournament with fans since 2019 did not disappoint with regard to atmospheres or the level of play and a much-needed three-day break from…
NCAA Tournament Preview – West Region
What a region! We have the top overall seed in Gonzaga, Duke in Coach K’s last season, Tom Izzo and his Spartans who love playing in March and so many more story lines. If you don’t know where to start filling out this region, I have you covered with the ultimate preview of the top…
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a bracket. The most thrilling and impactful week of the college basketball season, before March Madness of course, did not disappoint in 2022 with fans back in the stands and incredible atmospheres complementing the sensational play we saw all week. But this is just the beginning. We still have a…
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
Champ Week is finally here and almost every team in the country still has a chance to punch a ticket to the Big Dance. It is the blessing and curse of March that makes this sport unlike any other. No matter how your team did up until this point, there is still reason to cling…
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
How do you rank the top teams in the nation when the top six teams in the nation, and eight of the top 10 lose in one week? You treat it as a clean slate. I’m not interested in what each team did this week, as I’m sure most of the teams won’t complain about.…
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
It’s a good thing postseason tournaments don’t allow home-court advantage, because I think every higher seed would win at this rate. Upsets are taking place across the country because of this and it’s hard to find a team who goes undefeated in a week unless they played every game at home. Buckle up for the…
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
1. Gonzaga (21-2) I don’t care what the stats say. (pictured) is my National Player of the Year. He is starting to get comfortable playing the college game to the tune of 16 points per game in conference play on 66/58/79 shooting splits. The competition might be weak, but that doesn’t make the rim any…
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
What a week of college basketball. Chris Beard’s unwelcoming return to Lubbock. Duke and Kansas demolishing rivals. UCLA losing twice in one week. Six losses by Top 13 teams. This week had everything you can ask for as a fan and we still have another month of regular season basketball. Sit back and enjoy the…
2022 NBA Extended Mock Draft: 4.0
1. Orlando Magic: , PF, Auburn, Fr. The longer the season goes on, the more we hear that Smith is the consensus number one pick in the eyes of NBA scouts. Despite some other intriguing options, it’s hard to argue with this assessment. The 6’10 freshman is an absolute perfect fit in today’s NBA with…
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
The SEC-Big 12 challenge acts as the opening ceremony for the college basketball season for most of the casual fans in the sport. It is the first Saturday of the season entirely devoted to college hoops from noon until one in the morning and Saturday’s slate kept fans entertained for the entire 13-hour stretch. The…
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
We are entering the defining stretch of the season for many of the top teams as they look to establish a solid resume for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Some teams are fighting for seeding while others are looking for the big wins that will give them a chance to hear their name called on Selection…
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
College football is done and it is finally time for college basketball to take over the spotlight! Tuesday was the first day after college football season and provided an incredible slate of games to entertain fans experiencing college football withdrawal. If you’re new to the rankings, I will rank the top 16 teams in the…
2022 NBA Extended Mock Draft: 3.0
1. Orlando Magic: , PF, Auburn, Fr. No prospect has been more impressive over the past month than Auburn freshman Jabari Smith. The 6’10 wing displays incredible shot-making ability with long arms and rarely feels defensive pressure with his size and length. Smith is also an active defender who plays with great energy, disrupting opposing…
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
Goodbye college football and hello college basketball season! This fascinating sport will finally start to get the recognition it deserves as college football fans turn their attention to a different collegiate season. There are far more than 16 teams to keep an eye on this season, but here we list the top 16 teams as…