2022 NBA Draft: Top 10 Power Forwards
The power forward group is by FAR the most talented in this year’s draft class as it boasts the big-three freshman who all have the potential to be superstars over their NBA careers. These three guys figure to be the first three players to hear their names called on draft night. The order of how…
2022 NBA Draft: Top 5 Superlatives
Our yearly look at the top prospects by different categories. SPEED , Purdue If there was ever a player who looked like a blur in the open court, it’s Jaden Ivey. His start/stop burst is Ferrari-like, or for the modern day:Tesla. Like a hockey puck, this guy is hard to keep up with while watching…
2022 NBA Draft: Top 10 Small Forwards
We’ve reached the halfway point of the 2022 NBA Positional Rankings and the SF group also provides a lot of talent and depth. There is a wide range of opinions on this group of players, some with only one good season under their belt, some with just a few good games, foreign prospects with floor…
2022 NBA Extended Mock Draft: 7.2
With just over a week to go before the NBA Draft, we’ve had a major shakeup at the top and plenty of movement in the rest of the field as players have locked themselves into this year’s class with the withdrawal deadlines in the past. As far as what changes you can expect, look for…
2022 NBA Draft: Top 10 Shooting Guards
If there’s one thing to know about this upcoming draft, it’s that each positional group is incredibly deep with very little separation between pretty much every player outside the lottery or even just the top-five for that matter. It might not have the same talent level and depth as last season, but this class is…
2022 NBA Draft: Top 10 Point Guards
With the NBA Draft two weeks away, it is time to begin our positional rankings for the fascinating 2022 NBA Draft class. As always, we will start with the point guards and I’m fully ready for some spirited debate and controversy for every choice after , who is the clear leader of the pack and…
NBA Draft Combine: Scrimmage Winners and Losers
The final NBA Combine piece of our series focuses on the most exciting and important part of the Combine – the scrimmages that pit the best players in the draft against each other. With international prospects and mid-major stars getting an opportunity to play against the best competition, it is their final opportunity to show…
NBA Draft Combine: Athleticism Testing Winners and Losers
The second piece of our coverage on the NBA Draft Combine focuses on the athleticism testing of the many prospects that competed in these tests in Chicago this past week. After the measurements, the athletic testing is the opportunity for the prospects to separate themselves from the competition and earn a promised selection from NBA…
2022 NBA Draft Combine Measurements: Winners and Losers
This piece is the first of three that will summarize and analyze each important segment of the NBA Draft Combine. Here, we will look at the biggest winners and losers of the measurement portion of the NBA Draft Combine and who might see the biggest dip or rise at the NBA Draft because of it.…
2022 NBA Extended Mock Draft: 6.0
One of the most exciting stages of the NBA offseason is the completion of the draft lottery, because it gives us mock draft “experts” the chance to predict every pick with the order finally set. The Orlando Magic are officially on the clock and the bizarre 58 pick NBA Draft is open for session. Some…
2022 NBA Extended Mock Draft: 5.0
With the regular season and 2022 NCAA Tournament now officially over, it is time for basketball fans to look towards the NBA Draft, especially if your NBA team missed out on the playoffs. Sorry Lakers fans (with no picks), you don’t have either to be excited for. As for all of the other teams eliminated…
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…