With kickoff set for late August, college football is currently in the crosshairs as the sports world tries to figure out how to move forward in the COVID-19 world. The upcoming college basketball season isn’t quite as pressing, but a time will come where decisions have to be made. College basketball may be the major […]
Read MoreCBS Sports Airing 8 Classic NCAA Tournament Games Today
This weekend should have featured non-stop discussions about the Final Four and who has the best shot of winning the NCAA Tournament. Sadly, with the cancelation of the tournament and most other sporting events, all we can do is wonder about what could have been. But CBS Sports has a plan to keep us all […]
Read MoreFinal College Basketball Coaches’ Poll Top 25 Released
The final college basketball Coaches’ Poll top 25 was released on Monday afternoon. A college basketball champion won’t be crowned this year due to the cancellation of March Madness. But ranked teams should still take pride in what turned out to be a tremendous regular season in 2019-20. To no surprise, Kansas checks in at […]
Read MoreSelection Committee Names Top 16 Seeds In NCAA Tournament
It’s still early in the season. But the selection committee for the upcoming 2020 NCAA Tournament has released what the top 16 seeds would look like if the season ended today. Gonzaga, San Diego State, Baylor and Kansas headline the one-seeds. It’s not too often two non-Power 5 West Coast schools earn a one-seed, but […]
Read MoreESPN’s Joe Lunardi Has Released A New 2020 Bracketology
There wasn’t a whole lot of drama in college basketball this past week, but the upcoming weekend could easily change that. Plenty of conferences are poised to go down to the wire, and nobody looks invincible heading into March Madness, especially after looking at the latest bracketology release by ESPN. Ahead of what should be […]
Read MoreLatest Bracketology From ESPN’s Joe Lunardi Released
We’re 1/12th of the way through the year 2020 and less than seven weeks away from the NCAA Tournament brackets coming out. With the month of January coming to a close, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has updated his Bracketology. A strong week for all of the teams given a top seed in last week’s bracketology led […]
Read MoreESPN’s Bracketology Has Been Updated With A New No. 1
Each week of this college basketball season has felt comparable to March Madness. Once it seems a clear contender has emerged, an upset occurs. The latest edition of ESPN’s Bracketology reflects how crazy things have been. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has had the tough task of revising the latest 2020 NCAA Tournament seeding projections. His latest […]
Read MoreThree Top-5 College Basketball Teams Lost Twice This Week
If this week of college basketball was a preview of the 2020 NCAA Tournament, it’s going to be a wild March Madness. The regular season has already been full of crazy upsets. But this week was a whole new level of absolute stunners. Seven ranked teams lost on Saturday including: No. 3 Duke, No. 4 […]
Read MoreESPN’s Joe Lunardi Releases Update For His 2020 Bracketology
ESPN bracketology expert Joe Lunardi has updated his latest projection. This weird college basketball season is very well reflected in his choices. In total, he has 12(!) teams from the Big Ten in his field. The ACC, typically among the strongest teams, has five teams in, and one of those is among his last four […]
Read MoreNCAA Updates NET Rankings Heading Into The Weekend
Ahead of the 2018-19 season, the NCAA adopted the new “NET Rankings” system, replacing RPI. The metric is used for NCAA Tournament selection. New rankings are rolled out periodically. Today, things were updated through last night’s game as we enter the weekend. In the most recent AP Top 25, Gonzaga comes in at No. 1, […]
Read MoreKen Pomeroy Names College Basketball’s 3 Best Teams
With yesterday’s update to the AP Top 25, Gonzaga, Duke, and Kansas are the top three college basketball teams in the nation. Ken Pomeroy, creator of the sport’s most popular efficiency metric, really disagrees with one of those three. Pomeroy, who runs KenPom.com, thinks the poll is pretty accurate on the Blue Devils and Jayhawks. […]
Read MoreESPN’s Joe Lunardi Unveils First Bracketology Of 2020
This has been one of the most hectic seasons in college basketball history, as there have been a plethora of upsets that have taken place. With the new year officially in effect, ESPN analyst Joe Lunardi released his very first Bracketology of 2020. Unlike years past, there isn’t a single team in the country that […]
Read More2020 4-Star PG Chuck Harris Announces Commitment
Washington (D.C.) Gonzaga Prep four-star Chuck Harris is off the board. Harris committed to Butler this afternoon. The No. 13 point guard and the No. 94 overall recruit in the 2020 class according to 247Sports’ Composite Rankings, Harris chose the Bulldogs over George Washington, Penn State, Providence, VCU and others. Butler offered him back in […]
Read More11 Transfer Options Identified For Kansas’ K.J. Lawson
After an underwhelming season at Kansas following his transfer from Memphis, guard K.J. Lawson has decided to transfer again. Based on the latest reports, there is no shortage of options for the 6-foot-8 sophomore. According to The Kansas City Star, 11 different schools have reached out to Lawson about a possible transfer. On the list are […]
Read MoreBig 12, Big East Announce Basketball Series For 2019-20 Season
Four schools from both the Big 12 and Big East basketball conferences pre-scheduled games for the 2019-20 season. The two conferences have decided to take things a step further. The Big 12 and Big East are creating an entire conference vs. conference series similar to the SEC-Big 12 challenge and ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Per the […]
Read MoreReport: South Dakota State Transfer David Jenkins Jr. Receiving Heavy Interest
David Jenkins Jr. has been a scoring machine through two years at South Dakota State. Now, he’s looking to finish his college career on a bigger stage. Following a Second Team All-Summit League season as a freshman in 2017-18, Jenkins made first team this year. He averaged 19.7 points per game this season. A few […]
Read MoreThe Big East Had An Absolutely Disastrous NCAA Tournament
It is just past 10:30 p.m. ET on the first Saturday of the NCAA Tournament. The Big East, ostensibly one of the power conferences in the sport, has been eliminated. Purdue just beat Villanova like a drum, 87-61. The defending national champions never really challenged much at any point. With the Villanova loss, the Big […]
Read MoreWilliam & Mary All-Conference Grad Transfer Justin Pierce Hearing From Major Programs
6-foot-7 wing Justin Pierce has been a pretty dynamic player for William & Mary over the last two years. He’s set to finish his college career elsewhere. Pierce has been an All-CAA performer for the Tribe for two seasons. He followed a 14.7 point/8.6 rebound sophomore year with a 14.9 point/8.9 rebound season this year. […]
Read MoreTop Guard Grad Transfer Drawing Interest From Some Huge Programs
Fordham’s Joseph Chartouny has been a major factor for the Rams throughout his entire college career. The 6-foot-3 Canadian guard has been a double digit scorer in each of his three college seasons. As a junior in 2017-18, he scorer a career high 12.2 points per game. He also led the nation with 3.3 steals […]
Read MoreWatch: Purdue-Butler Went Down To The Final Seconds
The first game of Sunday’s second round action went right down to the wire. We nearly had an upset as well. Tenth-seeded Butler gave in-state rival Purdue, the No. 2 seed, all it could handle. However, Purdue held on to win, thanks to Dakota Mathias. The senior sharpshooter drilled a three-pointer with 14.2 seconds left […]
Read MoreHere’s The Brace The NCAA Wouldn’t Let Purdue’s Isaac Haas Play With Today
Isaac Haas wanted to play in today’s Purdue-Butler game after fracturing his elbow Wednesday. The NCAA ruled against him. Haas suffered the injury during Purdue’s first round win over Cal State Fullerton. He went down hard on his elbow going for a rebound. After the game, with his elbow wrapped up, he told reporters that […]
Read MoreIsaac Haas Is Warming Up After Fracturing Elbow Friday, But Is Not Expected To Play
Purdue star center Isaac Haas fractured his elbow during Friday’s win over Cal State Fullerton. He was originally deemed out for the rest of the NCAA Tournament. It is understandable that Haas doesn’t want his Purdue career to end that way. Still, it is crazy to think that he could conceivably play. And yet, Haas […]
Read MoreNo. 2 Purdue vs. No. 10 Butler Preview: Game Time, Channel, Betting Line, Prediction
The No. 2 seed Purdue Boilermakers (29-7) take on the No. 10 seed Butler Bulldogs (21-13) in the Second Round of the East Region. The game will be played at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Sunday, March 18. Tip-off time is TBA. Preview: While some other high seeds in this NCAA Tournament have struggled a bit, […]
Read MoreButler Knocks Off No. 1 Villanova, 101-93
There will be a new No. 1 team in the country next week. No. 1 Villanova is undefeated no more. Butler shot 60 percent from the field and 68 percent from beyond the arc, making 15-of-22 threes and holding on to stun the top-ranked Wildcats 101-93 before a rocking home crowd. The Bulldogs led by […]
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