Despite the general understanding that his development might have stagnated a bit, both in terms of skills and physicality, Emoni Bates continues to be viewed as a potential star. Read more »
Memphis Tigers Articles
2023 NBA Draft Report: Emoni Bates Of Memphis
Prospect Report: Precious Achiuwa Of Memphis
Precious Achiuwa looks like the exact type of prospect whose combination of physical profile and athletic ability wows decision makers who join the process late. Read more »
Prospect Report: James Wiseman Of Memphis
James Wiseman has the potential to become a pure center who is special enough to escape the league's deemphasizing of the position over these last few years. Read more »
Nostalgia & Healing On The Court: Penny Hardaway & Juwan Howard Cross Generational Divide
Juwan Howard and Penny Hardaway each overcome nostalgia by stepping back into the living, growing, breathing ups and downs of the real world. They can even use the present to rewrite the past. Read more »
College Basketball Preview 14-15: American Athletic Conference
SMU and UConn are the co-favorites to win the American Conference, with Memphis, Tulsa and Cincinnati hoping to reach the Big Dance. Read more »
Way Too Early Top 25 Projections
I break out my lineup-based projections model to predict the 2014-15 season. Read more »
Final Thoughts On Ranking 351 D1 Teams
Over the past few days, Dan Hanner has presented his updated projection model, his season projections on ESPN Insider, Q&A's with Eamonn Brennon and John Templon, along with replying to questions on Twitter. Here are a few additional thoughts that didn't make the cut. Read more »
American Conference Basketball Early Projection
Why Temple and Cincinnati might be worse than some experts think, and why Rutgers could have a competitive starting lineup if everything works out right. Read more »
2013-2014 Preseason Top 25 Part 2
A lineup-based statistical projection of the 2013-2014 season. Read more »
Injury Splits, Part 2
On what Georgetown, Northwestern, Providence, Memphis, UNLV, North Carolina have done to compensate for playing without vital members of their team. Read more »
Nerlens Noel, Isaiah Austin, And A Quick Look At How The Top 80 Recruits Have Fared
On Nerlens Noel, Isaiah Austin, Kyle Anderson and the rest of the freshman class as they play such prominent roles to begin the 12-13 NCAA season. Read more »
Early Season Tournaments: Brackets, Observations, And Odds: Part 2
The Legends Classic might be the most highly anticipated early season tournament because of the potential finals matchup between Indiana and UCLA. We also look at the CBE Classic, Maui Invitational, Cancun Challenge, Great Alaska Shootout, Battle 4 Atlantis and the Old Spice Classic. Read more »
Four Seasons That Went South
Nothing in college basketball is guaranteed, as evidenced by LeBryan Nash, Cameron Clark, Doneal Mack and Malcolm Grant. Read more »
Predictions For A10/CUSA
In a surprise announcement, VCU is headed to the A10 for the upcoming season. Where do I project the Rams to finish? Read more »
NCAA Tournament Day 2
A running diary of a historic day in the NCAA tournament. Read more »
Beating The Top Teams
Which teams have the best and worst performance against other NCAA tournament teams? And which teams have the best and worst performance in the last 10 games? Read more »
Initial Bracket Thoughts
A few preliminary thoughts on matchups and which teams will advance deep in the tournament. Read more »
The Many Facets & Unpredictability Of March Madness
While personnel determine scheme in the NBA, college basketball coaches recruit players that fit their schemes. Read more »
Understanding Breakout Players
Thomas Robinson, J'Covan Brown, Meyers Leonard, Jamaal Franklin and Trae Golden are amongst the Top-20 Breakout Players in college basketball. Read more »
Perry Jones, Jared Sullinger And The Devoe Joseph Riddle
Here is how various college teams such as Ohio State, Baylor, Pitt and Oregon have performed with and without key players. Read more »