New coaches can’t necessarily overhaul the whole roster in year one, but they can at least get their players to compete on the defensive end. Read more »
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New Coaches And Freshmen Ranked 41-60
College Basketball Preview 14-15: ACC
Duke are their favorites and their season will hinge on the play of Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones, while Louisville, North Carolina and Virginia will challenge. Read more »
Ten College Teams That Will Play Faster
Every summer coaches tend to give interviews and talk about how they plan to play faster the following season, but it rarely happens. Here are 10 teams we expect to actually play faster. Read more »
Way Too Early Top 25 Projections
I break out my lineup-based projections model to predict the 2014-15 season. Read more »
Evaluating Recent Coaching Hires And The Meaning Of Coin Flips
Tubby Smith and Larry Brown's turnarounds, plus meditations on close losses and wins for Tom Crean and Jim Boeheim. Read more »
The Top 100 Recruits After Two Months, Part 1
Wayne Selden, Tyler Ennis, Josh Hart, and a full look at how the Top 100 freshmen have performed to date. Read more »
Notes On 2013 ACC-Big Ten Challenge
Although there wasn’t a conference crowned the champion of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge because of a tied 6-6 outcome, plenty of story lines and questions emerged from the event. We take a glance into some intriguing aspects seen in the challenge. Read more »
Feast Week Wrap
By almost any metric, the winner of Feast Week was the ACC. Also, notes on Scott Drew and Baylor, the turkeys of the week, Duke's defense, Harvard Watch and more. Read more »
Opening Weekend Thoughts
Grading Joshua Smith's defense, Oregon's transfer debuts, Harvard's returning Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, and UConn's new big men. 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 »
2013 Holiday Tournaments (Part 2)
In the second of a three-part series, we breakdown the NIT (with a potential Gordon vs. Parker matchup), Maui Invitational, Legends Classic, CBE, Gulf Coast Showcase and the Cancun Challenge. Read more »
Top College Basketball Conferences In 13-14
The ACC is eventually going to take over as the top basketball conference by just about every possible metric. If that doesn’t happen this season with the addition of Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame, it should happen next year with the addition of Louisville. Read more »
Faster Than We Thought
Since Ken Pomeroy began tracking possessions per game (aka tempo, aka pace) on his website, fans have used his measure of tempo to argue about the entertainment value of their team. But the entertainment value of tempo has long been exaggerated. Read more »
Changing Pace With Conference Realignment
When it comes to pace-of-play, a team’s head coach is critical. In this edition, we look at the pace of play for each team in all of the major conferences. Read more »
ACC Basketball Early Projection
I use my lineup-based model to project the 2013-2014 ACC standings. Find out why Virginia is a sleeper cotender and Syracuse's offense may still be a weakness. Read more »
2013-2014 Preseason Top 25 Part 2
A lineup-based statistical projection of the 2013-2014 season. Read more »
Recap Of Final Four Saturday
The Number One Offense will now meet the Number One Defense, but Syracuse and Wichita St. have nothing to hang their heads about. Read more »
And Then There Were Four
How every player in the Final Four has done in the first four games of the tournament... Read more »
Sweet Sixteen Day 1
Grading Doug Gottlieb, analyzing the Syracuse zone, Ohio St.'s under-rated athleticism, and Ramon Galloway's memorable father. Read more »
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