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Evaluating Recent Coaching Hires And The Meaning Of Coin Flips

by Dan Hanner

Feb 17, 2014 12:43 AM

Tubby Smith and Larry Brown's turnarounds, plus meditations on close losses and wins for Tom Crean and Jim Boeheim. Read more »

Tags: Noah Vonleh, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Pittsburgh Panthers, Indiana Hoosiers, Southern Methodist Mustangs, Syracuse Orange, NCAA

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Andrew Wiggins To Kansas And A Top 25 Update

by Dan Hanner

May 14, 2013 6:37 PM

Andrew Wiggins decision to attend Kansas isn't the only news to shake up the Way Too Early Top 25 over the last few weeks. Read more »

Tags: Andrew Wiggins, Baylor Bears, Kansas Jayhawks, Pittsburgh Panthers, VCU Rams, Florida Gators, Tennessee Volunteers, Memphis Tigers, NCAA

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March Madness Through The NBA Lens (Round Of 64)

by Danny Leroux

Mar 21, 2013 12:32 PM

While the NCAA Tournament has cachet all its own, one way of looking at the Tournament from the perspective of NBA talent evaluators. Here are the games and prospects most worthy of your attention for the round of 64. Read more »

Tags: Shabazz Muhammad, Marshall Henderson, James McAdoo, North Carolina Tar Heels, Oklahoma Sooners, San Diego State Aztecs, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Cincinnati Bearcats, Pittsburgh Panthers, Villanova Wildcats, Montana Grizzlies, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Wisconsin Badgers, Creighton Bluejays, Wichita State Shockers, UNLV Runnin' Rebels, California Golden Bears, Oregon Ducks, UCLA Bruins, Ole Miss Rebels, Memphis Tigers, Saint Mary's Gaels, Syracuse Orange, NCAA Tournament, NCAA, NBA, NBA NBA Draft, NBA Draft General

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Comparing The Conferences

by Dan Hanner

The Pac-12 has been suffering through a long dark period. The Big Ten has been dominant (at least in the pre-conference schedule) for the last few years. Should we expect a change this year? Is the Pac-12’s slump over? Is the Big Ten’s boom about to come to an end? Read more »
2012 Big East Power Rankings

by RealGM Staff Report

Syracuse finished the regular season with a 17-1 record and were predictably significantly better than any Big East rival. Read more »
Major Conference Tournaments Day 2: Big East, Pac-12

by Dan Hanner

How important is it to have Jim Calhoun on the sideline, Oklahoma's late game gamble, and other observations from Wednesday of Championship Week. Read more »
Who Is Hot, Who Is Not

by Dan Hanner

When it comes to February in college basketball, some teams get better, the rest get left in the rear view mirror. Here are the teams that are surging and falling over their past 10 games. Read more »
Murray St., Surprise Leader Of The A-10, Tray Woodall And Assane Sene

by Dan Hanner

John Calipari paved the way for a non-BCS conference to receive a No. 1 seed in the tournament while with Memphis, but here's why Murray State doesn't have the same juice. Read more »
Top NCAA Coaches Of Past Five Years

by Dan Hanner

There are a lot of complicated ways to evaluate college coaches, but in this edition we look at the coaches with the best per possession numbers over the last five years. Read more »
Freshmen Bring Hope

by Dan Hanner

Teams that play a lot of freshmen are the most likely to improve as the season goes on, while those with a lot of experience are more likely to plateau. In this piece, we examine freshmen minutes for every major school in the country. Read more »
The Census: RealGM's NCAA Rankings For Dec. 12

by RealGM Staff Report

Syracuse has yet to leave New York and have played a relatively soft schedule, with their only impressive wins coming against Florida and Stanford, but they are 10-0 and now No. 1 in RealGM’s weekly poll. Read more »
The Census: RealGM's NCAA Rankings For Dec. 5

by RealGM Staff Report

Aaron Craft, Jared Sullinger and Ohio State were ready to trounce on the No. 1 slot in RealGM's rankings if not for an Anthony Davis block. Read more »
The Census: RealGM's NCAA Rankings For Nov. 28th

by RealGM Staff Report

Kentucky at No. 1, North Carolina drops to No. 4, while Saint Louis, Harvard, San Diego State and Creighton enter RealGM's rankings. Read more »
Big East Prospect Watch

by Jordan Tyler

With Jeremy Lamb, Andre Drummond, Khem Birch and Mouphtaou Yarou, the Big East once again has several high-quality NBA prospects. Read more »
Midnight Madness 2011

by Dan Hanner

A quick look back at Friday's season tip-off celebrations for North Carolina, Kansas, Duke, Syracuse, Pitt and Vanderbilt. Read more »
On The NCAA Tournament (Day 1)

by Dan Hanner

Updated expected win odds, buzzer-beaters, changing the way we watch the tournament, Barkley and more. Read more »
Important NCAA Injury Splits

by Dan Hanner

Michigan State, Pitt, Villanova, North Carolina and Seton Hall are just a few teams impacted with specific players either in or out of the lineup. Read more »
Surprises And Flops, Part 2

by Dan Hanner

Examining the surprises and flops this season in the Big East, ACC, Big 12 and Atlantic-10. Read more »
Conference Rankings (End Of Jan. Edition)

by Christopher Reina

As we have commonly seen in recent seasons, the Big East has been the deepest conference in the country. Read more »

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