You could glimpse something spectacular in his sporadic effort, his brief spells of best behavior. Defenders couldn't contain him, he couldn't contain himself. An entire league of bosses, teachers, and allies couldn't hold him. Read more »
UNLV Runnin' Rebels Analysis
Suspended Indefinitely: J.R. Rider Misses The Bus
Bryce Dejean-Jones Misread, Not Overlooked
Bryce Dejean-Jones will be examined for every headline in his college career. He'll be interviewed about the apartment incident, the moodiness surfacing around teams. He went to Iowa State with questions, and once again, he goes misread into a new basketball world. Read more »
College Basketball Preview 14-15: Mountain West
UNLV has talent. Wyoming should be strong defensively. Boise St., Colorado St., and Fresno St. should be strong on offense. And New Mexico has some quality players. But San Diego St. is the class of the league, and no one else is even close. 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 »
MWC Basketball Early Projection
Why a conference that seemed dominant last season could be poised for a big fall. Read more »
The UNLV Enigma
Exploring the loss of Katin Reinhardt and why a team with 8 former Top 100 recruits on the roster is not in most Top 25 rankings for next season. Read more »
March Madness Through The NBA Lens (Round Of 64)
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 »
Major Conference Tournaments Day 1 and 2
Time to recap the games. Forget the stats and analysis, this is all about uniforms, announcers, holograms, and carved floors. Read more »
Revisiting Recruiting Classes
Michigan's freshmen have exceeded expectations and in this edition we examine other top classes such as N.C. State, UNLV, UCLA, Kentucky, Duke, Indiana, Arizona, Michigan State and North Carolina. 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 »
Freshman Prospects Before New Year's: Anthony Bennett
Anthony Bennett exhibits considerable promise as a faceup post player who can step out and hit from the mid range. With that said, Bennett has a lot of room for growth on the defensive end. Read more »
Final Exam Time
Final exams are here in college basketball, making this the quiet period of the season. After the excitement of the Champions Classic, the Holiday Tournaments, and the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, college basketball must make it through a relatively boring stretch on the schedule. 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 »
Where College Coaches Matter
Because of the large correlation between talent-on-hand and coaching, discrepancies usually only exist when a coaches ability doesn’t match up with who he has in the lineup. Here are some teams whose rankings would change meaningfully if coaching effects were ignored. Read more »
Early Season Tournaments: Brackets, Observations, And Odds: Part 3
Breaking down early season tournaments featuring UNLV, San Diego State, Arizona, Oregon, Wisconsin, Cal, Creighton and more. 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 »
2012 Mountain West Power Rankings
San Diego State, New Mexico and UNLV were the three best teams in college basketball west of the rockies. Read more »
Who Is Hot, Who Is Not
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 »
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