A.J. Hammons has a chance to be a special player at the next level and he could go down as one of the biggest draft steals in a long time if his stock doesn't shoot up over the next few months. Read more »
Vanderbilt Commodores Analysis
Purdue/Vanderbilt Big Men Prospects
Freshmen With A Surprise Impact
There have been several freshmen who were not consensus elite recruits, but have had a big impact from the start anyhow. Read more »
College Basketball Preview 14-15: SEC
Kentucky and Florida are obviously playing for top seeds in the tourney, while Arkansas should comfortably be in the field. You can throw the next eight teams in a hat, and defend almost any ordering. Read more »
More On Kentucky's Downside
After receiving a ton of questions about how to interpret Best Case and Worse Case Scenarios in the projections, we run models on Kentucky and Michigan from last season as both were outliers. 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 »
SEC Basketball Early Projection
The addition of Eli Carter at Florida and the departure of Trae Golden from Tennessee are the latest news stories to impact the SEC next season. Read more »
What Happens When No One is Back?
We need to change the question from “How many minutes does a team have coming back?” to “Who is likely to step into the lineup?” An inside look at Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, and Purdue. Read more »
Comparing The Conferences
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 »
Draft Interview: Festus Ezeli Of Vanderbilt
Festus Ezeli was a late arriver to basketball but he will arrive to the NBA as a player capable of adding immediate depth to the frontcourt. Read more »
RealGM Interview: John Jenkins Of Vanderbilt
John Jenkins is one of the best shooters in the 2012 NBA Draft, but is hoping teams see his potential in other aspects of the game. 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 SEC Power Rankings
Kentucky was as dominant statistically in SEC play as they were when watching five minutes of any of their 16 wins. Read more »
Recruiting And Player Development, 2012 Edition
The best way to examine the value of specific college coaches is to examine how well they recruit and subsequently develop their talent. Let's examine the top 49 coaches from the Power 6 conferences. Read more »
The SEC’s Most Prolific Offensive Players
When you evaluate breakout players, don’t just look at the per-game totals. Look at why the players improved. And when they are more efficient and more aggressive, give them the extra praise they deserve. Read more »
YACB Column, Jan. 30th (On The Weaknesses Of The Top-25 & More)
Many have called this a down year for college basketball and though that argument can be made about elite teams, there are still plenty of reasons why it's a fallacy. Read more »
Top NCAA Coaches Of Past Five Years
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 »
More Injury Splits - Cincinnati And South Florida's Resurgence
How the returns of Khris Middleton, Festus Ezili, Jawanza Poland, and the Xavier-Cincinnati brawl have changed the course of the season. Read more »
BCS Basketball Power Poll January 2012
Separating the BCS schools into tiers named after John Wooden, Dean Smith, Gene Keady, Rollie Massimino, John Chaney, Kelvin Sampson, Tim Welsh, Pat Knight and Sidney Lowe, how does everyone stand? Read more »
Freshmen Bring Hope
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 »
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