Under Fred Hoiberg's direction, Iowa State has become the most consistent threat to Kansas in the Big 12, despite not having nearly the same level of recruits. They are NCAA players running an NBA offense. Read more »
NCAA Analysis
How Iowa State Can Make A Final Four Run
How Picking The Wrong Coach Hurts Draft Stock
A savvy NBA team at the end of the lottery may be able to squeeze a lot of value out of their pick because of the incompetence of Myles Turner's college coach. Read more »
The Most Improved Players In The Country
This seems like the kind of list that should be compiled in December. Only after the grind of conference play do we really find out which players took their game to the next level. Read more »
Super Saturday
With three marquee basketball games staggered throughout the day, #10 Northern Iowa at #11 Wichita St., #18 Arkansas at #1 Kentucky, and #7 Arizona at #13 Utah, Saturday seemed like the perfect day to write a noon to midnight recap. Read more »
Freshmen Ranked 1-20
Checking in on what we know now on the incoming freshmen who were ranked from No. 1 to No. 20 before the season started. Read more »
Instant Recap Of Duke-UNC; Freshmen Ranked 21-40
On an overtime thriller at Cameron Indoor Stadium between the Blue Devils and Tar Heels, as well as the freshmen that entered the season ranked 21-40. Read more »
Why SMU Has The Pieces For A Deep Tournament Run
Nothing has gone according to plan at SMU this season. The NCAA is already sniffing around the program. Nevertheless, the Mustangs keep on winning. Read more »
Willie Cauley-Stein And The Two-Way College Basketball Superstar
Willie Cauley-Stein is the best player on the best team in the country and he’s not going to be a first-team All-American. There’s lot more that goes into helping your team win basketball games than scoring a lot of points. Read more »
NBA Prospects From The Big 12
The Big 12 is widely considered the deepest conference in the country this season. And while there isn’t a ton of high-level talent outside of Kansas and Texas, almost every team has at least 1-2 guys being seriously looked at by NBA scouts. Read more »
NCAA Injury Splits, Part 1 (Early February Edition)
It is time once again for our annual injury splits column, showing how various teams have performed with and without key players on the floor. Read more »
How Kansas Continues Big 12 Dominance
You still have to give Bill Self his props for what he has done, but the basketball coach at Kansas is expected to beat a bunch of football schools just about every season. There are no other blue-blood programs in the Big 12. No Duke to his UNC. Read more »
College Basketball Reset
On what we’ve learned in the first three months of the NCAA season, focusing on the best teams going forward, not on current resumes. Read more »
New Coaches And Freshmen Ranked 41-60
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 »
Freshmen Ranked 61-100
In the preseason, when we see that someone is a Top 100 recruit, we expect them to be great right away. But as these numbers show, not everyone dominates at the college level immediately. A lot of these players will become stars as sophomores and juniors. Read more »
Conference Play In Full Force
If you didn’t appreciate NC State’s upset of Duke, Virginia’s thrilling road win at Notre Dame, and North Carolina’s last second victory against Louisville, you just don’t love basketball. Read more »
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 »
New Year's NCAA Notes
Checking in on Mark Turgeon and Maryland, Green Bay's defense, Jacob Kurtz of Florida and how Missouri's loss to Oklahoma State was a microcosm of their season. Read more »
Performance Against Real Competition
One of the frustrating things about the margin-of-victory rankings this time of year is that they try to rank all the teams. Segmenting out teams based on opponent quality is helpful. Read more »
Six College Basketball Choices
On how Duke, Kentucky, Michigan, SMU, Ole Miss, Oregon State, South Carolina, Penn State, Colorado State, Wyoming, Dayton and Marquette have begun their seasons. Read more »
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