Basketball Blog

Are Transfers Out Of Control?

by Dan Hanner

Players transferring is not a new trend. Read more »
Notes On The 2012 Jordan Brand Classic

by Dan Hanner

Anthony Davis wanted to wear Michael Jordan’s number in this game last year. This year no one chose to wear #23. Maybe people are right when they say this year’s class of high school seniors is missing a larger than life star. Read more »
The Title Comes Home to Kentucky

by Dan Hanner

A few final thoughts on the championship game. Read more »
Final Four Saturday

by Dan Hanner

Sarcasm, Triumph, and Heartbreak from a fantastic Saturday at the Final Four. Read more »
Sweet Sixteen Day 2

by Dan Hanner

What does every coach in the Sweet Sixteen have in common? A great efficiency margin over the last 5 years. Read more »
Sweet Sixteen Day 1

by Dan Hanner

On a night that saw three Big Ten/Big East match-ups, Dan Hanner explains one flaw in the Big Ten's current league configuration. Read more »
NCAA Tournament Day 4

by Dan Hanner

Twelve of the 16 teams in the Sweet Sixteen were in the preseason AP Top 25, and Michigan St. was among the first teams in the “others receiving votes” category. But Indiana, Ohio, and NC State have all exceeded expectations this season by making it this far. Read more »
NCAA Tournament Day 3

by Dan Hanner

How the Syracuse lineup has evolved without Fab Melo, and more notes on Day 3 of the NCAA Tournament. Read more »
Major Conference Tournaments Day 4

by Dan Hanner

Baylor broke through, Michigan and Tennessee had huge game tying 3's, but the true action on Friday took place in the A10. Read more »
Major Conference Tournaments Day 3

by Dan Hanner

Collapses by bubble teams, buzzer beaters, injuries, and neon yellow uniforms highlighted the busiest day of Championship Week. 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 »
Bubble Edition Of Injury Splits

by Dan Hanner

One of the most important things to look at when examining bubble teams is how they have fared with and without key players. 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 »
The SEC’s Most Prolific Offensive Players

by Dan Hanner

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 »
Rivalry Week Musings And More Conference Shuffling

by Dan Hanner

Breaking down Duke/North Carolina, Syracuse/Georgetown, Kansas/Baylor and Florida/Kentucky, along with which conferences are improving with the new round of shuffling. 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 »
Kansas Freshmen Over The Past Decade

by Dan Hanner

Kansas typically has more than its fair share of talented freshmen, and here is a look back at the statistical best and worse from 2001-02 to 2010-11. 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 »
College Continuity

by Dan Hanner

The average BCS team loses 38% of its minutes each offseason. Teams that have more returners also have more continuity and more early season wins. Here is how they rank. Read more »