Evan Williams

Senior editor of Busting Brackets. Purported college hoops expert. Recruiting insider. News provider. Bracket savant (sort of). Featured columnist. Radio host. Newhouse alum. I do not hate your team.

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Arizona, Duke Headline 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off

Arizona and Duke, a pair of probable preseason Top 5 teams, headline the field for the 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off. Organizers of the event, who finalized the skeleton of the bracket over the weekend, have…Read More

Final NBA Draft Early Entry List 2013

Rest easy if your school’s top players have thus far withheld from entering the NBA draft. They’re staying put, at least for one more year. Sunday’s deadline to declare for the draft…Read More

Miami PG Shane Larkin to Declare for NBA Draft, Hurricanes in Trouble

Hurricane Shane is whisking out of Coral Gables, leaving behind the ruins of a run-down basketball program he, for one year, helped salvage. Miami sophomore point guard Shane Larkin will declare for the…Read More

ESPN Analyst Digger Phelps Diagnosed with Bladder Cancer

ESPN college basketball analyst and former Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps has been diagnosed with bladder cancer, according to the network. The charismatic television personality has undergone surgery…Read More

Doug McDermott Staying at Creighton, Forgoes NBA Draft

Creighton will plunge into new conference territory with an old, familiar face leading the way. Iconic Blue Jays forward Doug McDermott has opted to return to Omaha for his senior campaign — the…Read More

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ACC Basketball Schedule: Team by Team Conference Opponents

The new era of ACC basketball sounded its opening horn on Tuesday with the release of the 2013-14 basketball…Read More

CJ Fair to Bypass NBA Draft, Return to Syracuse for Senior Season

Syracuse junior forward C.J. Fair has decided to return to school for his senior season, Busting Brackets…Read More

Andrew Wiggins Cancels In-Home Visits with North Carolina, Kansas, Florida State

High school wonder boy Andrew Wiggins, the top prep hoops player in the country, has cancelled his three…Read More

NBA Draft: CJ Fair’s Syracuse Future Hinges on First Round Guarantee

Syracuse southpaw C.J. Fair will not declare for the NBA draft without assurance of being a first round…Read More

Report: Mitch McGary, Glenn Robinson III Returning to Michigan

Michigan freshmen Mitch McGary and Glenn Robinson III will return to school for their sophomore seasons,…Read More

Recruiting: The Case for Kansas as the Best Fit for Andrew Wiggins

Kentucky may be the most popular choice, North Carolina the most glamorous and Florida State the most…Read More

Georgetown’s Otto Porter to Declare for NBA Draft

Georgetown sophomore forward Otto Porter will declare for the NBA draft at a news conference scheduled…Read More

Report: Michigan PG Trey Burke to Enter NBA Draft

Michigan point guard Trey Burke will forgo his junior year and enter the NBA Draft, according to a Yahoo!…Read More

Uncovering Why the 2014 NBA Draft Class Dwarfs This Year’s Class

By now, it’s become an involuntary refrain. “Next year’s draft class puts this one…Read More

Source: James McAdoo, Reggie Bullock, P.J. Hairston to Return to North Carolina

North Carolina junior Reggie Bullock and sophomores James Michael-McAdoo and P.J. Hairston will return…Read More

College Basketball: NBA-Hopeful Underclassmen Should Leave Now

Here’s free advice for aspiring pros on the fence about entering the draft: File your paperwork…Read More

College Basketball: Updated NBA Early Entry List 2013

***Updated Hourly*** The ending of one season has given way to the dawn of another, as the 2013-14 off-season…Read More

John Beilein’s Coaching Gaffes Cost Michigan Shot at National Title

John Beilein only had to lie in the bed he made. His team had to die in it. He chose to roll the dice…Read More

Louisville National Champs: College Basketball Did Have a Truly Great Team

Maybe the season-long narrative was wrong, or at least overblown. By any measure, statistical or empirical,…Read More

National Championship Game: Louisville v. Michigan Preview

Team Record Conf Rank PF PA FG% 3FG% FT% Streak Louisville 34-5 14-4 1st Big East 74.3 58.3 45% 33% 71% Won…Read More