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 to shame!” Draft prognosticators preach it. College hoops analysts endorse it. Even casual fans…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 immediately. There won’t be a better time to leave. Opportunities are fleeting. The high-stakes…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 begins at an activity apex in preparation of June’s NBA draft. Dozens of landscape-altering…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, college basketball had a truly great team after all. And while this one may not stack up favorably…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 15 Michigan 31-7 12-6 T-4th B1G 75.2 62.8 48% 38% 70% Won 5 Tip-time (EST): 9:23…Read More
Final Four 2013: Can Wichita State Really Win the National Title?
I know what you, the casual college hoops fan, are thinking. This isn’t really a Final Four. It’s…Read More
Selection Committee Must Fix NCAA Tournament Seeding Procedure
The days of an equal tournament playing field have become urban legend ever since the S-curve swerved…Read More
NCAA Tournament: Quirky Stats, Odds and Ends about Final Four Field
A dark horse no one reasonably had on his or her radar, a pair of four-seeds tabbed as potential first-weekend…Read More
Sweet 16 Preview: Louisville vs. Oregon, Midwest Regional Semifinals
Team Record Conf Conf Rank PF PA FG% 3FG% FT% Streak Louisville 31-5 14-4 1st Big East 73.9 57.6 45.2 33.2 71.1 Won…Read More
2013 NCAA Tournament: Ranking the Sweet 16 Teams 1-16
If there’s one stand-alone takeaway (here’s ten) from the first leg of the NCAA tournament,…Read More
NCAA Tournament: Key Takeaways from the First Two (Three) Rounds
The opening act of the NCAA tournament — four months of pent-up drama squeezed into a four-day…Read More
NCAA Tournament Opening Weekend Proves Selection Committee Bungled Seeding
Week one of the NCAA tournament reinforced what you should have figured out even before it began: the…Read More
2013 NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16 Schedule, Dates, Game Times
Thursday, March 28 East Region (Washington D.C.) 7:15 EST: No. 2 Miami vs. No. 3 Marquette 9:45 EST:…Read More
NCAA Tournament: Saturday (Round of 32) Schedule, Game Times
Here’s Saturday’s lineup for the opening day of the round of 32 (all times EST): 12:15 p.m.:…Read More
2013 NCAA Tournament: Louisville Routs North Carolina A&T 79-48
The top overall seed in the 2013 NCAA tournament has advanced, as Rick Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals…Read More
2013 NCAA Tournament Predictions: Midwest Region
The 2013 NCAA tournament field is set, and it’s time to go region by region and make predictions…Read More
2013 NCAA Tournament Preview: Midwest Region
The field for the 2013 NCAA tournament has been announced, and it’s time to start breaking down…Read More
2013 NCAA Tournament: First and Second Round Matchups, Schedule and Times
First Four (Dayton, Ohio) (All times Eastern) Tuesday’s games (3/19) North Carolina A&T vs.…Read More
2013 NCAA Tournament: How the Committee Ranked the Teams 1-68
The selection committee is inviting you to scrutinize, over-analyze and lambaste the 2013 NCAA tournament…Read More
NCAA Tournament Bracketology: Gonzaga or Louisville for No. 1 Overall Seed?
Gonzaga and Louisville will vie for the superficially appealing but hollow No. 1 overall seed. The Bulldogs…Read More





















