The Creighton preseason hype train is rolling down the tracks, but the Bluejays were not even a top 25 team last year. How adept are we (preseason rankers) at predicting a leap into the nation’s elite for a team like Creighton?
Read more#35 Michigan State 2021-22 Preview
Michigan State looks to get back on track following its worse season since the late ‘90s. Tom Izzo turns to a CAA point guard to solve his point guard dilemma.
Read moreFirst Four Previews 2021
The NCAA Tournament is BACK!!!! And of course, we’re starting it off with the viewer’s delight that is the First Four. That’s right - find TruTV on your cable package and get ready to watch some teams that very nearly did not make this field.
Read moreBig Ten Tournament Preview 2021
Tournament bids, number one seeds, coaching jobs - there’s a ton at stake as the best conference in the country enters its postseason tournament. Who can survive this bloodbath?
Read moreBig Ten 2020-21 Preview
After a year of dominance at home and placing as many as 10 teams in a would-be NCAA Tournament, what can the Big Ten do for an encore?
Read more#18 Michigan State 2020-21 Preview
Program legend Cassius Winston has sailed off into the sunset, meaning the backcourt at Michigan State is in a state of transition. Tom Izzo has recruited well in recent years, though, so will the Spartans remain near the top of the Big Ten pecking order?
Read moreBig Ten Tournament Preview 2020
The best conference in the nation has 12 teams vying for a position in the NCAA Tournament. Who will emerge victorious in the toughest postseason bracket of them all?
Read moreLet's Overreact!
Week one of college basketball gave us plenty of surprising results. Let’s overreact!
Read moreBig Ten 2019-20 Preview
Michigan State is the nation’s consensus #1, but the Big Ten boasts a gaggle of teams capable of crashing the Final Four party.
Read more#1 Michigan State 2019-20 Preview
All-American Cassius Winston returns to try to lead the Spartans to a second consecutive Final Four.
Read more2018-19 Final Four Preview: Michigan State vs. Texas Tech
Two fundamentally sound teams square off in a game that promises to reward all basketball fans.
Read moreMidwest Region Preview: 2019 NCAA Tournament
Two blue bloods, North Carolina and Kentucky, sit opposite each other in the Midwest bracket as the region’s top-2 seeds. To prevail, they’ll have to outlast two Big-12 powers (Kansas and Iowa State), two ‘mid-major’ wrecking balls (Wofford and Utah State), along with a handful of other dangerous challengers.
Read moreEast Region Preview: 2019 NCAA Tournament
The behemoth that is Duke looms large at the top of the East region, but plenty of intriguing first round matchups abound for the both the casual and diehard fans alike.
Read moreWeaving Through Indiana: A Weekend of Hoops in the Heartland
On this freezing weekend in the Midwest, the Weave wandered through the Hoosier state to see 3 of the country’s top 6 teams (4 of the top 10?). On the way, we saw a couple blowouts, some terrifying snowy highways, and quite possibly a couple Final Four teams…
Read moreIt's (S)Party Time
One powerhouse in the Great Lakes State is undefeated, by Michigan’s rival to the northwest has been mighty impressive this year, too. Cassius Winston has shown he’s an elite player - can he lead Michigan State on a title run?
Read moreWeekend Wrap-up
150 games are too many to keep track of…
The NFL playoffs were on….
These are not acceptable excuses for losing sight of what really matters - come along with the Weave as we reflect on the wild weekend that was in college hoops.
Read moreBig Ten 2017-18 Tournament Preview
The Big Ten looks like it has 4 teams safely in the field, but anyone else likely needs to win this strangely-timed tournament to earn a 5th bid (and break the hearts of bubble teams everywhere)...
Read morePower Rankings: Christmas Movie Addition
Christmas time means Christmas movies! Since we're a college basketball website, it also means power ranking college basketball teams.
Read morePK80 Takeaways - Team by Team
We spent over 30 hours watching basketball in Portland this holiday weekend, so of course we had some opinions on the games. I dug into the details to give a point or two about each PK80 participant.
Read morePK80 Preview
The PK80 is the best in-season tournament in college hoops history. 16 Teams, 2 Brackets, All Fun. Let's break it down.
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