It’s here! Jim’s ninth annual Peek at Futures has arrived, just in time for the season to tip off on Monday. Feel free to hurl any insults at his overly populated portfolio…
Read moreQuick Peek At Futures - 2022-23
The eighth edition of Jim’s annual look at college hoops futures has arrived, just in time for the season!
Read moreThe Almanac: Year of the Big
We are thrilled to be launching THE ALMANAC in partnership with The Field of 68, Heat Check CBB and Verbal Commits! Check out details here (with pre-order link and discount code inside)
Read moreTop 40 Countdown: 2022-23 Preseason
Our one-stop hub for this year’s Top 40 countdown! Full listing of teams included, plus links to each daily tweet thread inside.
Read moreForecasting The Leap: How Good Are We At Predicting Team Jumps Into The Top 10?
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 moreFun with Finances 2.0: Basketball Budgets Revisited
Jim is BACK with his examination of college basketball budgets! Using data from the COVID-affected season of 2020-21, who are the biggest financial powerhouses in the college hoop landscape?
Read moreFinal Four Recap: Kansas vs. Villanova
The matinee undercard in this epic Final Four was all about Kansas. Sorry, Nova nation.
Read moreFinal Four Recap: UNC vs. Duke
Here’s Jim’s attempt at processing the insanity that was Duke and North Carolina on Saturday night. It lived up to everything we could have hoped for and then some, but in the end, the Tar Heels were the ones left standing.
Read moreFirst Round Game Previews: West Region
Gonzaga is once again the tournament’s top overall seed and slotted out west. Can the Bulldogs run through this region as they did in 2021? Or will Coach K’s last hurrah be the prevailing storyline?
Read moreFirst Round Game Previews: Midwest Region
Arguably the softest region, the Midwest is stacked with teams shouldering a billion question marks. Can Kansas roll through a seemingly easy draw?
Read moreFirst Round Game Previews: East Region
Baylor. Kentucky. Purdue. UCLA. There’s plenty of beasts in the East - can any giant killer derail one of these Goliaths?
Read moreFirst Round Game Previews: South Region
Gonzaga was dominant again, so a 31-3 Arizona squad got shipped to the South region. Kerr Kriisa’s ankle injury looms large, and the other high seeds here are no joke.
Read moreFirst Four Game Previews: Wednesday
Rutgers and Notre Dame, surprise inclusions? Maybe, but that doesn’t matter. They square off in Dayton on Wednesday night with a highly entertaining 16-seed undercard between Bryant and Wright State on tap, as well.
Read moreFirst Four Game Previews: Tuesday
Texas Southern and Texas A&M Corpus Christi square off for the honors to face Kansas in the Midwest Region. Indiana goes to toe-to-toe with Wyoming in a battle between the two final squads included in the NCAA Tournament.
Read more3MW Media Series: WCC Tournament
The number one team in the country took care of business, but the WCC Tournament had no shortage of quality hoops. Jim was boots on the ground at the Orleans Arena with takeways on the key participants.
Read more3MW Media Series: A Week in Vegas
17 games over eight days taught Jim quite a bit - Gonzaga & Duke rock, Arizona is a title contender, Wichita State is unkillable, Johnny Davis is a freakin’ star. Detailed takeaways inside for all 13 Division I teams he saw in the past week…
Read moreMEAC 2021-22 Preview
The MEAC watched three teams exit this offseason, leaving a streamlined league competing for the precious NCAA Tournament bid. Powerhouses Norfolk State and North Carolina Central should be right back in the hunt, but Morgan State’s renaissance continues under Kevin Broadus…
Read moreQuick Peek At Futures - 2021-22
The people have been clamoring for it: that’s right, it’s the 7th annual Quick Peek at Futures! This one is not as quick, though, because Jim went a little nuts this offseason…
Read moreNEC 2021-22 Preview
The turbo-charged Bryant offense took the country by storm last year, but it was Mount St. Mary’s oversized, methodical style that earned the NEC’s auto-bid. Will one of those two reign in 2021-22? Plenty of challengers lurk if not…
Read moreASUN 2021-22 Preview
The Flames keep burning at Liberty as the ASUN’s NCAA representative returns several key weapons. But OVC defectors Jacksonville St. and Eastern Kentucky will compete right away, and FGCU, Bellarmine, Stetson, and Lipscomb all have major reasons for optimism.
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