Category: NCAA
No. 14 Gonzaga vs. No. 22 UCLA highlights our college basketball best bets in a big-time top-25 matchup. It’s a Saturday showdown, a matinee that carries the weight of tradition and the thrill of the present. Mark Few’s Gonzaga Bulldogs, ranked No. 14, face Mick Cronin’s No. 22 UCLA Bruins in a clash of West […]
Miami basketball head coach Jim Larrañaga abruptly announced his intent to retire in the middle of the season, citing exhaustion due to new NIL rules. Jim Larrañaga, the architect of Miami men’s basketball’s greatest moments, has stepped down. The 75-year-old coach announced his decision Thursday afternoon, concluding a remarkable 14-year tenure in Coral Gables. Assistant […]
Georgetown basketball is in search of its first winning season since 2018. Are the Hoyas officially back in year two under head coach Ed Cooley? When Ed Cooley announced he was leaving Providence for Georgetown, the college basketball world was stunned. Cooley had spent 12 seasons revitalizing the Friars, guiding them to seven NCAA tournaments, […]
We often hear scouts harping on the value of ‘intangibles’ in draft scouting. It can be challenging to measure what that actually means and its value. But NBA players must harbor a certain mentality and attitude to play in the pros. I often conceptualize it through the lens of a player’s ‘wiring.’ Is a prospect […]
The traditional “big board” has been a staple of draft coverage across sports. NBA fans love rankings and debating between prospects, but this often isn’t a prudent manner to analyze the draft. Ordinal rankings are often exciting and flashy but present quite a few problems when it comes to accurate analysis. Every draft features steep […]
Even as the NBA continues to supersize and run through taller players, elite guards will always carry value. The proliferation of taller initiators has opened pathways for guards who aren’t on-ball specialists to thrive in the pros. The 2025 Draft class features one of the deeper crops of guard prospects in quite some time. The […]
Entering the 2025 draft cycle, most scouts and draft outlets considered Cooper Flagg the clear top prospect. Many scouts (myself included) consider Flagg a special prospect, capable of developing into an NBA superstar. Some other prospects, notably Dylan Harper, have crept towards the conversation. But I’d argue that Flagg’s start to the season only adds […]
Chase Ross has been in scintillating form for Marquette this season, and the junior has been likened to one of the NBA’s cornerstones in the aftermath of another standout display. Golden Eagles Guard Chase Ross Likened to LeBron James Chase Ross is undoubtedly being eyed as an early 2026 NBA Draft prospect, and his surprise […]
College basketball is back in full swing, and we’re back with our college basketball best bets. It’s officially college basketball season, as week two kicks off. We’ve gotten our first looks at the top teams in the country, and teams from across the nation have finally seen some game action in the 2024-2025 season. We’re […]
Grand Canyon University (GCU) will join the Mountain West Conference (MW) by at least 2026, the school and conference announced Friday. The decision comes six months after GCU said it would join the West Coast Conference (WCC) in 2025. Grand Canyon will compete in 17 conference-sponsored sports in the Mountain West Conference “We want to […]
