NBA Draft 2025: Analyzing an Elite Crop of Future Star Guard Prospects

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 […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  20 Dec 2024
NBA Draft 2025: Why Cooper Flagg is still the Clear Number One Pick

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 […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  18 Dec 2024
College Basketball Best Bets: Tuesday, November 19 – Purdue, Marquette Highlight Big Tuesday

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 three 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 […]

Colin Lynch  •  19 Nov 2024
College Basketball Best Bets: Wednesday, November 13

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 […]

Colin Lynch  •  13 Nov 2024
Grand Canyon Declines West Coast Conference Invite to Join Mountain West Conference

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 […]

James Foglio  •  02 Nov 2024
NCAA Study Unveils Widespread Online Abuse of Athletes, Coaches

The NCAA has partnered with Signify Group to investigate online harassment of college student-athletes, and the organization released its first online harassment study on Thursday. NCAA partnered with Signify Group using its Threat Matrix service powered by artificial intelligence The NCAA released the complete summary analysis from the Division I championships pilot study, which monitored […]

James Foglio  •  11 Oct 2024
5-Star Recruit Tounde Yessoufou Commits to Baylor

Five-star small forward Tounde Yessoufou committed to Baylor on Wednesday, giving head coach Scott Drew his fifth consecutive recruiting class with a five-star prospect. Yessoufou, 18, chose the Bears over Arizona State and USC after visiting the Baylor campus in August. Five-star recruit Tounde Yessoufou moved to the United States from Benin, Africa, at the […]

James Foglio  •  03 Oct 2024
NCAA Basketball Tournament Regional Sites Revealed For 2027, 2028

The NCAA has decided on two regionals for the women’s basketball tournament through at least 2028. Las Vegas and Philadelphia will host the two 2027 regionals and Portland, Oregon, and Washington will be the sites for the 2028 Sweet 16. The NCAA switched to a two-region format in 2023. It will be the first time […]

James Foglio  •  03 Oct 2024
Gonzaga To Join Pac-12 For 2026 Season, Leave WCC

The Pac-12 is adding Gonzaga as a member in all sports programs beginning July 1, 2026, the school and conference announced Tuesday. The Bulldogs will also be exiting the West Coast Conference (WCC). Gonzaga will join the Pac-12 as its eighth member. “Following discussions with Pac-12 member presidents, I believe membership will represent an opportunity […]

James Foglio  •  01 Oct 2024