College basketball’s power conference coaching carousel began spinning before the season even started when West Virginia split with Bob Huggins and left the position in the care of interim leader Josh Eilert. Then came in-season decisions for DePaul and Ohio State to part with their coaches, which brought the March 1 tally of open power-conference…
This time last year FAU was 24-2 (14-1 Conference USA) and already on the national radar to a certain extent. Close followers of college basketball knew the Owls were putting together a special season, and coach Dusty May was drawing praise for the Owls’ rise to at-large candidacy for an NCAA Tournament bid. But what…
If college basketball season ended today, it would likely result in Purdue center Zach Edey becoming the first player to repeat as Naismith Player of the Year since Ralph Sampson did it for Virginia in three straight seasons from 1981-83. Edey is playing roughly 2.5 fewer minutes per game than he did last season and…
A college football national champion has been crowned, meaning the college sports world can turn its collective attention to the hardwood and another championship race. In less than three months, college basketball’s new top dog will be cutting down nets as the 2024 NCAA Tournament comes to a close inside State Farm Stadium in Glendale,…
It’s the final week of the year, and college basketball is about to transition from nonconference to conference mode. While the season’s first couple months have taught us some lessons about the contenders and pretenders in the sport, the jury still out on several programs and coaches. How about first-year Ole Miss coach Chris Beard?…
Nonconference play is winding down in college basketball, and the heart of league play is just around the corner as Christmas approaches with narratives starting to form around the sport. A handful of teams appear to have everything they need to compete for the national title, but plenty more have some holes to fill if…
A year ago, North Carolina began the season ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 after returning four starters from a team that reached the 2022 national title game. The Tar Heels proceeded to produce one of the most disappointing seasons in recent memory in college basketball, finishing 20-13 and opting not to participate…
College basketball always brings us great surprises in the first several weeks of the season as teams void of preseason hype emerge to be serious players on the national scene. Sometimes, they fade and are forgotten about by February. Other times — like FAU last season — they last and turn into real threats come…
