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Reseeding the men’s March Madness 2021 field for the Elite Eight
With just one more win, four teams on this list will say they’ve reached the Final Four. For some, it will be their first trip in years. Others might not view it as a grand accomplishment at all since they started the season with real national title hopes. The remaining field has been unpredictable. Sixty […]
Continue readingMarch Madness 2021: What to know about every team in the NCAA tournament bracket
Now that the 2021 men’s NCAA tournament field is set, you’ll need the right information to make the right picks in your March Madness bracket. We’re here to help with our annual 68-team preview. The tournament will tip off on Thursday with the First Four, while the first round begins Friday. All games will be […]
Continue readingGonzaga Bulldogs men’s basketball carries quest for an undefeated season to NCAA tournament
It seemed as if the dream of a perfect season might end for the Gonzaga men’s basketball team in the West Coast Conference tournament on Tuesday. But Gonzaga found a rhythm in the second half — the Bulldogs were down by 12 points at halftime — to maintain a spotless record by securing an 88-78 […]
Continue readingWho’s the top 2020-21 coach of the year candidate in every college basketball conference?
“I don’t want guys to get fired if they struggle because of the pandemic,” he told ESPN. It’s a fair concern. This season, coaches have had to focus on everything but coaching their teams. There have been delays and pauses. The last-minute schedule changes have shaped the season, too. And the uneven schedules in league […]
Continue readingShaka Smart and why it pays to have patience with college basketball coaches
On Sunday, Texas men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart punctuated a weekend that included a thrilling victory at West Virginia — cancer survivor Andrew Jones made the winning 3-pointer — by playing in the snow with his daughter during a rare winter snowstorm in the Lone Star State. “My daughter has never lived in a cold […]
Continue readingBiggest surprises and disappointments of the 2020-21 college basketball season
At this point in a normal season, college basketball fans would be looking ahead with excitement about all the action that will lead up to Selection Sunday. But in this season, staged during a pandemic, most just hope we get to Selection Sunday. The postponements and cancellations caused by the coronavirus have cast an undeniable […]
Continue readingIs this Mark Few’s best team? Ranking the top Gonzaga squads of the past 20 years
If the final score of top-ranked Gonzaga’s double-digit rout failed to get attention Saturday, the opponent should have. The Virginia Cavaliers, a widely recognized college basketball power and still-defending national champion whose brand has been suffocating opposing offenses throughout Tony Bennett’s 12 seasons in Charlottesville, fell by a score of 98-75. It was an unthinkably […]
Continue readingNewcomer Impact Rankings: Which college basketball freshmen, transfers will lead teams in 2020-21?
There are a couple of things to note. One, this is a ranking based purely on the impact during the 2020-21 college basketball season. Not recruiting ranking, not pro potential — impact during the upcoming season. For example, North Carolina freshman Caleb Love was ranked behind teammates Day’Ron Sharpe and Walker Kessler in the ESPN […]
Continue readingBaylor takes over No. 1 spot in college basketball’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2020-21
With Baylor getting Jared Butler and MaCio Teague back, the Bears move to the top of the preseason rankings. There’s a tier of three teams atop the rest of the country this season, with Baylor, Villanova and Gonzaga separating themselves from the pack — on paper, at least. But Baylor will have the most continuity […]
Continue readingGarza, Gonzaga highlight college basketball’s biggest remaining offseason decisions
But we’re inching toward some answers. The deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA draft and maintain college eligibility is Aug. 3; there are only three ESPN 100 seniors still uncommitted; and waiver approvals are already starting to come in from the NCAA. Which remaining decisions will have the most impact on the 2020-21 […]
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