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College basketball fantasy draft: The 24 best players halfway through 2023-24
Once again ESPN’s Jeff Borzello, Myron Medcalf and John Gasaway are out to build their very best fantasy rosters with eight picks and one coach. As always, our would-be GMs chose a draft method (snake) and an order (determined by the day of the month of their birthdays). Each roster can have no more than […]
Continue readingThe post-Feast Week Power Rankings: Purdue is No. 1 again
Once again, Purdue is rising to No. 1 in the Power Rankings — and almost assuredly the AP poll — on the Monday after Feast Week. This time around, it had an even more difficult run to a title, needing to beat Gonzaga, Tennessee and Marquette to win the Maui Invitational. How long will Purdue […]
Continue readingPurdue’s Zach Edey highlights Wooden top 50 list
Edey, a 7-foot-4 center from Toronto, withdrew from the NBA draft on deadline day last May to return to the Boilermakers for his senior season. He was the perceived front-runner a year ago for essentially the entire season, establishing his candidacy at the Phil Knight Legacy in late November and finishing the season averaging 22.3 […]
Continue readingHouston coach Kelvin Sampson says Big 12 is a ‘tough dog park’
Sampson, who coached in the Big 12 during his time at Oklahoma, said the competition in the conference is immense. No. 1 Kansas is one of four Big 12 teams ranked in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll that was released earlier this week. “We had a head-coaches’ meeting a while ago,” Sampson said […]
Continue readingDick Vitale’s dazzling dozen college basketball rankings after the NBA draft deadline
It’s great to have an All-American in Armando Bacot returning up front. Having Caleb Love, Leaky Black and R.J. Davis provides continuity and experience. The Tar Heels also bring in 6-9 recruit Jalen Washington and point guard Seth Trimble, providing lots of depth. Hubert Davis has a reason to smile and the Heels may add […]
Continue readingNCAA Division I men’s college basketball rosters, departures, newcomers for 2022-23
Between the one-time transfer waiver and the extra year of eligibility due to the pandemic-impacted 2020-21 season, keeping track of the comings and goings has become borderline impossible. As one coach said to me recently, it feels like every player in the country can find a year of eligibility if they really try. But keeping […]
Continue readingCoach Brad Underwood: Technical foul on RJ Melendez’s dunk ‘deflating’ for Illinois Fighting Illini
PITTSBURGH — Trailing by six in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday afternoon, Illinois guard Alfonso Plummer stole the ball from Houston’s Jamal Shead and fed it forward to teammate RJ Melendez. Sprinting out in front of the nearest defender, Melendez made the easy two-handed slam to cut Houston’s lead to just […]
Continue readingReseeding the 2022 men’s March Madness Sweet 16
Well, now it gets interesting. It’s at this point in the NCAA tournament that things generally stop making sense. The original seeds still carry weight for the teams that have survived — they give us the full picture about a team’s season thus far. But what do you do with the surprises in the field? […]
Continue readingNCAA Division I men’s college basketball rosters, departures, newcomers for 2021-22
Because it has been nearly impossible to keep track of rosters this offseason, we’ve decided to share a cleaner version of my roster changes research. (The actual one has cross-outs and underlines and capitalized names; it’s unreasonable to think anyone besides me can read it.) First, some guidelines. “Departed or expected to depart” players include […]
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