Zach Edey, the reigning Wooden Award winner, returns for Purdue, which hopes to duplicate Virginia’s feat and put last year’s first-round loss to Fairleigh Dickinson behind it with a national title run. The sport also hasn’t had a back-to-back Wooden Award winner since former Virginia star Ralph Sampson Jr. 40 years ago. Could Edey follow […]
Continue readingIf you’ve been following along with us here for a while you may know how this works. Each member of ESPN’s panel of experts — Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway, Myron Medcalf — builds the best fantasy roster he can with eight player picks and one coach. This year, there’s an added advantage: they all got […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Check out the moments that have made Cooper Flagg the top basketball prospect in the country. (0:59) The most anticipated commitment in the 2024 class finally came on Monday, with Cooper Flagg — the best prospect in high school basketball and the heavy favorite to be the No. 1 pick in […]
Continue readingIn making my choices, I don’t just factor in the upper echelon teams, but look at the conference from top to bottom. Let’s face it, in many cases, it is close. But, I give the edge to conferences that not only have national championship contenders, but also analyze the strength of the league in respect […]
Continue readingLet’s start with the return of Zach Edey, last year’s Wooden Award winner who solidifies Purdue as the favorite in the Big Ten. The Boilermakers have a chance to avenge last season’s historic first-round upset loss to 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson and chase a national title. Virginia did the same thing five years ago. Maybe Purdue […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Check out the some of Zach Edey‘s top highlights at Purdue last season. (1:52) Zach Edey waited until nearly the last second to decide whether he should leave for the NBA or return to Purdue for another season. Not completely sure what he wanted to do, the reigning national player of […]
Continue readingBeyond the NCAA tournament implications, nonconference games can simply be fun. They’re an opportunity for in-state rivals to face off again. New rivalries can form. Early-season tournaments pit star players against each other. Blue bloods take on other blue bloods. New eras begin (see: Syracuse). ESPN’s Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway, Joe Lunardi and Myron Medcalf […]
Continue readingThe past six months of men’s college basketball have been eventful. Some of the game’s prominent coaches have moved to other schools — Ed Cooley to Georgetown and Rick Pitino to St. John’s were two of the most intriguing moves of the offseason. Reigning Wooden Award winner Zach Edey is back at Purdue after the […]
Continue readingWell, it’s that time again, where some guy like me tells you that the college basketball season starts in a matter of weeks (Nov. 6, to be exact). Why does college hoops still begin in the thick of the college football and NFL season? And in this particular year up against “Monday Night Football”? Only […]
Continue readingAll of that and we haven’t even discussed the nearly 2,000 players who entered the transfer portal. The change and volatility have made it even more difficult to project who will win conference player of the year honors in each of the 32 Division I men’s leagues. But we’ll give it a shot. Some of […]
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