Tar Heels coach Hubert Davis, whose fourth-ranked team won its first outright regular-season title since 2016-17, was named coach of the year in his third season at his alma mater. Other honorees include Virginia guard Reece Beekman, who won his second consecutive defensive player of the year award, Notre Dame’s Markus Burton as rookie of […]
Continue readingThe Huskies’ metrics aren’t quite as strong as the other two programs’, but they own double-digit wins over North Carolina, Marquette and Creighton and had looked utterly dominant with a healthy Donovan Clingan before the road loss to the Bluejays. They’re 9-3 against Quadrant 1 opponents (tied for the most Q1 wins in the country), […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. UConn head coach Dan Hurley gives his assessment of his team’s blowout loss at Creighton. (0:36) The No. 15 Creighton Bluejays knocked off the No. 1 UConn Huskies 85-66 on Tuesday, snapping the Huskies’ 14-game win streak, the longest active streak in Division I. Steven Ashworth led the Bluejays with 20 […]
Continue readingTristen Newton scored 16 points for the Huskies (16-2, 6-1 Big East), who were playing their first game ranked No. 1 since 2009. Cam Spencer and Alex Karaban each had 13 points, with all of Karaban’s scoring coming in the second half. Clingan, a 7-foot-2 sophomore, came off the bench to score six points and […]
Continue readingIt begins Monday, with the Maui Invitational and a UConn vs. Texas showdown at Madison Square Garden for the Empire Classic, but it doesn’t slow down from there. Here are a couple of things we’re watching from three key events this week: Maui Invitational: Perhaps the most loaded field we’ve seen for a nonconference tournament. […]
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 readingBecause 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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