It’s here! Jim’s ninth annual Peek at Futures has arrived, just in time for the season to tip off on Monday. Feel free to hurl any insults at his overly populated portfolio…
Read moreQuick Peek At Futures - 2022-23
The eighth edition of Jim’s annual look at college hoops futures has arrived, just in time for the season!
Read moreForecasting The Leap: How Good Are We At Predicting Team Jumps Into The Top 10?
The Creighton preseason hype train is rolling down the tracks, but the Bluejays were not even a top 25 team last year. How adept are we (preseason rankers) at predicting a leap into the nation’s elite for a team like Creighton?
Read moreFun with Finances 2.0: Basketball Budgets Revisited
Jim is BACK with his examination of college basketball budgets! Using data from the COVID-affected season of 2020-21, who are the biggest financial powerhouses in the college hoop landscape?
Read moreFinal Four Recap: Kansas vs. Villanova
The matinee undercard in this epic Final Four was all about Kansas. Sorry, Nova nation.
Read moreFinal Four Recap: UNC vs. Duke
Here’s Jim’s attempt at processing the insanity that was Duke and North Carolina on Saturday night. It lived up to everything we could have hoped for and then some, but in the end, the Tar Heels were the ones left standing.
Read more3MW Media Series: WCC Tournament
The number one team in the country took care of business, but the WCC Tournament had no shortage of quality hoops. Jim was boots on the ground at the Orleans Arena with takeways on the key participants.
Read more3MW Media Series: A Week in Vegas
17 games over eight days taught Jim quite a bit - Gonzaga & Duke rock, Arizona is a title contender, Wichita State is unkillable, Johnny Davis is a freakin’ star. Detailed takeaways inside for all 13 Division I teams he saw in the past week…
Read moreMEAC 2021-22 Preview
The MEAC watched three teams exit this offseason, leaving a streamlined league competing for the precious NCAA Tournament bid. Powerhouses Norfolk State and North Carolina Central should be right back in the hunt, but Morgan State’s renaissance continues under Kevin Broadus…
Read moreQuick Peek At Futures - 2021-22
The people have been clamoring for it: that’s right, it’s the 7th annual Quick Peek at Futures! This one is not as quick, though, because Jim went a little nuts this offseason…
Read moreNEC 2021-22 Preview
The turbo-charged Bryant offense took the country by storm last year, but it was Mount St. Mary’s oversized, methodical style that earned the NEC’s auto-bid. Will one of those two reign in 2021-22? Plenty of challengers lurk if not…
Read moreASUN 2021-22 Preview
The Flames keep burning at Liberty as the ASUN’s NCAA representative returns several key weapons. But OVC defectors Jacksonville St. and Eastern Kentucky will compete right away, and FGCU, Bellarmine, Stetson, and Lipscomb all have major reasons for optimism.
Read moreBig Sky 2021-22 Preview
The Big Sky is loaded at the top with several strong contenders hoping to fill the vacancy left by Eastern Washington’s exodus. Will Southern Utah’s experience prevail over Montana’s developing roster and Weber State’s array of talent? Will another emerge to defeat all three?
Read moreIvy 2021-22 Preview
After a year hiatus, the Ivy is a mystery box. Every team has two classes of players we’ve never seen before, and the ones we are familiar with haven’t hooped in 20 months. Still, the top four looks like the top four once again…
Read moreConference USA 2021-22 Preview
The Mean Green of North Texas stunned Purdue in March, and Conference USA has multiple teams with the talent to pull off a similar shocker in 2022. Two teams seem to have elevated themselves at the very top of the league, but there’s no shortage of challengers lurking behind them…
Read moreSun Belt 2021-22 Preview
The Sun Belt loaded up with transfers and “extra year” super seniors, meaning the league should see a major resurgence from a relatively down 2020-21. Will the continuity of Georgia State prevail? Or can a transfer-heavy team like Louisiana or South Alabama take the crown?
Read moreAtlantic 10 2021-22 Preview
The Bonnies have the most stability at the top, but an impressive tier of squads are intent on getting the A10 multiple NCAA Tournament bids this season. Richmond, SLU, and Dayton lurk most, but can a dark horse emerge from the talented but mysterious group below them?
Read moreAmerican 2021-22 Preview
After Wichita State’s surprising regular season title and Houston’s mega-impressive run to the Final Four, the American has to be feeling quite good about itself after 2020-21. The Cougars remain the favorite, but Penny Hardaway and Memphis are a legitimate threat, and the league continues to get deeper as a whole…
Read moreSEC 2021-22 Preview
With a major infusion of talent this offseason via both freshmen and the transfer portal, the SEC looks posed for a huge year. How good can it be? And who will win the regular season among an imposing group of contenders?
Read moreBig East 2021-22 Preview
It’s a similar story in the Big East: Villanova 1st, DePaul 11th…okay, now what? A few teams look more solid than others in that 2-10 range, but every school can talk itself into being an NCAA Tournament team if things break right. How do we see it sorting out?
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