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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 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 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 more#16 Houston 2021-22 Preview
The Cougars lose two key pieces from their first Final Four squad since 1984, but Kelvin Sampson and the fellas are not going anywhere. The physical identity remains, and Sampson has elevated Houston to “perennial American favorite” over the past five years.
Read more#27 St. Bonaventure 2021-22 Preview
Mark Schmidt returns all five starters from his best team ever. Can the Bonnies make a March run as an encore to winning both the A-10 regular season and tournament crowns?
Read more#39 Xavier 2021-22 Preview
It’s a monster year for Travis Steele, as his Musketeers are now in the midst of the program’s longest NCAA Tournament drought since Thriller and E.T. were released (aka 1982). The pieces are here, but can Steele put them together effectively?
Read moreFirst Four Previews 2021
The NCAA Tournament is BACK!!!! And of course, we’re starting it off with the viewer’s delight that is the First Four. That’s right - find TruTV on your cable package and get ready to watch some teams that very nearly did not make this field.
Read moreOhio Valley 2020-21 Preview
The bottom dropped out of the OVC last year, but the top remained highly competitive. Will Austin Peay break up the Belmont/Murray State party? And can the rest of the league bounce back from a dismal 2019-20?
Read morePac 12 2018-19 Preview
Likely the weakest of the so-called Power 6 leagues, the Pac 12 will have to deal with being a kind of “little brother” to Gonzaga and Nevada on the west coast. The league is relatively wide open (not always a compliment), but the traditional powers will probably make up the upper tiers…
Read more#2 Arizona Preview 2017-18
It was yet another frustrating finish to Arizona's season after being bounced in the Sweet 16 by 11-seeded Xavier - head coach Sean Miller's former employer. With a potential player of the year candidate in Allonzo Trier back and fully healthy for his junior campaign, is this the year Miller and the Wildcats finally break through?
Read moreFinding an "O"-asis
Virginia and Louisville are both ACC powers that thrive on defense while running two extremely different offensive systems that have occasionally sputtered. Will either attack be potent enough to make a run in March?
Read moreThe 'Big Bad 12': Is this the Best Conference Ever?
With just over two weeks left until conference tournaments kick-off, the Big-12 is on pace to send 7 of its 10 teams to the Big Dance for the 4th year in a row - the highest percentage of any conference in the past 15 years. So how does the 2016-17 Big-12 stack up with some of the all-time greats, including this year's loaded ACC?
Read moreLopsided Lovelies
Finding balance between offense and defense in basketball is important to a team's overall success - but not all teams are built the same. We look at which squads are overwhelmingly offensively- and defensively-minded.
Read moreCoaching Carousel - Who your team should hire and fire
Hey does your head coach suck? You're not alone! Many programs are facing the all-too-common dilemma of letting their basketball bosses go. But fear not! There are loads of talent burgeoning at the mid-major level ready to bring your program back to relevance.
Read moreFive Overreactions from the Season thus far...
Let's use our Conclusions Mat to jump to conclusions! Overreacting is fun, getting caught up in the early season performances of our beloved college teams. Early season trends usually don't last - but let's pretend they will!
Read moreAmerica East Preview 2016-17
Vermont returns a horde of talented players, and looks to recapture the conference crown after falling in the Championship to Stony Brook last year. New Hampshire is a dangerous team on the rise, hungry for their first NCAA Tourney appearance.
Read moreAtlantic Sun Preview 2016-17
Dunk City, a.k.a. Florida Gulf Coast, is back in search of yet another NCAA Tournament invite, while the Birds of Trey at North Florida look to attack from the sky. Also - don't count out those pesky Highlanders from NJIT.
Read moreBig West Preview 2016-17
The Beach is the clear favorite this year in the Big West, but the Anteaters of UC Irvine will look to challenge for the coveted auto-bid. Hawaii is postseason ineligible and CS Northridge is the dark horse in a competitive conference.
Read moreSun Belt Preview 2016-17
The Sun Belt features one of the best mid-majors in the land with the Kevin Hervey led UT-Arlington Mavericks. Little Rock knocked off Purdue in the Dance last year, but a new coach and significant player turnover could mean a step back for the Trojans. Georgia Southern looks to be a big-time sleeper candidate this season.
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