Bobby Hurley pounced on the quiet pandemic news cycle, making big waves with the acquisition of 5-star freshman Josh Christopher. Is this the year the Sun Devils finally string together a full season?
Read more#36 Arizona 2020-21 Preview
Can Sean Miller and this amalgamation of new faces mesh together? With the Pac-12 wide open, the Cats have the horses to make a push for the crown.
Read more#28 UCLA 2020-21 Preview
Fears of a culture clash between Mick Cronin’s ‘my way or the highway’ and a perceived yearning for ‘Showtime’ basketball in Hollywood have been extinguished. Was it a smooth transition? No. Was it ultimately effective? Yes. So what kind of encore can we expect in Cronin’s second season?
Read more#39 Oklahoma State 2020-21 Preview
Stuck in NCAA timeout, the Pokes will set their sights on Big-12 championship hardware, led by freshman comet Cade Cunningham.
Read moreThe College Basketball Betting Market: ‘State of the State’
Where are we? How did we get here? To those seeking wisdom on the evolution of the college basketball betting markets, this crash course is for you.
Read moreHandicapping Home Court Advantage: Part 2
COVID-induced boredom equals bonus content. We expand on last week’s 2019-20 home court value analysis by overlaying actual against-the-spread performance.
Read moreHandicapping Home Court Advantage (and the 3-Point Line Extension)
Stuck in the COVID-19 dark ages, the Weave refreshes a prior analysis on appraising home court value, and assesses the handicapping impact of lengthening the college 3-point line.
Read moreBig West Tournament Preview 2020
Russell Turner rules the Big West with an iron fist. UC Irvine cruised to yet another regular season title by a three game margin, which begs the question whether or not anyone can dethrone the Eaters.
Read morePac 12 Tournament Preview 2020
Payton Pritchard would not be denied in his senior farewell tour. The hometown hero led the Ducks to an outright Pac-12 title, but can they replicate last year’s late season surge and repeat as tournament champs?
Read moreBig East Tournament Preview 2020
Villanova’s been the King of the Garden for three years running - can the Wildcats make it four in a row?
Read moreNext Year is OUR Year
As Aaron Burr once said, “Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.” The following squads herein have taken Burr’s mantra to heart.
Read moreBeating the Books: The Grind of Conference Play
Are your college basketball gambling returns flatlining? We probe into why the current betting environment is becoming increasingly difficult to find an edge against the books.
Read moreTesting The Ewing Theory
While ‘The Ewing Theory’ originated in the pros, its tentacles spread all across college basketball. We dive into how prevalent its impact is in the college game and examine how well analytic projection models account for this phenomenon.
Read moreMid Major Reinforcements
For a select few mid major programs, New Year’s resolutions hinge on some timely reinforcements. We highlight a dozen critical cogs recently infused into the mix.
Read moreWeekend Wrap Up - 12/30/19 (Mid Major Edition)
A new decade approaches as college basketball shifts back into overdrive. We tee up the conference season, as three mid major conferences commenced league play over the weekend, as well as highlight some intriguing at large case studies.
Read moreWeekend Wrap Up - 12/9/19
The weekend cometh and goeth. Matt recaps it all (well, some of it) in disjointed, incoherent fashion.
Read moreMidweek Mashup: November Rewind
November served up a full course meal of college hoops content, thanks to Feast Week’s hearty slate of games. When it comes to CBB consumption, gluttony is good, so digest the month that was in Matt’s midweek mashup.
Read moreSWAC 2019-20 Preview
Johnny Jones welcomes a bevy of talent to Houston, where Texas Southern will aim to avenge last year’s slip up in the SWAC Championship title game.
Read moreNEC 2019-20 Preview
The NEC got a facelift this summer, with a brand new team (Merrimack) and a re-branded mascot (LIU-Brooklyn), but can anyone usurp Greg Herenda and the Knights at the top of the NEC totem pole?
Read moreMAAC 2019-20 Preview
Death. Taxes. Tim Cluess winning the MAAC Championship…
Is this the year someone finally dethrones Iona? Or will another loaded crop of newcomers propel the Gaels to the NCAA Tournament for the 5th year in a row?
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